Transport Planner Apprentice

Summary

Start your journey to a rewarding career as a Transport Planner! This apprenticeship offers the chance to work on real projects that shape how people and goods move, while gaining a recognised degree and valuable hands-on experience.

Wage

£23,809 a year

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Training course

Transport planner (integrated degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

To assist with the provision of transport assessments and travel plans, junction modelling, swept path analyses and AutoCAD design
To assist with the preparation of Transport Statements, Transport Assessments and Travel Plans for a range of development planning projects
To assist with access strategy work, parking strategies, sustainable transport, S106 agreements and guidance such as NPPF, DfT Transport Assessment guidelines, Manual for Streets etc
To be able to utilise the TRICS database
To research relevant policy and presentation
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the skills and experience of the post holder and the needs of the company
To attend meetings with other consultants, clients and others as appropriate

Where you’ll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

5th Floor, 1 Newham Street, Birmingham, B33NH
Equinox North, Great Park Road, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 4QL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY-LONDON

Your training course

Transport planner (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

S1: apply and comply with transport policy and planning practice for various modes of transport within relevant national, strategic and local policy contexts, and assess and evaluate the principal impacts of such policies on particular projects.
S2: determine and apply appropriate methods to design transport schemes, providing for integration between different transport modes and systems, with the intention of providing efficient and secure transport services.
S3: apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to transport, health and safety, environmental, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
S4: effectively manage tasks and projects, to agreed time and resource budgets, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
S5: apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of appropriate transport statistics and data, utilising appropriate software and digital solutions, to inform and enable decision making within the development of transport solutions. This includes liaising with relevant organisations, such as the police, highway authorities and transport operators, to access a range of data sources and surveys for different modes or travel contexts as well as assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
S6: determine the method, manage the collection, analysis, evaluation, and monitoring of data used in the development or delivery of transport solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
S7: use advanced techniques for the analysis of traffic and travel generation and demand, to enable the evaluation and monitoring of transport solutions, taking account of economic (cost-benefit) analyses.
S8: select, specify, and use a range of transport models and forecasting techniques to support the interpretation of proposed transport solutions. This will include the evaluation of models for local and strategic transport and different modes of transport, using appropriate software packages
S9: specify the data requirements and targets against which the effectiveness and impacts of a transport policy, plan or scheme can be measured. This includes designing, managing, and monitoring programmes to assess performance over time including the effects on the economy, and other factors such as environmental, accessibility, safety, security, or land use.
S10: determine the needs of stakeholders in developing transport solutions
S11: plan various stages of a commercial or operational management scheme in transport, such as initial project development, feasibility study, detailed design, procurement, funding, implementation or assessing effectiveness.
S12: identify and recommend appropriate types of finance, or funding, for a transport scheme, and contribute to the bidding or procurement of transport planning contracts or projects. This can include establishing and agreeing specifications, budgets, timescales, identifying and assessing possible risks, and preparing or evaluating technical briefs.
S13: design, promote, implement and evaluate travel planning programmes to increase travel awareness and achieve changes in travel behaviour. This includes setting, monitoring and evaluating targets, identifying and assessing likely benefits, and communicating and liaising informatively and effectively with stakeholders.
S14: plan, refine and analyse programmes of community involvement, stakeholder engagement or public consultations, to identify transport needs and to develop transport solutions.
S15: communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts. Prepare written reports and make presentations, participate and manage meetings, contribute to discussions, and listen actively to ensure the views of others are taken into account appropriately. Seek feedback on your own performance so you can look for ways to improve it.
S16: apply appropriate transport, environmental impact and development planning laws, regulations and procedures, taking into account the evaluation of public testing and best practice, in gaining formal consent for transport solutions.
S17: manage the delivery of high quality accurate, well-structured and organisationally compliant documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and to a level appropriate for whom they are intended. This may include written reports, oral presentations, designs, models, calculations, reports and drawings, surveys designs, and calculations.
S18: manage their own work independently within the limits of their authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support, guide, and motivate team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts of interest that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
S19: develop their own professional competence reflecting on their CPD records and develop an extended network to support the relevant professional organisations and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with transport planning.

Your training plan

As part of the Transport Planner Degree Apprenticeship, you'll receive high-quality training delivered by a Northeastern University London alongside your work-based learning
This is a 36-39 month (3 year degree)
You will receive Off the job learning which will typically take place one day a week, online with the rest of the on the job learning delivered in the workplace and/or at training locations
You are expected to attend University in St Katharines docks London at least once per academic year face to face as part of a two week block, the second year being online
The rest of your week will be spent gaining hands-on experience with your employer, supported by mentors and industry professionals

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

Maths, Geography, IT (grade C,C,C)

Degree in:

Geography, Planning, Engineering, Maths (grade 1st, 2:1 or 2:2 degree level)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Initiative
Microsoft Office, Excel, Word
Report Writing

Other requirements

• Experience of working in transport planning, in particular transport statements, assessments and travel plans. •A sound knowledge of S106 agreements and guidance such as NPPF, DfT Transport Assessment guidelines and Manual for Streets•Experience in a private consultancy would be advantageous but not essential.•Excellent report writing •Good IT skills and proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word & PowerPoint•Familiar with transport software packages such as TRICS, AutoCAD, Junction9, Arcady, Picady and LingSig•Strong communication, both written and verbal, and presentation skills.

About this company

Our mission is to always work with integrity and to be the experts in everything that we do. We bring together the best talent across our industry, creating teams that strive to navigate clients through the planning and development system successfully.

After this apprenticeship

Transport Planner or Senior Transport Planner
Transport Modeller or Data Analyst
Traffic or Highway Engineer
Policy Advisor or Sustainable Travel Planner
Project Manager in infrastructure and urban planning

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