Sheffield City Council

Principal Transport Planner
REQ003493
Closing date: 28/07/2025
Grade 9 £45,718 to £49,764

Exciting opportunity – G9 Principal Transport Planner

Do you have considerable experience in the transport strategy and policy, and are you looking for your next career development opportunity?
Sheffield has a bold vision to become a net zero-carbon city, working with our partners, residents, businesses and city institutions to help make this a reality. Due a recent retirement, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the City Transport team to lead the development and delivery of transport policy including in the areas of electric vehicles, walking, wheeling and cycling, parking, and intelligent transport systems.

We’re keen to hear from candidates who have good awareness of national and local transport priorities, and the wider role transport plays in creating communities in which people want to live, and businesses want to invest.

With the ability to build effective partnerships to ensure the co-creation of policy, plans and programme delivery, you’ll be able to manage multiple projects with complex requirements. You will have experience of producing and managing technical and strategic documents, and understand the importance of data, engagement and attention to detail in such a pivotal role for the city.

You will be responsible for the management of an experienced and committed team, and with the support of the Service Manager, help to co-ordinate resources, manage performance, and strive for continued improvement within a busy yet rewarding area.

If you join our dedicated friendly team, you will enjoy a supportive and flexible work environment in Sheffield’s award-winning outdoor city.

More information about the team and its work can be found here:

Travel and transport | Sheffield City Council

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Ben King: [email protected] 

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement.

We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026.

Find out more on our Sheff news page.

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