Senior Transport Planner

London Borough of Sutton

London Borough of Sutton

Senior Transport Planner

Grade: 8 Salary: £31,368 to £38,376 with earning potential to unconsolidated rate of £40,218 based on performance. The successful candidate will be appointed on a scale appropriate to their experience.  

Location - Environment, Housing and Regeneration Offices, 24 Denmark Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2JG

Are you a qualified transport planner looking for an exciting new opportunity?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Strategic Planning Team as we are reviewing our Local Plan, and require a Senior Transport Planner to join a highly professional and dedicated team to help deliver our vision for Sutton for the next 15 years. Sutton is a Borough that has ambition and is promoting a vision of sustainable growth, supported by investment in supporting infrastructure.

This role will not only give you the opportunity of developing the strategic transport policies that will enable Sutton to deliver its ambitions for new housing and jobs, but you will be represent the council in working groups with key transport providers working closely with our Highways Team to ensure that local transport improvements and broader strategic requirements are brought together in a cohesive way.

Sutton recently published a Sustainable Transport Strategy and a significant part of this role is the focus on co-ordinating efforts across the Council to promote a number of initiatives, including Suttons cycling strategy   

We are committed to providing an excellent service to our residents and are passionate about creating places where people want to live and work.  We have also been recognised nationally as being one of the top performing Local Planning Authorities.

In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 27 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan, a career average pension scheme and flexible working hours.  The post is within our Strategic Planning Team based in Carshalton, Surrey.

For a confidential discussion please phone Andy Webber, Head of Development Management and Strategic Planning on 0208 770 6119  

Closing date:  Monday 23 May 2016 at 12 noon

Interviews date: TBC

Please note that we are not accepting CV's for this role only online applications

Overview

  • Location: Carshalton
  • Job Title: Senior Transport Planner
  • Salary: £31,368 to £38,376
  • Closed: 23 May 2016

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