Verified Transatlantic Corridor:
United States | United Kingdom
OP
OppaJob US & UK Career Gateway
🟢 Actively Hiring · Posted 25d ago ⏳ Closes in 66 days UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 Company - Public

Senior Transport Planner Consultant

🏢 AECOM • 📍 Cardiff, Wales • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£21,925 - £37,841
£1,827 - £3,153 / mo

Career Integrity & Compliance Audit Report

OP-VERIF-9AB1ADB5 ✓ Passed Inspection

This vacancy has been independently reviewed by the OppaJob Transatlantic Career Intelligence Desk to confirm authentic direct employer recruiting, verify compensation transparency, and eliminate applicant processing fees.

✓
Corporate Registration Verified UK Companies House registration standing active
✓
Prevailing Wage Benchmark UK National Minimum Wage & Equality Act 2010 aligned
✓
Zero-Intermediary Direct Pipeline Direct candidate ATS submission. 100% free with zero recruitment charges.
✓
Corridor Right-to-Work Match UK Work Eligibility

Transatlantic Cost of Living & Purchasing Power Benchmark

Verified Analytics
Location Base
Cardiff, Wales
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
Single tax filer baseline
Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
Direct corporate benchmark
💰 Transatlantic Compensation Calculator

Compare US ($) vs UK (£) Salary & Net Take-Home Pay

Calculate tax deductions, living costs, and purchasing power parity across US & UK metros.

Open Calculator →
Partner Career Resources • Adsterra Native Ad
Sponsored

Position Overview & Specifications

Company Description


At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.


Job Description


The Portfolio

The Cardiff office has an established track record of successfully delivering transport and highways schemes across the UK and Internationally. Our City Centre office, adjacent the railway station and Central Square, has multi-disciplinary capability offer enabling staff to get involved in a wide range of exciting projects.

Our current portfolio of works comprises a diverse mix of local, national and international development transport and highways projects. Our work has included key clients in the residential, renewable energy and education sectors. This provides our staff with a variety of exciting projects to deliver.

A selection of our current and recent Cardiff-based projects include:

  • Cardiff Central Square, including BBC HQ and Interchange
  • Event Planning for Champions League Final 2017, and multiple local events.
  • A programme of school projects in Local Authorities across South Wales
  • Numerous appraisals, transport assessments and travel plans for mixed-use, retail, commercial, educational and residential developments.
  • Travel planning advice for universities, hospital trusts and developers.
  • Strategic land use appraisals and strategic masterplanning advice for developers, local authorities and government agencies on key strategic development schemes.
  • Provision of technical support to Local Authorities from the office and as part of secondment team working.
  • Transport for Wales Framework – a range of projects across transport planning and engineering disciplines, providing a secure forward workload and wider opportunities.

Our Southwest Region includes offices in Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth, working together on a range of projects and Clients. A selection of key projects across the wider region includes:

  • Local Plan Transport support to a range of Authorities, including North Somerset, Stroud and B&NES
  • Langarth Garden Village, Truro, a 3,500 home mixed-use development.
  • Brabazon Arena, Transport Strategy and Business Case work.
  • Mixed Use City Centre Regeneration, including Kings Quarter & Bus Station, Gloucester and Pydar Street, Truro.
  • Transport Assessment, Strategy, master planning and Travel Planning for University Clients, including Bournemouth, Exeter, and Bristol.
  • Healthcare work for numerous NHS Trusts in the Southwest.


Qualifications


Minimum Requirements

  • An excellent understanding and proven experience in the field of Development Planning.
  • Proficient in using and analysing data from the various transportation software packages and be able to produce high-quality reports including transport strategies, feasibility reports, transport assessments, transport statements and travel plans.
  • Experience of understanding client briefs, developing fee proposals and the effective delivery of project work.
  • Highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills and ideally a member of a relevant professional body.
  • A solid track record of having worked on a variety of transportation planning projects with experience of dealing directly with clients and local authorities.
  • Strong communication skills able to liaise with local authority and government officers.
  • Ability to communicate and present confidently including in public forums.
  • Good presentation and technical writing skills using MS Office products (including Excel and Word).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience of industry-standard junction capacity assessment applications such as Junctions 9 and LINSIG, preferably including experience of larger network modelling.
  • A degree in an analytical subject such as engineering, geography, mathematics, economics or similar.
  • A masters degree in a relevant subject is desirable but is not essential.
  • Membership of a relevant professional institution (CIHT, CILT, IHE, TPS, ICE).

#LI-AB1 #LI-Hybrid


Additional Information


With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide

Corridor Intelligence

Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Architectural & Engineering Services

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Senior Transport Planner Consultant roles across AECOM's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Architectural & Engineering Services.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £21,925 - £37,841 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

📢
Notice a listing inaccuracy or expired link? Help maintain OppaJob's database integrity by reporting discrepancies directly to our desk.
International Career Advisory • Verified Partner Network
Sponsored

Explore Related Opportunities (United Kingdom)

Other high-paying verified positions matching your industry profile.

View All UK Jobs →
Kensington Capital & Analytics £75,000 - £95,000

Principal Data Analytics Specialist

📍 London, England
✓ UK Right to Work / Skilled Worker Eligible View Role →
NHS Greater Manchester Health Trust £43,742 - £50,056

Senior Clinical Diagnostic Radiographer

📍 Manchester, England
✓ HCPC Registration Required View Role →
Caledonia Cloud Infrastructure £70,000 - £88,000

Senior Site Reliability & Kubernetes Engineer (SRE)

📍 Edinburgh, Scotland
✓ Skilled Worker Visa Sponsor View Role →
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust £93,666 - £126,281

Consultant Acute Care Physician (General Medicine)

📍 Birmingham, England
✓ GMC Specialist Register Required View Role →
Thames Corporate Assurance Ltd £95,000 - £125,000

Head of Cyber Security & Zero Trust Architecture

📍 London, England
✓ UK Right to Work / Tier 2 Licensed View Role →
Biobag Salary Disclosed on Application

Retail Sales Manager - UK & Europe

📍 London
✓ UK Work Eligibility View Role →
Hiring Organization
AECOM

Apply for this Position

Location: Cardiff, Wales
Eligibility: UK Work Eligibility
Schedule: Company - Public
Apply for this Position
Free Direct Submission · Zero Applicant Fees
Or Apply on Employer Official Portal ↗
Employment Guide (UK)
Direct corporate application with zero applicant fees.
Get UK Job Alerts

Receive high-paying Architectural & Engineering Services openings directly to your inbox.