- Project Delivery: Lead and support the delivery of a diverse portfolio of transport planning projects, including development Planning, development management, transport assessments, transport statements and feasibility studies, Planning documents in line with UK guidance and client requirements.
- Technical Oversight: Provide subject matter expertise in transport planning policy, scheme appraisal and technical analysis. Define methods and standards for digital/data workflows; review dashboards, GIS layers, scripts, and reports for accuracy and reproducibility.
- Quality Assurance: Oversee and review deliverables from junior staff, ensuring alignment with project objectives, technical standards, and client expectations.
- Design & Appraisal: Contribute to the development, appraisal, and evaluation of transport schemes in line with relevant national and local policy and design guidance.
- Collaboration & Communication: Act as a key point of contact between the UK and GCC teams, helping to manage workflows, monitor progress, and communicate expectations.
- Delegation & Task Management: Effectively manage and check delegated tasks, providing structured feedback and ensuring timely delivery to agreed standards.
- Mentorship & Upskilling: Play a proactive role in the professional development of junior colleagues, offering technical guidance, coaching, and day-to-day support to help them build core transport planning competencies.
- Resourcing & Risk Management: Support the line manager with resource planning, flagging utilisation or capacity issues, and helping to identify and manage project risks.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders, working collaboratively across disciplines and locations.
- Business Development: Contribute to funding bids, feasibility studies, and strategic reports that promote sustainable and active travel.
- Sustainability:



Embed sustainability principles throughout project delivery and support the company’s broader sustainability goals.
- Reporting & Continuous Improvement: Support the reporting of project progress and output quality, and contribute to business improvement initiatives within the team.

Key Competencies / Skills

Mandatory skills

- Experience in delivering transport planning projects (e.g., policy, appraisal, scheme development, assessment, or strategy).
- Excellent report writing and robust analytical skills.
- Experience in writing commercial proposals.
- Experience supporting and mentoring staff.
- Keen interest to progress your career within a supportive organisation.
- Collaboration & Teamwork.
- Commercial Acumen.
- Adaptability & Learning.
- Work/Resource planning and allocation.

Desired skills
- Understanding of UK Transport Guidelines and Principles;
- Previous experience on UK projects will be highly desirable;
- Experience of GIS packages – QGIS, ArcGIS (knowledge of Python and the use of Model Builder);
- Experience of junction modeling suites including LinSig, Junction 11 etc.
- Experience of transport planning tools including TEMPro, TRICS, etc.
- Previous experience and capability in programming, VBA, and/or BAT files; and
- Paper presented at / published in recognised national / internal journal(s)/ conference(s) will be highly desirable.
- M. Tech/ M. Plan in related subject such as civil engineering, transport engineering or transport planning.
- Member or working towards associated Professional body membership.

BGV
- Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
- Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.

📌 Assistant Transport Planner (Noida)
🏢 Wsp
📍 Noida