2026 UK Graduate Transport Modelling and Planning Career Path: Transport

Before making an application, please browse all graduate opportunities available as we will only accept one application per candidate.  Once you have made an application you will not be able to make changes to your selection or make a new application.  The exception is if we open new vacancies in the new year. 

To avoid missing out on your preferred opportunity, we also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as we will close when the position has been filled. 

Turn your ambition into action—apply now and shape your future with us.  

Job Description

The key to a successful economy and thriving society is the development of safe, efficient and inclusive transport networks. This is where our graduate transport planners and modellers come in. In today’s world, we face many challenges such as global warming and a constantly growing population; we’re passionate about the role transport plays in creating solutions for these challenges. 

The complexities of transport networks and peoples’ travel behaviours mean that for any transport investment you need to fully understand the benefits and impacts and the extent to which it will meet our long-term needs. Whether your interest is on roads, railways or airports, individual schemes, strategies, events or an entire city, we work in the UK and internationally to help our clients shape a well evidenced plan for the benefit of society.  

As part of your application, we will ask you to select your preferred opportunity based on the sector and location.  Some of our opportunities will require you to be eligible to achieve security clearance, this is shown in the selection choices.  Security clearance is dictated by the types of projects we work on and normally requires you to be a UK British national or have lived in the UK for five years or more. 

Below you’ll find more information on the available roles.  

Transport Planning – Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Southampton

As a graduate transport planner, you’ll play an integral role in supporting the delivery of a diverse portfolio of transport planning projects across the UK and potentially internationally. Based in a collaborative team environment, you’ll contribute to technical analysis, assist in preparing reports and proposals, and engage with clients and stakeholders to help shape sustainable transport solutions. Your work will span areas such as policy analysis, data interpretation, and strategic planning, with opportunities to grow your expertise in line with your interests and strengths. With a solid foundation in a relevant discipline and a keen understanding of UK transport policy, you’ll be encouraged to develop professionally—whether through mentoring, project experience, or involvement in industry bodies. Your contributions will help drive innovation and support the firm’s continued growth in the transport planning sector. 

Transport Modelling – Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton 

As a transport modeller, you will play a key role in supporting a wide range of transport planning activities and provide the evidence-base which underpins the decision making for investment in transport schemes and policies. You’ll develop specialist transport modelling software skills, programming skills and data analytics, to create transport models which represent the transport network, the demand for travel and the travel choices and behaviours that individuals make. You will calibrate the models against real world data and then use them to forecast a range of possible future scenarios and test the impact of transport schemes and policies. Your ability to interpret the results of the models and communicate them to colleagues and clients will help influence decision making and shape the future of our transport networks. 

Aviation Landside Planning – Croydon, London 

You will be given the opportunity to work on the spatial planning of airport landside infrastructure, including road, rail, and cycle surface access and in providing master planning and design services for airport terminals, ground transportation interchanges, road, rail and cycle-lanes, and ensuring integration with the wider airport master plan all other airport areas. You will help to create integrated Masterplans that are fit for the long-term and in line with the growth aspirations of our clients. 

Rail Operations Planning – Birmingham, Derby, Manchester 

The signalling and Rail Operations discipline plan, develop, design and implement safety critical signalling and railway operations systems across the UK and Global Transport Markets. We are involved in the whole project lifecycle from inception to delivery including; Strategic Outline Business Case, Option Selection, Single Option Development, Detailed Design, Implementation and Commissioning Support across various Digital and Legacy Signalling Systems supplemented with specialist Signal Sighting and Product Development expertise. Our Rail Operations expertise covers key aspects of Strategic Operations, Core Operations, Design & Build, Customer Experience and Transport Planning including practical operational experience at a number of UK control Centres.