Transport Planning Graduate

Company Description

Be you. 

Be empowered. 

Be a Transport for Wales graduate. 

Transport Planning Graduate 

Location: Pontypridd or Wrexham 

Contract type: 22-month fixed term 

This role offers hybrid working from Pontypridd/Wrexham office and from home, flexible working hours with occasional travel to site or other office locations as required. 

Our Future Leaders Graduate Scheme 

Whether you’re transitioning from education or want to develop your leadership skills, our graduate scheme is designed to help you accelerate your career and make a real difference in Wales. 

What will my responsibilities be? 

The Transport Planning Graduate will contribute to the development and delivery of TfW’s multimodal integration agenda and will assist in projects and tasks that support the Welsh Government, local authorities and other partners in making public transport a key element of an integrated transport system. 

Are there any essential requirements? 

•  A post graduate degree (Masters) in a relevant area such as Transport and Planning, Transport Planning and Engineering, Urban Transport.  
•  The ability to understand, analyse and interpret data to support decision making and recommendations.
•  The ability to manage time and priorities effectively, whilst balancing workload and academic study to achieve key objectives and deliverables.
•  An understanding of the ways in which different travel modes can support the aims to reduce carbon emissions and reduce the need to travel by car. 
•  Have an interest or passion in transport/transport planning and sustainability.
•  Demonstrated alignment to our core graduate attributes and values, which can be found below.

Please include all your relevant qualifications, particularly those listed in the essential and desirable criteria for the role. We may not be able to consider your application otherwise. 

Please note, to be eligible for this Graduate scheme, you must be within 2 years post-graduation upon application or have completed all course teaching for your master’s degree, by the time the scheme starts in September. If you are successfully appointed to the role, your offer will be conditional on you passing the master’s degree.   

Please note, you must hold the relevant right to work in the UK upon successful appointment of the role.  We’re not currently able to provide sponsorship. 

Welsh Language Skills 

We welcome people who can speak or write in Welsh, but it’s not essential for this role. 

Next Steps 

Think this might be the right opportunity for you? Take a look at the attached job description to learn more or reach out to a member of our Early Talent team for a chat. 

Assessment Day 

If your application is successful, we’ll invite you to a friendly and relaxed assessment day, followed by a final interview. 

Equal Opportunities 

Not sure if you meet every requirement? Research shows that some people including women and those from minority groups, may hesitate to apply unless they feel 100% qualified. If this opportunity interests you and you meet the essential requirements of holding a relevant degree, we encourage you to apply – your unique skills, experience and perspective could be exactly what we’re looking for.  

We want everyone to feel welcome, included and valued. A diverse team, representing all parts of society, helps us to deliver our best. We’re looking for talented people, no matter their background. 

If you need any reasonable adjustments or additional support during the application or assessment process, just let us know. We’re here to support you every step of the way. 

Other Information 

At TfW, we’re looking to see your skills, potential, and enthusiasm. While we fully support the use of AI as a tool for learning, we want to assess applicants based on their own abilities. Therefore, applications must be completed without AI assistance. If AI content is identified, unfortunately, we won’t be able to consider the application. 

This advert will close at midnight on the day of the application closing date stated above. We do encourage you to submit your application as early as possible. 

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.