Senior Transport Planner

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Tonkin + Taylor Full time

Mō tō mātou āhuatanga | Who we are


Tonkin + Taylor is New Zealand's leading engineering and environmental consultancy, renowned for our technical excellence in solving complex challenges.

We are proudly a New Zealand, employee-owned company and our collective mission is to create and sustain a better world.


We have been providing transport solutions for a diverse range of clients for over 60 years all with the aim of connecting communities to enhance resilience and prosperity.

Our Transport Planners have been involved in everything from providing strategic transport planning advice, business cases, public transport studies, integrated land use and transport planning studies, master planning, active modes and road safety.


We are proud to have been involved in planning and design of some of New Zealand's largest sustainable transport, and housing infrastructure projects such as Auckland's City Rail Link (CRL), the Kainga Ora large scale precinct programme in Auckland (Piritahi), and the Te Ara Tupua walking and cycling project.

We have on-going work in Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) focussed on the People Friendly City Streets and Targeted Improvement programmes which complements our commissions with Wellington City Council on the Transitional Cycleways programme.

These represent outstanding opportunities for our employees to hone their skill sets while developing their careers.

It's why we are expanding our Transport team and we want you to join us

Kei te hiahia mātou ki ōu | We want your skills


You will be contributing to a diverse range of projects in a buoyant transport and infrastructure market across both NZ, Australia and Asia-Pacific.

The work is technically challenging, varied and will see you working with our clients to create transformational solutions to challenges, deliver business cases and transport/land use planning studies to enable project delivery for both public and private sector across a range of sectors including transport, energy, land and natural hazards resilience


We are looking for people to join our Auckland and Wellington offices, but also open to remote working in New Zealand, with travel required for key projects.


Na tōu rourou | What you'll bring
We're looking for highly optimistic, motivated self-starters with a proven track record for project delivery.

Our team is seeking people who are passionate about making a positive and sustainable contribution to the communities we work with across Aotearoa and the Pacific.


We want team players who have:

  • New Zealand and/or international experience
  • Relevant tertiary qualification
- experience in technical delivery of transportation planning projects - knowledge of standard industry tools, processes and software is a must.

  • Experience in public transport, business case, active mode and multimodal transport planning and an ability to work across a wide range of disciplines
  • Familiarity in producing Integrated Transport Assessments (ITAs) and supporting Councils in consenting matters relating to transport.
  • Member of a Professional Institute
  • Evidence of and project management skills, as applicable to your career grade, are a must.
  • A proactive cando attitude, and appetite to play a role in addressing complex problems like climate change and sustainability
- and successful track record in delivering high quality work

Ngā Hua | Our benefits

  • Exposure to a variety of professional experts and projects; T+T are involved in a number of largescale alliance projects, as well as smaller community focused projects
  • A highly supportive team environment where you are encouraged to pave your own career path that caters to your ambitions
  • Professional memberships and continued education support
  • A flexible working culture and formal flexible working arrangements including part time working and ability to purchase extra leave
  • Internal training programs
  • Mentoring programs
- $500 annual wellbeing allowance and wellbeing programme

  • A very active social club
  • Free fruit baskets and morning teas (we love morning teas at T+T)
  • Additional parental leave, salary topup and a back to work coaching programme (as per policy)
  • State of the art, modern and contemporary offices


We embrace flexible working at T+T and aim to work in a way that serves the needs of our people, clients and communities.

Our flexible working culture enables us to work flexibly to create better work and life experiences. We welcome applicants who wish to work part-time or flexible hours.

Toroa tā mātou pae tukutuku mō ētehi atu kōrero | For more information, check out our website

_ 'Everyone Matters' is one of our three core values at T+T, and we are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce who foster inclusion, participation, and equal opportunity._
**_ We are proud to be an Immigration New Zealand Accredited Employer, a member of Diversity Works, and Partners of TupuToa and Pūhoro STEMM Acad

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