Are you looking for the next challenge or a different direction in your engineering career?

This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic engineer to make a real difference for people and the environment.

Transport Planning and Engineering (TP&E), Scotland’s leading active travel and engineering consultancy, apply all round engineering excellence to the specific field of active travel infrastructure to benefit the health of people and their environment.

We are also unique in that as a social enterprise, established by Cycling Scotland, our profits go directly back into supporting projects to allow people all over Scotland to enjoy cycling and walking.

You will lead on the design and delivery of a wide range of active travel projects from inception to completion in both urban and rural environments.

Projects include structural and road-based design schemes throughout Scotland, working to the latest design standards and recognising worldwide best practice.

The role offers great variety with the opportunity to develop in all areas of engineering, with mentoring available to support working towards chartership if you choose to, while becoming an expert in the growing active travel industry.

See job description on our website for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Benefits include:

• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 7.5% and minimum employee contribution of 3%
• 36 days annual leave
• Operation of a Flexi-time system
• Annual contribution towards your training and development
• Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance programme
• 30 minutes per week paid outdoor activity time.

Are you looking for a role that combines your engineering expertise with a strong social purpose working within an inspiring, supportive team?

Transport Planning and Engineering (TP&E), Scotland’s leading active travel engineering consultancy, apply all round engineering excellence to the specific field of infrastructure for walking, wheeling and cycling to benefit people and the environment.

We believe in putting people first over profits. We are a social enterprise, established by Cycling Scotland in 2006, and this enables our profits to go directly towards supporting growing projects to expand local cycling and walking routes all over Scotland.

This is a key role within our thriving and developing team and is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced engineer who is looking for their next challenge.

As Senior Engineer you will assist the Head of TP&E in managing our small team of engineers, developing and overseeing the delivery of innovative and high-quality active travel infrastructure projects from inception to completion.

As part of Cycling Scotland, you will also be involved in a wider team of people who are passionate about cycling and committed to creating opportunities for everyone to be more active.

See job description for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Benefits include:

• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 7.5% and minimum employee contribution of 3%

• 36 days annual leave

• Operation of a Flexi-time system

• Annual contribution towards your training and development

• Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance programme

• 30 minutes per week paid outdoor activity time.

Do you want to be part of a friendly, inclusive and dedicated team?

Transport Planning and Engineering (TP&E) is the specialist engineering consultancy which delivers active travel projects in Scotland as a social enterprise.

Established by Cycling Scotland in 2006, our aim is to ensure best practice and inclusive active travel infrastructure is delivered throughout the country to encourage even more people to walk or cycle as part of their everyday lives.

We plan, design and deliver infrastructure projects with walking and cycling as their focus. We work on behalf of and in partnership with a wide variety of clients, from local authorities to community groups and our focus is on people first when delivering infrastructure requirements.

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Engineer to be involved in the design and delivery of a wide range of active travel projects from inception to completion in both urban and rural environments.

This is a well-supported role within the Engineering team and is a brilliant opportunity for a graduate or an experienced apprentice. As well as experience of dealing with people the role requires a proactive ‘can do’ attitude with a background knowledge of engineering methods and CAD skills.

Benefits of the role include:

• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 7.5% and minimum employee contribution of 3%
• 36 days annual leave
• Operation of a Flexi-time system
• Annual contribution towards your training and development
• Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance programme
• Plus much more….

While this role is based in our central Glasgow office, we are committed to flexible working. Staff can currently work one day a week in our office on a trial basis and long-term hybrid working plans are under development.

Do you want to be part of a friendly, inclusive and dedicated team?

Transport Planning and Engineering (TP&E) is the specialist engineering consultancy which delivers active travel projects in Scotland as a social enterprise.

Established by Cycling Scotland in 2006, our aim is to ensure best practice and inclusive active travel infrastructure is delivered throughout the country to encourage even more people to walk or cycle as part of their everyday lives.

We plan, design and deliver infrastructure projects with walking and cycling as their focus. We work on behalf of and in partnership with a wide variety of clients, from local authorities to community groups and our focus is on people first when delivering infrastructure requirements.

We are currently recruiting for an Engineer to join our consultancy and lead on the design and delivery of a wide range of active travel projects from inception to completion in both urban and rural environments.

This is a key role within the Engineering team and is a brilliant opportunity to make a difference right at the point where the biggest impact is felt: inclusive design for communities and for rural areas. As well as experience of infrastructure CAD and project delivery the role requires a proactive approach, dealing with community engagement and professional advice to 3rd parties. Road design experience would be essential also.

Benefits of the role include:

• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 7.5% and minimum employee contribution of 3%
• 36 days annual leave
• Operation of a Flexi-time system
• Annual contribution towards your training and development
• Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance programme
• Plus much more….

While this role is based in our central Glasgow office, we are committed to flexible working. Staff can currently work one day a week in our office on a trial basis and long-term hybrid working plans are under development.

Transport Planning and Engineering (TP&E) is the specialist engineering consultancy which delivers active travel projects in Scotland as a social enterprise.

Our aim is to ensure best practice and inclusive active travel infrastructure is delivered throughout the country, to encourage even more people to walk or cycle as part of their everyday lives.

We plan, design and deliver infrastructure projects with walking and cycling as their focus. We work on behalf of and in partnership with a wide variety of clients, from local authorities to community groups and our focus is on people first when delivering infrastructure requirements.

In these unprecedented times we are seeing a shift in active travel behaviour and so are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Engineer to join our consultancy and make a difference right at the point where the biggest impact is felt: inclusive design for communities and, in particular, for rural areas.

The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to design and deliver a wide range of projects from inception to completion in both urban and rural environments. You will require to have experience in roads design and delivery and use this experience to deliver walking and cycling infrastructure to high standards. The successful candidate will work in a team alongside a range of professionals in TP&E, Cycling Scotland and beyond to help transform how people travel.

TP&E is a social enterprise established in 2006 by Cycling Scotland and we work closely with the charity to deliver its aim of making cycling easy and safe for everyone.

If you are an Engineer looking for a new challenge with social and environmental aims, we would love to hear from you.