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Transport planner: Andrew

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Andrew gained an MA in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Birmingham in 2007. He now works as a transport planner for Atkins Global, the largest engineering consultancy in the UK.

I chose to become a transport planner because it allowed me to put to use the skills I learnt on my degree course in an area of interest.

Although I didn’t realise it at first, maths is one of the more popular subjects that transport planners took as their degree. As for as relevant skills and experience gained in my degree are concerned - while I only use a very limited amount of things learnt on my degree, my course taught me how to think logically, something that comes in useful for modelling.

I got my job when I applied through the graduate recruitment scheme after a recommendation from a friend.

For people who are interested in getting into transport planning - I think one thing that I could have done more of was reading about the industry more before applying for the position.

My role has developed as I have recently been given more responsibility on jobs and this has allowed me to learn at a faster rate.

On a day to day basis I mainly use modelling software, write reports and analyse data in my work.

There are less enjoyable parts of the job, for example, I don’t enjoy the transport policy part of the business, but unfortunately it is a key part. The thing I most enjoy about being a transport planner is working as part of a great team and in the future I would like to become a technical expert in the area of modelling.

Case Study sourced by Nick White of AGCAS, 23 October 2009.