Assistant Consultant / Graduate Opportunity 2026
Who we are
Momentum is an integrated transport consultancy, based in London and with offices in Houston and Montreal. Our three core specialisms of planning, analytics and engineering are bound together by our shared vision to improve the environments we live, work and play in.
We’re at the forefront of fighting climate change and are proud of the way we work with our clients every day to push sustainability boundaries and challenge ourselves to do things better. Part of all the projects we work on is looking at ways to minimise their predicted negative social and environmental impacts. Every day our work ensures more people can travel sustainably, while also creating safe, liveable, well-planned and equitable places and neighbourhoods.
We work on some of the most exciting and challenging development planning and infrastructure projects in London and cities around the world – from large commercial skyscrapers to sports stadiums and major events. We are highly regarded by our clients, who include major developers, architects, contractors and local authorities.
Our opportunity
We’re looking for talented graduates to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis, based in our central-London office.
From day 1 you’ll work on projects across the transport planning environment, including research, analysis, forecasting, contributions to proposals and reports.
As one of our graduates you will be given targeted and specialised training and development – but also the responsibility and opportunities to work on iconic projects across London and around the world. You will have the potential to influence our search for new opportunities and winning new projects to expand the business further.
Our team
We’re responsible for designing and building cities and towns for people – regardless of their age, physical ability or disability, gender or sexual orientation. We can only do this successfully if our team is made up of people from diverse backgrounds.
Our culture is unique to us. We’re diverse and inclusive, believe in our team, support each other in challenging times and work together to find better ways of doing things. We have an open, psychologically-safe culture, operate within a strong ethical code and live by our ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles and CSR responsibilities.
We are proud to have Great Places to Work accreditation.
Perks and Benefits
A vibrant, dynamic and collaborative working environment, working alongside some of the industry’s best professionals. We offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package including:
- Annual personal and company performance bonus.
- Private medical insurance through Vitality, including incentives to stay active, and free and anonymous wellbeing resources.
- Generous company pension contributions.
- Paid subscriptions to professional institutions.
- Access to professional training and development.
- Access to professional networks including Women in Transport, Westminster and City Property Associations and New London Architecture.
- Internal mentoring programmes.
- In-house massages.
- Friendly competition through our netball, softball and football teams.
- Fortnightly knowledge-sharing sessions (free lunch included!).
- Bi-monthly social events.
- 25 days annual leave, plus birthday leave.
- Hybrid working.
Who you are
Whilst you may not have a relevant degree or work experience, you’ll be a self starter, love working in a hardworking team and have a passion for sustainable transport solutions for the future city. You’ll be forward thinking and have ideas about the challenges of the urban built environment and how to put people at the centre of our work.
Specific skills and experience:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong numeracy and analysis skills
- Good problem solving skills
- Experienced in Microsoft Office, in particular Word and Excel
- A recently completed degree or equivalent eg HNC, HND etc
- Comfortable working on large data sets
- Data and coding skills are desirable
Next steps
If you’d like to join us in 2026, please apply here by 15th March 2026.
Applicants of interest will be asked to complete an excel based exercise. The final stage of our recruitment process will involve a half day assessment centre.
Momentum Transport Consultancy is an equal opportunities employer.
In applying to Momentum you will be supplying us with personal data contained within your CV and cover letter. This could include your name, address, email, previous work details etc. In line with our privacy policy (which we hold on our company website), we ensure that your data is held securely. We retain applicants’ details for one year following the end of the recruitment campaign. Please note this is a London-based opportunity.
A view from our recent graduates