Craig Mason

I have always lived and worked in and around Bridgwater / Taunton in Somerset but now find myself working out of the AWP Exeter office as a Transport Planning Associate following my move from Stantec in September ‘22.

I have around sixteen years of experience to date having started out at Parsons Brinckerhoff in a Graduate role where I completed an MSc in Transport Planning and Engineering at Leeds University and also spent some time on secondment at Somerset County Council in the role of the county Travel Plan Co-ordinator. I then spent just shy of ten years working at Peter Brett Associates (now known as Stantec) in Taunton having progressed from Transport Planner to Associate level during that time. I was fortunate to gain some valuable experience working in project manager or transport planning lead roles on a range of projects undertaken for various public and private sector clients based in the southwest region. 

My specialism is in transport planning and my current role will involve supporting with the day-to-day management of the team and leading the Transport Assessment process that is required for supporting planning applications for a wide variety of development and infrastructure projects across residential, commercial, industrial and leisure sectors. This will involve providing initial access and feasibility advice, influencing site layouts, undertaking site accessibility assessments, demonstrating the transport impact of proposals through detailed analysis including traffic modelling, preparing technical reports to support planning submissions and liaising extensively with clients and fellow professionals. I am enjoying working closely and collaboratively with other members of the AWP team producing quality outputs on our exciting portfolio of projects.

Away from work I am enjoying living in a small village on the edge of the Somerset Levels with my wife, two young boys and Maisie the crazy cocker spaniel as we have convenient access to open countryside providing excellent opportunities for hiking, running and cycling. We also try to spend as much time as possible holidaying in Cornwall where we can enjoy the wonderful coastline and catch up with other family members.  When I’m not spending quality time with the rest of the family I can be found playing and watching football, partaking in running events, socialising with friends or progressing our house renovation which is slowly nearing completion as we enter year four (never again though!).