We're building a transport network that puts people first. One that's affordable, easy to use and ready for the future.
We're giving people across South Yorkshire more freedom to travel in the way that suits them, whether that's by bus, tram, bike or on foot. And we're helping create healthier communities and a greener future along the way.
If you want your work to have a real impact, you'll fit right in. Together, we're connecting people to jobs, education, friends, family and new opportunities. We're helping communities thrive, supporting economic growth and building an integrated transport system that just works.
A network for everyone. A network for the future. The People's Network.
South Yorkshire People’s Network is one of the biggest changes to public transport in South Yorkshire for a generation. And you could help shape what comes next.
Building a better network takes all sorts of people. Different skills. Different experiences. Different ideas. Every role has a part to play.
Whether you're shaping strategy, designing services, supporting customers or delivering projects behind the scenes, we're all working towards the same goal: creating a transport network that's easier to use, better connected and built around people.
Opportunities like this don't come around every day. This is meaningful work. The kind where you can see the difference you're making to people's lives across South Yorkshire.
Explore our teams and find where you could make your mark.
As part of the Bus Franchising team, you'll help shape a bus network that works for communities across South Yorkshire. From the school run to the journey home from work, your decisions will help make everyday travel simpler, more reliable and easier to use.
You'll work behind the scenes to improve services, guide investment and plan for the future. Whether you're planning routes, managing contracts, analysing data or improving travel information, every role helps keep South Yorkshire moving.
As part of our Active Travel team, you'll help create places where walking, wheeling and cycling feel like everyday choices. Your work will support healthier lifestyles, safer streets and more connected neighbourhoods across South Yorkshire.
Working with communities, partners and colleagues from across the region, you'll help bring new ideas to life. From developing strategy and delivering infrastructure to encouraging behaviour change, every role helps make active travel a bigger part of daily life.
As part of our Customer Service team, you'll help build confidence in the People's Network, creating positive experiences for the people who use it every day.
Whether you're supporting people in our interchanges or from our contact centre, you'll provide guidance, solve problems and help people travel with confidence.
Every conversation is a chance to make a difference. You'll support customers in the moment while helping us improve the network for the future.
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Citizen Experience Product Design Officer
Sheffield
As our Citizen Experience Product Design Officer, you will help shape the products, interfaces and touchpoints people use when they interact with SYMCA. You will turn our discovery and service improvement work into clear, practical, inclusive and beautifully designed solutions that help people find information, understand services and get things done with confidence.
Registration & Permits Manager
Sheffield
We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable Registration and Permits Manager to play a key role in the delivery of South Yorkshire's future franchised bus network. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and manage the processes that govern bus service registrations, permits and regulatory compliance within a major public transport transformation programme. Working closely with operators, local authorities, regulators and internal stakeholders, you will help ensure the network operates effectively, lawfully and in the best interests of passengers across South Yorkshire.
Project Manager - Transport Branding
Sheffield
This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver projects that form part of South Yorkshire’s ambitious Transport Programme, supporting improvements to the region’s transport network and helping deliver lasting benefits for residents, communities and businesses. You will play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to agreed timescales, budgets and quality standards.
Project Manager - Mass Transit Renewal
Sheffield
Are you ready to lead transformative projects that will shape the future of public transport across South Yorkshire? Here at SYMCA, we’re on a mission to deliver a world-class, integrated transport network — and we’re looking for four passionate Project Managers to help make it happen.
Franchised Network Officer
Sheffield
We are looking for a skilled and analytical transport professional to support the planning, implementation and continuous improvement of South Yorkshire’s franchised bus network.
This is a hands-on technical role within one of the country’s most significant public transport transformation programmes. You will help translate strategic network plans into clear, detailed and operationally deliverable bus services.
Franchised Network Lead
Sheffield
We are looking for an experienced bus network planning specialist to lead the strategic design, optimisation and implementation of South Yorkshire’s franchised bus network. This is a senior specialist role at the heart of one of the country’s most significant public transport transformation programmes. The network will be delivered through contracts worth more than £700 million and will generate more than £100 million in revenue each year. The decisions made through this role will directly affect the affordability, operational performance and passenger experience of bus services across South Yorkshire.
Bus Franchising Procurement Evaluators
Sheffield
We are looking for experienced professionals to join us as Procurement Evaluators, supporting the assessment of operator bids as part of the Bus Franchising procurement process. This exciting opportunity will allow you to use your professional expertise to help shape the future operation of bus services across South Yorkshire.
Citizen Experience Service Improvement Officer
Sheffield
As our Citizen Experience Service Improvement Officer, you will focus on how services work from end to end. You'll help us understand what it's really like for people to use our services, identify what's getting in the way and shape improvements that make life easier for citizens and the teams who support them.
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We have a simple vision for transport: a network that’s genuinely people-focused - one that works for every community, every day. A network that’s affordable for all of us, safe and easy to use, and fit for the future. One that’s good for the planet, giving people the freedom and choice to travel in ways that suit our lives. Because when we make transport work for people, everything else follows.