Required Skills
Town Planning
Strategic Planning
Planning Policy
Multi-disciplinary Coordination
TCPA
DCO
TWAO
Infrastructure
Planning
Job Summary
Our Client, a leading multi-disciplinary consultancy, is looking for a Senior/Principal Town Planner to join their team in Manchester, Leeds or Sheffield.
Experience
- A relevant Planning degree and either RTPI membership is desirable.
- You must be self-motivated, enthusiastic, determined and resilient.
- Work under pressure, with excellent time management and success in meeting tight deadlines. Manage and work on multiple assignments delivering outputs on time and within budget.
- Understanding of TCPA, DCO, TWAO or equivalent applications.
- Experience with the Environment Impact Assessment process.
- Experience and knowledge in Strategic Planning and Planning policy.
- Work well as part of multi-disciplinary teams with the confidence to input effectively as an individual across a range of projects, consenting and strategic planning, and a range of geographies.
- Prepare accurate and well-presented reports to a high standard.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to internal and external clients.
- Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss planning issues.
- Flexibly apply knowledge and experience to a wide variety of planning-related tasks.
- Demonstrable ability to develop client relationships.
- Experience in work winning and supporting market growth.
Job Responsibilities
- Acting as Planning Lead on projects across a range of markets and sectors.
- Being actively involved in bid preparation, tender submissions and framework responses.
- Acting as lead consultant for multi-disciplinary projects and taking responsibility for project management and project delivery.
- Providing support to junior colleagues and the Planning team leaders.
- Works in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment with colleagues in environmental, engineering and design disciplines across the company (UK and international).
- Engage with market and client leads to support business growth and development opportunities.