Associate / Director - Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Place North West; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading planning consultancy in Manchester is seeking a Planner, Senior Planner, or Associate Director to join their growing team. This role involves advising on development potential, preparing planning applications, and managing projects from initial advice to securing planning consent. Candidates should have a relevant Planning qualification, strong writing and communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively. The firm offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and a chance to influence business strategy.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Payment of relevant subscriptions

Flexible working patterns

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• A relevant Planning qualification is required.
• Membership of RTPI or working towards membership needed.
• Understanding of the planning process and systems essential.
• Excellent writing skills with a strong eye for detail expected.
• Excellent communication skills and a friendly approachable manner required.
• Drive, commitment, and an enthusiastic team player approach needed.

Responsibilities

• Advising on development potential of land and buildings.
• Preparing planning applications and appeals.
• Providing policy advice and research.
• Drafting representations to plan consultations and examinations.
• Identifying land opportunities.
• Working with clients and other consultants to deliver development.
• Supporting business development activities.

Skills

Excellent writing skills

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of planning process

Team player

Education

Relevant Planning qualification

Membership of RTPI or working towards membership

Job description

Overview

Marrons have a fantastic opportunity for a Planner / Senior Planner / Associate Director to join our growing teams in Leeds and Manchester. Our planning team focuses on strategic planning projects, mainly planning applications and land promotions for residential development, and we work closely alongside our colleagues in development economics, design and heritage.

We can offer you:

• A competitive salary with great benefits including private medical & payment of relevant subscriptions
• A culture of trust, empowerment and autonomy over your work
• The chance to work on a variety of projects, including planning applications and land promotions for a range of sites and clients
• The opportunity to join a growing team within an established planning firm, and to help influence our business strategy for the region
• Hybrid working with the flexibility to define working patterns that work for you in and outside the office

Marrons has grown rapidly over the past 5 years to become a top 20 UK planning consultancy, with a team of 50+ town planners across our regional hubs. We also provide complementary socio-economic, heritage, master planning and architectural services. We seek ambitious planners to join our Northwest team to help drive forward projects and support business development activities.

The Opportunity

Our whole team are vital in helping to achieve our ambitions, helping to lead projects, build client relations and champion the Marrons brand.

As a Planner, Senior Planner or Associate Director you will continue to develop your career working collaboratively with colleagues within our multi-disciplinary consultancy, alongside having ample opportunities to build client relationships and start developing your own workload.

You will be involved in projects from the outside, working closely with colleagues, clients and other consultants, to manage schemes from initial advice and early design stages, right through to achieving consent and discharge of conditions and planning obligations. There will be opportunities to support and be actively involved in Planning Appeals and Local Plan Examinations.

The key duties

• Advising on development potential of land and buildings
• Assisting with preparing planning applications and appeals
• Providing policy advice and research
• Drafting representations to plan consultations and examinations
• Assisting in identify land opportunities
• Working with clients and other consultants to deliver development
• Supporting business development activities

You will need

• A relevant Planning qualification
• Membership of RTPI or working towards membership
• An understanding of the planning process and systems
• Excellent writing skills with a strong eye for detail and high level of accuracy
• Excellent communication skills and a friendly approachable manner
• Drive, commitment, enthusiastic and a team player approach

Whether you are an experienced Planner ready to step-up and assist with leading major projects or a Senior Planner/AD looking to expand your capabilities in a new role, we are keen to speak with you.

Meet the team

Marrons are a nationally growing team of town planning, socio-economic, heritage, and design consultants providing high quality advice and guidance on a wide range of planning and development issues.

We advise on planning matters of all types and scales from leading and co-ordinating large and complex development proposals, to dealing with small scale and householder developments. We act on behalf of major house builders and developers, manufacturers and investment companies, blue chip companies and land promoters, in addition to land and property owners, retailers, local authorities and private individuals across the United Kingdom.

We co-ordinate, project manage and audit planning applications, including EIA development, urban regeneration schemes, urban extensions, site allocation and promotions and strategic planning, housing land supply advice and commercial/retail planning expertise. We provide expert advice and guidance to our clients throughout all stages of the planning process and have considerable experience and knowledge of negotiating with local planning authorities, resolving issues, and delivering planning permissions.

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