Consultant Town Planner

AECOM; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consultancy in the UK is seeking a Consultant Town Planner to join their team. This role offers the chance to work on prestigious projects in infrastructure development within a flexible hybrid work environment. Ideal candidates will have experience with planning applications and a strong understanding of UK planning policies. Join us to make a meaningful impact in energy and transport sectors.

Benefits

Hybrid work options

Dynamic work environment

Access to high-profile projects

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience with major planning applications and/or Development Consent Orders.
• Experience in collaborative multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing and delivering major development applications.
• Provide planning advice and liaise with Environmental Impact Assessment team.
• Write planning and design statements.
• Participate in internal and external meetings.

Skills

Commercial awareness and clear writing

Client focus and interpersonal skills

Ability to meet tight deadlines

Identifying and managing planning risk

Education

Licentiate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute

Sound knowledge of UK planning policy

Understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment legislation

Job description

Start here. Grow here.

Due to significant infrastructure planning wins and new opportunities we are looking to hire a Consultant Town Planner. You will be joining a great team; you will have an interesting and diverse workload and you will be given the opportunity to make the most of your abilities. Based from our offices in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Chesterfield, Leeds, London, Aldgate, Manchester, Nottingham, or Plymouth with an option for hybrid working. You will be joining a market leading experienced infrastructure planning team and will be given the following responsibilities.

You will be able to work on a range of prestigious infrastructure projects for our clients in the energy transition rail and water development sectors as well as a range of regional and local developments. AECOM is a market leader in UK infrastructure development with experience of over 80 DCO projects. Join us now and you could be working on :

• Numerous solar DCOs with a pipeline of future work
• Carbon capture and storage projects
• Energy transmission schemes
• Large aviation and rail projects
• Housing and mixed-use development consenting

Responsibilities

• Assisting in the management and successful delivery of major development applications, including coordinating multi-disciplinary teams across various project types.
• Assisting with project management and implementing quality and health and safety principles.
• Providing planning advice to colleagues and clients, including consenting routes and the application of permitted development rights.
• Liaising with the Environmental Impact Assessment team.
• Carrying out planning research and analysis and assisting with the identification of planning risk.
• Writing planning statements and design and access statements for development applications.
• Contributing to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.
• Participating in internal and external meetings.

About our team

AECOM’s rapidly growing Town Planning team plays a key role in delivering major infrastructure and development projects.

AECOM is a top ten UK planning consultancy by size, employing more than 70 Chartered or Licentiate Planners. Working as a planning consultant within AECOM means access to some of the highest profile and prestigious development projects in the UK, working with colleagues operating at the cutting edge of their disciplines as part of the largest UK environmental consultancy.

Qualifications

Professional Membership

• Licentiate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional town planning organisation and working towards full accreditation.

Education & Knowledge

• Sound knowledge of UK planning policy and legislation.
• An understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment legislation.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working on major planning applications and/or Development Consent Orders.
• Experience of working in collaborative multi‑disciplinary teams.

Skills & Competencies

• Commercial awareness and the ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Client focused with good interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach with a high level of commitment to quality.
• Able to work to tight deadlines.
• Identifying, evaluating and managing planning risk.

Equal Opportunity

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Benefits & Work Flexibility

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, a remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.