Consultant Town Planner

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Town Planner to join their growing Planning team. This role offers the chance to work on diverse projects that enhance quality of life and tackle significant challenges such as climate change and urbanization. As a Town Planner, you will provide expert planning advice, engage with clients on masterplans, and contribute to impactful regeneration strategies. With opportunities for remote work and a focus on sustainability, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in the field of planning. Join a team dedicated to improving the natural environment and delivering innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in town planning with a focus on policy and strategy.
• Understanding of socio-economic and health impact assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning advice and collaborate on masterplans and applications.
• Support client relationships and work-winning efforts.

Skills

Town Planning

Policy Development

Infrastructure Consents

Regeneration Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree in Planning

Masters in Planning

Job description

Job Title: Town Planner

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Our Planning team is growing, and we are looking for a Town Planner to support our team with planning duties focusing on policy, strategy, infrastructure consents, and regeneration planning.

As part of our Environmental team, you'll help improve quality of life. Your expertise in environmental management, technical skills, or sustainability could involve work related to protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality, or noise, in some of the world's busiest and most beautiful locations.

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. We are addressing challenges like climate change, urbanization, biodiversity loss, and increasing frequency of large-scale events such as floods and wildfires.

Our team supports clients with complex projects including Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, energy and infrastructure developments, residential and commercial schemes, socio-economic, health, and community planning, as well as research into the planning process. Our clients include Highways England, Transport for London, HS2, National Grid, and others.

At Arcadis, variety is standard. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse projects across our business. Your role as a Town Planner will involve:

• Providing planning advice to clients and collaborating on masterplans, planning applications, regeneration strategies, policies, and impact assessments.
• Building a deep understanding of client challenges and applying your skills to deliver optimal solutions.
• Supporting client relationships and work-winning efforts.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience in town planning, including policy, strategy, planning applications, consents, and regeneration projects.
• Understanding of socio-economic, health, and equalities impact assessments for development and infrastructure projects.
• Experience with planning applications, especially infrastructure consents.
• Experience supporting masterplans and impact assessments, working within matrix and dispersed teams.
• Degree and Masters in an accredited planning course, working towards MRTPI chartership.
• Knowledge of stakeholder engagement methods, including engaging hard-to-reach groups and virtual public engagement.

This role can be based in Birmingham, Leeds, London, or Manchester, with opportunities for remote work.