Mineral/ Town Planner

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a skilled planner to join their dynamic team, focusing on a diverse range of projects in renewable energy and infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to lead planning strategies, manage applications, and collaborate with various stakeholders, all while working in a hybrid environment. With a commitment to sustainability, the firm values innovative solutions and supports professional growth through comprehensive benefits. Join a forward-thinking company that is making a real impact in the environmental sector.

Benefits

Group Personal Pension Plan

Professional Subscription Payment

24 Days Annual Leave

Private Health Care Scheme

Critical Illness Cover

Life Assurance Policy

Mobile Phone with Inclusive Tariff

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in planning projects.
• Strong track record on medium/large scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on planning and environmental matters.
• Manage planning applications and EIA coordination.
• Supervise teams and liaise with external parties.

Skills

Planning Strategies

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Relevant Degree

Chartered Planner

Job description

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Following its recent acquisition by SLR, Wardell Armstrong forms part of a leading global environmental and sustainability consultancy working on projects across the world from over 100 offices. Starting as a UK business in 1994, SLR now operates as a global company with more than 3,500 people, delivering client-focused solutions across Europe, North America, Pacific Asia and Africa. Throughout this time SLR has strived to grow both organically and through welcoming other like-minded businesses, such as Wardell Armstrong, into its “One Team” of talented consultants. In doing so, its core objective is to assist clients and colleagues alike in “Making Sustainability Happen”.

The Opportunities:

We have a well-established Planning and Environment Team based in a number of offices across the UK, who deal with an impressive range of projects including renewable energy, waste, industrial, mineral and commercial and major infrastructure. We have an exciting pipeline of projects, particularly in renewable energy, including solar, battery and wind technologies.

We offer hybrid and flexible working in friendly environments.

The role will include:

• Providing advice and guidance on planning and environmental matters to a variety of clients including leading renewable energy developers, utility and infrastructure companies, waste management operators, house builders, land promoters, investment institutions, mineral owners and operators, and others throughout all stages of the planning process.
• Shaping and assessing the case for development projects, including: determining planning strategies.
• Pre- application consultation, preparing planning applications and appeals.
• EIA Coordination (alongside the EIA team).
• Planning project management including co-ordinating in-house and external technical teams.
• Community consultation.
• Local Plan representations.
• Fee proposal preparation and business development.
• Liaison with external parties, including developers, landowners, architects, engineers, and planning authorities
• Team supervision and advice.

You:

Ideally you will have a minimum of 3 years experience with a relevant degree and be a chartered planner. You will have a strong track record working on medium / large scale planning projects and demonstrate a high level of technical competency, together with good analytical, communication, interpersonal, and writing skills. The role will require working on a number of projects, so a proven ability to manage your own time and workload within tight timescales, and ability to problem solve, is critical. Experience of Mineral Planning would be advantageous.

We offer:

• Membership of the Firm's Group Personal Pension Plan, with Employer's contribution of up to 5%.
• Payment of relevant professional subscription.
• 24 days annual leave per year.
• Membership to the Firm's Private Health Care Scheme.
• Critical Illness cover.
• Inclusion in the Firm's Life Assurance Policy given as 3 times annual salary.
• Mobile Phone with inclusive tariff including personal usage.