Senior Planner

STANTEC; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading planning consultancy is seeking a Senior Planner to join their team in the Thames Valley. The role involves managing a wide range of planning projects, including residential and commercial developments. The ideal candidate will have a background in town planning, strong project management skills, and a commitment to professional development. Flexible working environment and a variety of benefits offered.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Private health care

Flexi-benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in town planning and project management.
• Ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong negotiation and public engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage large scale residential and commercial development projects.
• Conduct research and site appraisals for various clients.
• Prepare and submit planning applications and negotiate appeals.

Skills

Teamwork

Project management

Research skills

Negotiation

Public consultation

Education

Background in town planning

Commitment to RTPI chartership

Job description

Overview

Are you a Town Planner in the Thames Valley region? Do you want to work for the leading planning consultancy team in Reading, joining one of the most sustainable companies in the world? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Our established and busy Planning team has an exciting opportunity for a talented, dynamic and ambitious Senior Planner to join their team to work on a broad range of planning projects across the Thames Valley, including residential, mixed use, retail, strategic land and commercial proposals of various types and scales, including regeneration and place making opportunities. Our clients include house builders, landowners, education institutions, land promotion companies, public sector clients including the NHS and Homes England and more.

About you

You will have a background in town planning and be committed to continuing your professional development (including RTPI chartership), with a willingness to learn and progress. Your role will include:

• Work as part of a team on the promotion of large scale residential, mixed use and commercial developments (both Brownfield and Greenfield) through the Local Plan process;
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams and project management;
• Conduct research and site appraisals on projects for our client base;
• Work on major applications and planning appeals where required (Outline, Full and Reserved Matters) including attending meetings, preparation of meeting minutes, deliverable trackers, programmes, draft planning statements, appeal statements, attend public consultation events and prepare responses to consultees;
• Prepare, submit and negotiate small / medium sized planning applications and planning appeals;
• Draft representations to Local Plans and Supplementary Planning Documents;
• Contribute to business development activity including attending networking events.

We believe that it is our people and their individual talents that make us special. We work within a friendly, inclusive, and supportive culture and one of high support and high challenge, where we are not afraid to take on new and greater responsibilities and are each individually encouraged to grow and flourish both personally and professionally, with genuine career opportunities based on merit. We create a working environment that offers flexibility, adopting a hybrid approach to agile working and offer a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, private health care and a flexi-benefits package allowing you to choose benefits that are truly valuable to you, including the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.

For more information, please contact Ruth Hoggett (Talent Acquisition Manager).

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

ReqID: 6923