Senior Planner / Associate Town Planner

Penguin Recruitment; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading planning consultancy in Scotland is seeking a Senior Planner or Associate. This role involves managing profitable projects, developing client relationships, and supporting a collaborative team dynamic. Ideal candidates will have strong development management skills and ideally MRTPI status. The position offers opportunities for professional growth, primarily office-based with flexible remote working options.

Qualifications

• Experience within the Scottish planning system preferred, but not essential.
• Understanding of planning issues across multiple sectors.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain professional networks.
• Manage planning projects to agreed budgets and timescales.
• Support recruitment and onboarding of team members.

Skills

Development management

Planning policy

Project management

Client-facing communication

Proactive mindset

Education

MRTPI chartered status or working towards chartership

Job description

Job Title: Senior Planner / Associate

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow

Overview

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a leading planning consultancy in their search for a Senior Planner or Associate to join their successful Scotland Planning team. This is an excellent opportunity for a capable and commercially minded planning professional to play a key role in delivering high-quality, profitable projects across a wide range of sectors.

The Role

As a Senior Planner / Associate, you will:

Business Development

• Build, maintain and enhance professional networks.
• Develop and nurture new and existing client relationships.
• Secure and deliver profitable project work.

Project Delivery & Compliance

• Manage and execute planning projects to agreed budgets and timescales.
• Ensure all work is compliant with industry standards, regulations, and internal processes.
• Contribute to efficient financial management through timely timesheet and administration completion.

People & Professional Development

• Maintain up-to-date industry knowledge and promote continuous learning.
• Support the recruitment and onboarding of team members where required.
• Provide guidance, performance management and leadership to colleagues.

Collaboration

• Work closely with colleagues across the business.
• Promote the consultancy's services and identify opportunities for cross-selling.

Person Specification

Experience

• A broad understanding of planning issues across multiple sectors.
• Experience within the Scottish planning system preferred, but not essential.

Qualifications

• MRTPI chartered status ideal, or actively working towards chartership.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong grounding in development management, planning policy and project management.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a dynamic, collaborative team.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive mindset with strong commercial awareness.
• Confident communicator with excellent client-facing skills.
• Strong initiative and problem-solving capability.

Other Requirements

• Right to work in the UK (proof required at application stage).
• Primarily office-based with flexibility for some remote working.

Interested?

If you're looking for a new challenge and want to be part of a forward-thinking planning consultancy, please contact Josh Jones at Penguin Recruitment on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)