Senior Planner / Associate Town Planner

Penguin Recruitment; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading planning consultancy in Scotland is seeking a Senior Planner / Associate to join their team. This role involves business development, managing planning projects, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. The ideal candidate will have strong planning skills, ideally with MRTPI chartered status or working towards it, and a proactive mindset. This position is primarily office-based with some flexibility for remote work, offering an excellent opportunity in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience within the Scottish planning system preferred.
• Broad understanding of planning issues across multiple sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute planning projects to agreed budgets and timescales.
• Build and maintain professional networks.
• Ensure all work is compliant with industry standards.

Skills

Development management

Planning policy

Project management

Client-facing skills

Education

MRTPI chartered status or working towards chartership

Job description

Job Title: Senior Planner / Associate

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow

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)