Senior/Principal Planner

Penguin Recruitment Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Senior Planner to manage planning applications and environmental assessments in Leeds. This hybrid role involves extensive client interaction and project management across various sectors, including energy and waste management, offering competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary & benefits

Hybrid role

Qualifications

• RTPI qualified with a Degree / Masters planning qualification.
• Experience in energy, waste, minerals, commercial sectors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and preparing planning applications and environmental impact assessments.
• Managing sub-consultants and providing strategic planning advice.

Skills

Knowledge of planning system

Client relationship management

Strategic planning advice

Education

Degree / Masters in Planning

Job description

Senior/Planner

Location: Leeds

Penguin Recruitment are delighted to be supporting a unique UK wide planning, design and geotechnical consultancy.

They are specialist engineers, consultants and contractors working together to provide exceptional site development services for brownfield and contaminated land. Their solutions ensure their clients receive the best results in the management, development and value-realisation of their land and property assets.

The services they provide range from planning, renewable energy, geotechnical, and demolition just to name a few. These services are provided across a wealth of sectors such as minerals and waste, industrial, energy and commercial

Candidates are required to have:

• RTPI qualified with a Degree / Masters planning qualification
• A robust knowledge of the planning system and experience gained preferably in the energy, waste, minerals commercial and residential sectors

What does the role involve?

• Co-ordinating, and preparing planning applications and environmental impact assessments, developing relationships with clients, local authorities, stakeholders and local communities.
• Managing sub-consultants, undertake site appraisals, and provide strategic and tactical planning advice to clients at senior levels

As a Chartered Planner, you will be part of a busy planning team, handling a varied range of planning applications for both strategic and immediate projects.

Projects will be varied including energy infrastructure (solar, battery, wind, hydrogen), waste management, mineral and commercial schemes.

The roles offer a broad range of responsibility for all aspects of the development process including planning policy and appraisal work, land promotion, provision of planning consultancy services, along with detailed development management and project delivery.

What does the role offer?

• Competitive salary & benefits
• Hybrid role

If this role is of interest, please contact Joel Bland on [e-mail] or call 01792 365 006 to discuss further!