Town Planning Director/Associate Director/Associate

Stantec; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Town Planning Director to lead projects across Scotland. This role offers the opportunity to work in a vibrant team environment, focusing on diverse developments including residential, commercial, and energy projects. The ideal candidate will possess strong planning skills, a proven track record in business development, and the ability to build lasting client relationships. With a commitment to professional growth and a supportive culture, this position promises a fulfilling career path in a dynamic sector. Join a team where your contributions will shape the future of urban development in Scotland.

Benefits

Generous Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Private Health Care

Flexi-Benefits Package

Flexible Working Environment

Qualifications

• MRTPI qualified with a strong commercial drive and business development experience.
• Proven track record in managing teams and delivering large scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Promote and coordinate planning applications for large scale developments.
• Conduct feasibility studies and maintain client relationships.
• Manage internal and external project teams for quality assurance.

Skills

Business Development

Client Relationship Management

Planning Skills

Team Management

Commercial Awareness

Influencing Skills

Education

MRTPI Qualification

Job description

We are looking for a Town Planning Director (or Associate Director) to join our multi-disciplinary Edinburgh office at Capital Square. Handily located within the heart of the city centre, a stone’s throw from Edinburgh Castle and public transport links. You will be joining one of the largest planning teams in the country, delivering projects across Scotland, ranging from energy, residential, mixed-use and commercial, through to education, industrial and strategic sites.

We are looking for a commercially minded planner, with a proven track record in both securing and delivering projects, fostering client relations, managing/mentoring teams and identifying and pursuing opportunities for new business and future growth.

About you

To succeed in the role, you will:

• Be MRTPI qualified
• Possess a high level of commercial drive and a proven track record in business development
• Have knowledge of the local market across the Scottish region and a strong network of contacts
• Have experience of appeals, hearings and/or inquiries.
• Possess self-confidence and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues, clients, contacts and community stakeholders.
• Have excellent Planning skills.
• Have a track record in shaping, directing and delivering large scale projects.
• Have experience of team management, leading, motivating and developing staff;
• Have strong commercial awareness and financial management skills.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Promoting medium to large scale residential, mixed-use, energy, industrial, education and other developments (both brownfield and greenfield) through the Local Development Plan process and coordinating subsequent planning applications and appeals.
• Conducting feasibility and site appraisals on projects for our client base.
• Preparation of Planning and Pre-Application Consultation Reports where required.
• Lodging appeals and appearing at Informal Hearings where required.
• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Co-ordination of internal and external project teams and project management/quality assurance.
• Contribute to relevant national and regional strategies / strategic pursuits and business development.

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.