Town Planning Director/Associate Director/Associate

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Edinburgh is seeking a Town Planning Director to join their multi-disciplinary team. The role involves securing and delivering planning projects across Scotland, with responsibilities including promoting developments, conducting feasibility studies, and managing client relationships. The ideal candidate will have MRTPI qualifications, strong commercial acumen, and experience in team leadership. This position offers a supportive culture and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Private health care

Flexi-benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven track record in securing and delivering projects.
• Ability to foster client relations and manage teams.
• Strong influencing skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Promote residential, mixed-use, and energy developments.
• Conduct feasibility and site appraisals for projects.
• Build and maintain client relationships.

Skills

MRTPI qualification

Commercial drive

Knowledge of local market in Scotland

Experience of appeals and inquiries

Team management

Financial management skills

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 joiningone 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; and,
• 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.