Town Planning Director/Associate Director/Associate

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Town Planning Director or Associate Director to join its Edinburgh office. The role involves managing large-scale planning projects, developing client relations, and leading teams. Candidates should possess MRTPI qualification and a strong network in Scotland. The company values supportive culture and offers flexible working conditions, alongside a generous benefits package including private healthcare and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Private health care

Flexi-benefits package

Opportunity to buy and sell holiday

Qualifications

• Proven track record in securing and delivering projects.
• Strong network of contacts in the Scottish region.
• Experience with appeals, hearings, and inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Promoting residential, mixed-use, and industrial developments.
• Conducting feasibility and site appraisals.
• Building and maintaining client relationships.

Skills

Commercial drive

Client relations

Team management

Planning skills

Financial management

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; 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.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK&[e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

ReqID: 6877