Senior Planner

ORS; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Professional membership

Career development support

Competitive salary

Annual leave

Supportive and inclusive environment

Job summary

JSA Planning, part of the ORS group, is a leading town planning consultancy based in Dublin city centre. We have excellent opportunities for talented and ambitious Town Planners, at Senior Planner or Associate level, who are looking to take the next step in their career path by joining our team.

ORS is a world-class multidisciplinary building consultancy with a track record of delivering complex developments and a strong commitment to professional development.

Qualifications

• Accredited post-graduate degree in town planning (IPI and/or RTPI) or equivalent.
• Active membership in IPI and/or RTPI.
• Experience preparing and lodging planning applications, appeals, and submissions for residential, commercial and industrial projects.
• Experience coordinating EIARs.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Commercially astute and process-driven.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Self-motivated team player.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning projects across residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
• Prepare and lodge planning applications, appeals and submissions.
• Coordinate EIARs and related environmental planning tasks.
• Manage multiple projects with tight timelines.
• Write clear, decisive planning reports and statements.

Skills

Report writing

Analytical thinking

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

Post-graduate degree in town planning (IPI/RTPI accredited) or equivalent

Member of IPI and/or RTPI

Job description

About The Role

JSA Planning, part of the ORS group, is a leading town planning consultancy based in Dublin city centre. We have excellent opportunities for talented and ambitious Town Planners, at Senior Planner or Associate level, who are looking to take the next step in their career path by joining our team. JSA Planning is renowned for our deep understanding of Ireland's planning system and expertise in securing approvals for large and complex developments

Essential Requirements

• Irish Planning Institute and / or Royal Town Planning Institute accredited post-graduate degree, or equivalent.


• Member of the Irish Planning Institute and / or Royal Town Planning


• Demonstrable experience of the preparation and lodgement of planning applications, appeals, and submissions, residential, commercial and industrial projects .


• Demonstrable experience contributing to and or coordinating EIAR’s


• Proven ability to manage multiple small to large sized projects


• Strong report writing skills and experience in the authoring of planning reports, appeals, submissions.


• Excellent critical and analytical thinking skills and enjoy problem


• Commercially astute and process driven, with a focus on achieving


• Strong time management, organisational, interpersonal, and report writing


• High level of self-motivation and ability to work well as part of a team to meet project

What We Can Offer You

Being part of ORS means more than just a job, it means joining a company that invests in you and your ambitions with transparency, structure and support.

Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangements


• Professional membership


• Strong focus on CPD and career development, with support for undertaking additional studies in relevant fields.


• Competitive salary


• Annual leave


• Supportive and inclusive working environment, with an ethos based on teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

About ORS

ORS is a world-class multidisciplinary building consultancy with more than 30 years of delivering technical excellence across the built environment. Our mission is simple but powerful: We endeavour to make the lives of our team, clients, partners and communities happier and better in the ways that really matter every single day.

• Ranked 27th Best Small & Medium Workplace in Europe, Great Place to Work 2026


• Winner of Best Workplace for Remote & Distributed Teams, Workplace Excellence Awards 2026


• Winner of HR Team of the Year, Workplace Excellence Awards 2026


• Winner of Best Workplace for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Workplace Excellence Awards 2026


• Winner of Consultancy Firm of the Year, Irish Design & Build Awards 2026


• Winner of Engineering Consultancy of the Year, Engineering Excellence Awards 2025


• Winner of Graduate Programme of the Year, Engineering Excellence Awards 2025


• Winner of Best Company to Work For, Irish Design & Build Awards 2024 & 2025


• Top 3 Medium-Sized Company, Great Place to Work Awards 2025


• Best Workplace for Health & Wellbeing, Great Place to Work 2025


• Silver Accreditation, Investors in Diversity 2025


• Winner of Best People Development of the Year, Engineering Excellence Awards 2024


• Winner of Recruitment & Retention Strategy, Workplace Excellence Awards 2024


• Great Place to Work Certified consecutively since 2017


• Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited since 2017

ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences.