Senior Project Town Planner – Ireland

Key Talent Solutions; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Key Talent Solutions is seeking a Senior Project Town Planner for an established Irish consultancy. You will lead planning workstreams on renewable energy, infrastructure, urban development and environmental projects across Ireland.

You will deliver planning reports, feasibility studies and masterplans while advising clients and authorities, coordinating EIARs and environmental reports, and guiding multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Town Planning or equivalent.
• 7+ years of professional town-planning experience.
• Corporate or Chartered membership of IPI or RTPI.
• Strong knowledge of Irish planning and environmental legislation.
• Proven experience preparing and managing significant planning applications.
• Experience with feasibility studies, planning strategies and/or masterplanning.
• Strong client-facing, report-writing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work from Dublin, Cork or Carlow.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage planning applications for major development projects.
• Deliver planning reports, feasibility studies, masterplans and planning strategies.
• Provide strategic planning and consenting advice to private and public-sector clients.
• Interpret and apply relevant Irish planning and environmental legislation.
• Coordinate planning inputs to EIARs and environmental reports.
• Lead planning workstreams within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Engage with clients, planning authorities, engineers, environmental specialists and other stakeholders.
• Manage project deadlines, quality and planning deliverables.
• Contribute to proposals and business-development activities where appropriate.

Skills

Town Planning

Stakeholder management

Report writing

Client liaison

Feasibility studies

Masterplanning

Project delivery

Education

Town Planning degree

Job description

Key Talent Solutions is recruiting a Senior Project Town Planner on behalf of an established multidisciplinary planning, engineering and environmental consultancy in Ireland.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced planning professional to work on some of Ireland’s complex renewable energy, infrastructure, urban development and environmental projects, while taking a senior role in planning applications, consenting strategy and multidisciplinary project delivery.

The Role

You will:

• Prepare and manage planning applications for major development projects
• Deliver planning reports, feasibility studies, masterplans and planning strategies
• Provide strategic planning and consenting advice to private and public-sector clients
• Interpret and apply relevant Irish planning and environmental legislation
• Coordinate planning inputs to EIARs and environmental reports
• Lead planning workstreams within multidisciplinary project teams
• Engage with clients, planning authorities, engineers, environmental specialists and other stakeholders
• Manage project deadlines, quality and planning deliverables
• Contribute to proposals and business-development activities where appropriate

What We’re Looking For

• Degree and/or Master’s qualification in Town Planning
• 7+ years of professional town-planning experience
• Corporate or Chartered membership of IPI or RTPI
• Strong knowledge of Irish planning and environmental legislation
• Proven experience preparing and managing significant planning applications
• Experience with feasibility studies, planning strategies and/or masterplanning
• Strong client-facing, report-writing and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to work from Dublin, Cork or Carlow

Highly Desirable

Experience in one or more of the following would be particularly valuable:

• Renewable energy – wind, solar, BESS or grid infrastructure
• EIAR and environmental consenting
• Major infrastructure, roads or active travel
• Leading multidisciplinary planning and environmental teams
• Mentoring junior planners or progressing toward Associate level

Why Consider This Opportunity?

You’ll join a well-established multidisciplinary environment where planning works closely with engineering, environmental and technical specialists. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement option and exposure to major projects, professional development and a clear opportunity to broaden your leadership experience.