Our client, a leading engineering and environmental consultancy, is seeking to recruit a Planning Manager / Principal Consultant to join their growing Planning Team, with the potential to be based at any of their U.K. offices (Manchester is an option). The Planning & Development Team includes Planners, EIA Practitioners, and Contaminated Land Specialists. The wider consultancy team includes Landscape Architects, Graphics & Visualisations Specialists, Ecologists, Noise, Air Quality, and Flood Risk Specialists which the planning team has access to.
Looking for a Planning Manager / Principal-level Planner to lead a team delivering a range of planning applications and EIA projects, taking them from initial conception and feasibility through the consenting process and discharge of planning conditions. This is a Manager / Principal role with responsibility for team development, team performance, and coaching / supervision of supporting staff. The selected candidate will work within a supportive and driven team, delivering Group targets for sales, successful project delivery, and client satisfaction.
The Role:
1. Responsibility for team development, team performance, and coaching / supervision of supporting staff.
2. Active involvement in bid preparation, tender submissions, and business development.
3. Lead planning projects, including the submission of applications, monitoring throughout the determination process, responding to comments, and discharging planning conditions.
4. Provide advice to clients and the wider team.
5. Liaise with internal and external consultants engaged on planning projects, clients, and stakeholders.
6. Lead community consultation for planning projects.
7. Preparation of planning reports, including Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements, Pre-Application Consultation Reports, etc.
8. Technical review and QA of planning submission documents.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will possess a BSc or MSc in Environmental Planning/ EIA/ Town Planning or other relevant discipline and have a full U.K. driving licence with a clean driving record.
Chartered member of the RTPI would be viewed favourably.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will have experience in many of the following areas/disciplines, preferably in a consultancy role:
1. Proven track record of working in a planning/multi-disciplinary consultancy in the U.K.
2. Experience of leading planning projects for renewables, minerals, waste, residential, or industrial developments.
3. Experience of delivering projects within the Town and Country Planning Act, as well as experience of NSIP/DCO, Section 36, Section 37, Development of Significant application types is desirable.
4. Detailed knowledge of planning legislation and processes across the UK.
5. Knowledge of EIA legislation and processes across the UK.
6. Detailed knowledge of environmental assessment techniques and methodologies.
7. Report writing, including Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements, Pre-Application Consultation Reports, etc.
8. Experience at organising and undertaking community consultation.
9. Technical review and sign off of planning documents.
10. Written and verbal communication skills.
11. Comfortable engaging with key project stakeholders, including consultees and the local community.
12. Project management skills, including delivering projects on time and within budget.
The selected candidate will be a ‘self-starter’ with commercial awareness.
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