Consultant Town Planner

Job Description

Start here. Grown Here.

We have an opportunity for a Consultant Town Planner. AECOM’s Planning and Stakeholder Engagement business is recruiting Consultant Planners to help deliver our existing portfolio of projects and a pipeline of projects, across a range of sectors, principally delivering large scale infrastructure.

As our Town Planning team is national, and we support hybrid working we are flexible in terms of base location. The role can be based from our offices in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester and Plymouth, with an option for hybrid working.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Planning & Development Management

• Assist in the management and successful delivery of major development applications.
• Provide planning advice to colleagues and clients, including the application of permitted development rights.
• Carry out planning research and analysis and assist with the identification of planning risks.

Technical Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements to support development applications.
• Liaise with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) team to ensure coordinated project delivery.

Project Coordination & Delivery

• Help coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across a variety of project types.
• Assist with project management activities to support successful project outcomes.
• Implement quality assurance and health and safety principles.

Business Development & Commercial Support

• Contribute to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Participate in internal and external meetings.
• Build effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, and project stakeholders.

Does this sound like something you can do, and do well? If so, read on…

MORE ABOUT THE WORK - We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

We have an impressive portfolio of involvement in major infrastructure projects, including delivery of projects through various consenting regimes including Development Consent Orders. We are currently leading on consenting applications for renewables and wider energy/electricity related infrastructure, transport, defence, water and much more.

You will be able to work on a range of prestigious infrastructure projects for our clients in the energy transition, rail and water development sectors, as well as regional and local developments. AECOM is a market leader in UK infrastructure development, with experience of over 80 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. Join us now and you could be working on:

• numerous solar DCOs with a pipeline of future work;
• carbon capture and energy storage projects;
• energy transmission schemes including for National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade;
• large aviation and rail projects; and
• housing and mixed-use development consenting.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Professional Qualifications

• Licentiate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional town planning organisation and working towards full accreditation.

Planning & Technical Expertise

• Demonstrable experience of working on major planning applications.
• Sound knowledge of UK planning policy and legislation.
• Experience of working on Development Consent Order (DCO) and/or Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) applications.
• Understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) legislation.
• Experience identifying, evaluating, and managing planning risk.

Commercial & Consultancy Skills

• Commercial awareness and the ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Consultancy experience, including monitoring and managing project budgets and programmes.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

• Client‑focused with strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach, demonstrating a high level of commitment to quality.
• Experience working in collaborative, multi‑disciplinary teams.

Project Delivery & Technical Competencies

• Ability to work effectively to tight deadlines.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Project.

To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address Reasonab if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.