Consultant Town Planner

Job Overview

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Contribute to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.

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

• Numerous solar Development Consent Orders with a pipeline of future work.
• Carbon capture and energy storage projects.
• Energy transmission schemes including National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade.
• Large aviation and rail projects.
• Housing and mixed‑use development consenting.

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

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

• 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.

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

A wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.

Access to industry‑leading technology and thinking, and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Disability Confident Employer. We will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Reasonable accommodations can be requested at Reasonab

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