Consultant Town Planner

• Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited
• Business Line:
  Environment
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Operating Group:
  International
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  UK - Basingstoke

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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:

You will be joining a market leading, experienced infrastructure planning team and will be given the following responsibilities.

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.

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.

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

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.