Town Planner

Mid-level to Senior / Principal level | Stanlow, Ellesmere Port

Employment Type:

Site Based Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday

At Essar Energy Transition (EET), we’re delivering an ambitious programme of major energy and industrial infrastructure projects at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, and we’re looking for a talented Town Planner to join our Regulatory Planning team.

This is an opportunity to work client-side on complex planning and consenting, across projects progressing through both Town and Country Planning Act (TCPA) and Development Consent Order (DCO) / Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regimes.

We’re open on experience level. You might be a mid-level planner looking to build your career in major infrastructure, or an established Senior / Principal Planner looking for greater ownership and influence. What matters most is your planning expertise, ability to navigate complex development and ambition to work on large-scale industrial infrastructure projects from planning strategy through to delivery.

At Essar Energy Transition, we’re transforming Stanlow into one of Europe’s leading energy transition hubs, building on almost a century of industrial heritage.

Across the complex, we have an exciting pipeline of major infrastructure projects spanning low-carbon hydrogen production, a new hydrogen-ready Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant, carbon capture, sustainable aviation fuels and new energy infrastructure, alongside the continued transformation and decarbonisation of the refinery.

With Stanlow at the heart of HyNet, our ambition is to combine existing industrial capability with new technologies and infrastructure that will help shape the future of the complex and support the wider decarbonisation of industry across the North West

Working across a multi-billion-pound portfolio of energy, infrastructure and industrial development projects, you’ll play a key role in securing the planning permissions and consents that turn ambitious projects into reality.

You’ll work closely with the Regulatory Planning Manager and collaborate with project teams, engineering and environmental specialists, consultants, local authorities, regulators and community stakeholders.

You’ll take ownership of key planning and consenting work streams, helping to navigate complex planning requirements, manage risk and support projects through consenting and into delivery. You’ll also have the opportunity to deputise for the Regulatory Planning Manager, contributing to the wider planning strategy for Stanlow.

• Support and lead planning and consenting activities for major energy, infrastructure and industrial projects.
• Develop and manage planning and consenting strategies from early development through to delivery.
• Coordinate TCPA applications, DCO/NSIP consenting activities and Environmental Impact Assessments, working with multidisciplinary teams and external advisers.
• Manage planning submissions, ensuring documentation is high quality, coordinated and delivered to programme.
• Work with project and technical teams to identify planning risks and develop practical consenting solutions.
• Support post-consent delivery, including the discharge of planning conditions and ongoing consent requirements.
• Manage external planning consultants and build strong relationships with local authorities, regulators, statutory bodies and community stakeholders.
• Contribute to the Stanlow Site Master Plan, future Local Development Order ambitions and the wider planning portfolio, with opportunities to deputise for the Regulatory Planning Manager.

You’ll be a planning professional who is excited…