Senior Town Planner

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

Are you a Consultant Planner ready to take the next step in your career? If you're looking to grow into a senior role within a supportive and forward-thinking environment, this could be the opportunity for you.

Due to a strong pipeline of infrastructure planning wins and exciting new opportunities, we are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Town Planner to join our dynamic Scottish Planning team. The role can be based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh
, with flexible hybrid working available.

Our well-established team offers a collaborative and welcoming environment where you’ll work on a broad and diverse portfolio of national and local projects
—helping to shape developments that make a meaningful impact across Scotland.

Based from our offices in Glasgow or Edinburgh while also benefiting from our flexible hybrid working model.

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 a range of regional and local developments. AECOM is a market leader in UK infrastructure development. Join us now and you could be working on:

• a range of energy projects including transmission, renewables, carbon capture and storage
• defence, water and transport projects, including active travel; and
• planning policy assessment and advisory projects.

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

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Assisting in the successful delivery of national and major development applications and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams across various project types.
• Assisting with project management and implementing quality and health and safety principles.

• Providing planning advice to colleagues and clients on planning consent requirements and the application of permitted development rights.
• Carrying out planning research and analysis and assisting with planning feasibility reports and consent strategies.

• Writing Planning Statements, Pre-Application Consultation Reports and Design and Access Statements for development applications.
• Leading, submitting, and managing planning applications, including liaison and negotiation with local planning authorities and other key stakeholders.

• Working closely with teams across AECOM, including the Environmental Impact Assessment and Energy teams.
• Participating in internal and external meetings.
• Support public and stakeholder engagement.

• Contribution to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.
• Carrying out planning research and analysis, and assisting with planning feasibility reports and consent strategies.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Education and Qualifications

• Degree in Town Planning (desirable) or a related discipline.
• Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional body (desirable).

Experience

• Demonstrable and relevant experience of working on Scottish planning applications.

Knowledge

• Sound knowledge of Scottish planning policy and legislation.

Skills

• Ability to write clearly and concisely.

Personal Qualities

• Client focus, with good interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach.
• High level of commitment to quality.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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 Reasonable Accommodations  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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