Consultant Town Planner ( Policy

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

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Due to a significant increase in planning policy project wins and new opportunities, we are looking to recruit a consultant planner
with opportunities to be based at our offices in London
- Aldgate, Bristol, Leeds or Manchester whilst also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model

You will be joining a great team; you will have an interesting and diverse workload and you will be given the opportunity to make the most of your abilities.

You will work on key planning policy projects, working alongside multi-disciplinary teams and engaging directly with clients and stakeholders to secure successful planning outcomes. There will also be opportunities to work on infrastructure and development projects within the Planning team. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements are available, as well as reduced hours.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Carry out research and analysis for planning policy projects
• Assist on elements of policy projects, including supporting local authority policy and strategy development, local plan evidence studies, strategic growth studies, infrastructure strategies and other policy and strategy commissions.
• Assist in formulating strategic planning advice to other client and internal teams.
• Provide effective representation for the organisation, developing and managing relationships with clients, local authorities and other stakeholders through project work and through attendance at conferences and other networking events.
• Sharing technical knowledge and excellence.

• Assist Project Managers to ensure projects are delivered successfully on budget and within programme timelines.
• Assist in coordinating multi-disciplinary teams for seamless project execution.
• Implement and uphold quality assurance and health and safety principles.

• Contribute to the business development strategy where required
• Assist in the preparation of commercial tenders to secure new opportunities.

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

AECOM is a top ten UK planning consultancy by size, employing around 70 Chartered or Licentiate Planners. The AECOM Planning Practice projects include some of the largest, most complex and high profile development and regeneration projects in the UK for both public and private sector clients. We are a dynamic planning team and work closely with colleagues in other related disciplines, including master planning, landscape, environment, sustainability, transport and economics.

Examples of our project work include:

Sub-Regional Spatial Plans- AECOM is a…