Remote Consultant Town Planner

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There has never been a better time to be h accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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Start here. Grow here.

Due to significant infrastructure planning wins and new opportunities, we are looking to hire a Consultant Town Planner. 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. Based from our offices in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Chesterfield, Leeds, London Aldgate, Basingstoke, Manchester, Nottingham or Plymouth, with an option for hybrid working.

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

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, with experience of over 80 DCO projects. Join us now and you could be working on:

• numerous solar DCOs with a pipeline of future work;
• carbon capture and storage projects;
• energy transmission schemes;
• large aviation and rail projects; and
• housing and mixed-use development consenting.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Project Delivery

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

Planning Advice

• Providing planning advice to colleagues and clients, including consenting routes and the application of permitted development rights.
• Liaising with the Environmental Impact Assessment team.

Research & Analysis

• Carrying out planning research and analysis and assisting with the identification of planning risk.

Documentation & Reporting

• Writing Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements for development applications.

Collaboration & Business Development

• Contribution to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.
• Participating in internal and external meetings.

About our team

AECOM’s rapidly growing Town Planning team plays a key role in delivering major infrastructure and development projects.

AECOM is a top ten UK planning consultancy by size, employing more than 70 Chartered or Licentiate Planners. AECOM is also a worldwide leader in environmental and engineering consultancy and working as a planning consultant within AECOM means access to some of the highest profile and prestigious development projects in the UK, working with colleagues operating at the cutting edge of their disciplines as part of the largest UK environmental consultancy.

Become part of our Environment business, and collaborate with top-tier planners, impact assessment specialists and project managers to consent a variety of captivating projects, from local developments to major and national infrastructure, from developing planning strategies to obtaining consent and post consent work. At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

Come grow with us.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

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