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Planning Manager (Open on UK Location)
Job Posted: 17 days ago
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City
Expire in: 11 days
Job Description
Our client is seeking to recruit a Planning Manager / Principal Consultant to join their growing Planning Team, with the potential to base yourself at any of their U.K. offices - Glasgow or Manchester would take preference. The Planning & Development Team includes Planners, EIA Practitioners and Contaminated Land Specialists. The wider consultancy team includes Landscape Architects, Graphics & Visualisations Specialists, Ecologists, Noise, Air Quality and Flood Risk Specialists which the planning team have access to.
We are looking for a Planning Manager / Principal-level Planner to lead a team delivering a range of planning applications and EIA projects, taking them from initial conception and feasibility, through the consenting process and discharge of planning conditions. This is a Manager / Principal role with responsibility for team development, team performance and coaching / supervision of supporting staff. The selected candidate will work within a supportive and driven team, delivering Group targets for sales, successful project delivery and client satisfaction.
Our client is a consultancy offering planning, design, safety, environment and engineering services. A positive place to work, their aim is to implement the motto ‘See a Difference’ in everything we do.
The Role
* Responsibility for team development, team performance and coaching / supervision of supporting staff.
* Have an active involvement in bid preparation, tender submissions and business development.
* Taking the lead on planning projects, including the submission of applications, monitoring throughout the determination process, responding to comments and discharging planning conditions.
* Providing advice to clients and the wider team.
* Liaise with internal and external consultants engaged on planning projects, clients and stakeholders.
* Taking the lead on community consultation for planning projects.
* Preparation of planning reports, including Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements, Pre-Application Consultation Reports etc.
* Technical review and QA of planning submission documents.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess a BSc or MSc in Environmental Planning/ EIA/ Town Planning or other relevant discipline and have a full U.K. driving licence with clean driving record.
Chartered member of the RTPI would be viewed favourably.
Experience
The ideal candidate will have experience with regards to many of the following areas/disciplines, preferably in a consultancy role:
* Proven track record of working in a planning/ multi-disciplinary consultancy in the U.K
* Experience of leading planning projects for renewables, minerals, waste, residential or industrial developments;
* Experience of delivering projects within the Town and Country Planning Act, as well as experience of NSIP/DCO, Section 36, Section 37, Development of National Significant application types is desirable;
* Detailed knowledge of planning legislation and processes across the UK;
* Knowledge of EIA legislation and processes across the UK;
* Detailed knowledge of environmental assessment techniques and methodologies;
* Report writing, including Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements, Pre-Application Consultation Reports etc.
* Experienced at organising and undertaking community consultation.
* Technical review and sign off of planning documents;
* Written and verbal communication skills;
* Comfortable engaging with key project stakeholders, including consultees and the local community;
* Project management skills, including delivering projects on time and within budget.
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