Principal Town Planner

Principal Town Planner Jacobs
• Reading, Reading, GB

Principal Town Planner As part of a global team of over 2,000 professionals, our Town Planning Team delivers an extensive portfolio of Planning and Consents solutions across a diverse range of high profile infrastructure projects for critical industries including Rail, Water, Energy, Transport and Airports. Due to the continued growth opportunities have been created for experienced Town Planners to join our team.

In these roles you will play a key role in the development and delivery of planning advice and solutions across the company's full portfolio.

• Assisting the team with the management and delivery of various frameworks and projects specifically related to infrastructure.
• Analysis of legislation, national and local planning policies to guide client proposals and facilitate successful consenting.
• Coordination of consent applications (including planning applications/TWAOs and DCOs).
• Management of reports, including planning appraisals and supporting information for planning applications and other submissions.
• Support the development of partnership based stakeholder relationships to ensure the delivery of client-focused solutions.
• Involvement in the development of the wider team, ensuring effective mentoring of colleagues to support career progression and team success.

• A recognised planning qualification, and at least 5 years post qualification experience.
• Chartership or working towards chartership with the RTPI.
• Strong knowledge of UK planning legislation and its application to infrastructure projects.
• Experience of, or keen to develop career in, consenting infrastructure schemes, including water, energy, waste, highways, rail, airports, ports, etc.
• Ability to apply relevant policy and legislation to define effective consenting strategies.
• Experience of bidding/tendering for internal and external opportunities and strong commercial awareness.

Locations:
Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom;
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom;
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom;
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

As a disability confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

For further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process, please contact the team via Careers Support
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