Town & Country Planner

3 weeks ago

East Calder, United Kingdom Telent Technology Services Limited Full time

Town Planner

Location: Livingston / Warwick / Chatham Office + Home working (HYBRID role)

Job type: Full time, Permanent

Ref: 799

Telent are looking hire a Town Planner (Town and Country Planner) to join the business. As part of the busy and continually growing Wireless Telecoms team within the Network Services division, the successful Town Planner will have the opportunity to play a crucial part in some of the UK's most mission critical vendor swap programmes, and work on some new and upcoming projects across the Mobile and Wireless space. This Town Planner role will see you travel to a Telent office (either Livingston, Warwick or Chatham depending on your location) at least 1-2 days per week, and the rest of the days working from home. Full UK driving license is required.

As a Town Planner you will be responsible for the delivery of Town Planning Services, and play an important role in helping to shape the future direction of the Town Planning team and the services we offer.

You will help Mobile Network Operators, Telecom Tower Companies, Infrastructure Providers, Utility, Media and EV companies to improve their network infrastructure, connectivity, network performance and supply of goods and services by obtaining planning consents or approvals for new sites, the upgrading of existing sites and for supply, transport and infrastructure assets. This will include any site types across the UK, including rooftop, street works and greenfield tower installations, street work sites, small cells, EV charging points and other street assets.

Town Planning - What you'll do:

  • Provide guidance and support to the Planning Team & wider business on all planning services, full planning applications and other planning work as required and provide clear direction to colleagues and project managers on best practice, policies, processes, and codes.
  • To support Acquisition & Town Planning staff to ensure that everyone who undertakes Town Planning work has the necessary training and experience and ensure sufficient training and regular updates are provided to the team to keep them updated on legislative and other changes.
  • Help to deliver on the financial planning targets and the Planning business plan.
  • Help to manage the workload of the Town Planning team and ensure resources are appropriately aligned with workload.
  • Oversee planning appeal assessments and submissions.
  • Liaise with clients to obtain regular feedback on planning advice and services provided.
  • Help to ensure client milestones/KPIs are measured and met or exceeded.
  • With senior management support, help to identify and target new planning clients and projects from within Telent and externally and assist with cross sell planning and other property/telecom services.
  • Report regularly and work closely with the Head of Acquisition, Estates & Planning to help monitor the performance of the Planning business unit and develop the planning service offering.
  • Maintain and build on existing relationships through regular client meetings/updates.
  • Help to raise the profile of the planning team, its capabilities and expertise through attendance at targeted networking events, conferences, seminars etc.
  • Help support the business development objectives.
  • Ensure that all Planning services delivered by the business are to an appropriate quality adhering to all national and local policies, timelines and to client expectations.

Town Planner - Who you are:

The successful Town Planner will already be RITP qualified in Town Planning, although, we will consider anyone with relevant Wireless Telecoms / Mobile Network Operator experience without the qualification. The Town Planner will also have reasonable experience in undertaking higher-level planning work, ie. Planning appeals, feasibility studies and preparing full planning applications. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a team of qualified professionals, with the Head of Planning and Acquisition being FRIC's and FITP qualified - support in your career development is on offer. This is also a great opportunity to work in a closely knit team who are big on collaborative working, that will share their wealth of experience. This is an opportunity to move into new markets, so if you enjoy being challenged, this is the right role for you.

Town Planner - Key requirements:

  • Must be RTPI or RICS qualified
  • Experience of working as a Town Planner in Wireless Telecoms / Telecommunications industry or Mobile Network Operators industry (preferred)
  • Thorough understanding of local authority and national planning policies, codes and acts around Planning applications
  • Good IT skills
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Full UK driving licence holder and flexible to travel if required
  • Considerable amount of experience of submitting Planning applications and related applications/documentation
  • Excellent understanding of the appeals process, including experience of submitting written representation appeals
  • Strong understanding of GPDO throughout the UK, as well as National Policy for Communications
  • Attention to detail and good report writing skills
  • Knowledge of Civils in a Telecoms environment
  • Post-graduate Town Planning / Town Planner experience within either the public or private sector will be considered

Telent - What we offer:

A career at Telent can span sectors, roles, technologies, and customers giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.

We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role:

  • Competitive starting salary and annual pay reviews
  • 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to purchase up to 10 days at the beginning of each holiday year
  • Company matched pension scheme (up to 6% contribution matched)
  • A range of family friendly policies
  • Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
  • Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme

About Telent:

Telent is a leading technology company and specialist in the design, build, support and maintenance, drawing on decades of experience in mission critical communications and technology of the UK's critical digital infrastructure. The work we do helps connect thousands of people and communities, using the best technology and innovation available. When you join us, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact on all our futures by fulfilling your potential and delivering high performance. We work together to make everyday life work better for everyone. You'll be part of a team of more than 3,000 brilliant, dedicated people committed to getting the job done well.

Brilliance brought together.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

  • Be Inclusive
  • Take Responsibility
  • Collaborate
  • Be Customer-focused

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