Senior Town Planner

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom AECOM Full time

Start here. Grow here.

Due to significant infrastructure planning wins and new opportunities we are looking to hire a Senior 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 Birmingham office with an option for hybrid working.  You will be joining a market leading experienced infrastructure planning team and will be given the following responsibilities.

Heres what youll do:

Project Coordination and Delivery

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

Planning Advice and Strategy

  • Providing planning advice to colleagues and clients on planning consent requirements and the application of permitted development rights.
  • Carrying out planning research and analysis and assisting with planning feasibility reports and consent strategies.

Documentation and Application Management

  • Writing Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements for development applications.
  • Leading submitting and managing planning applications including liaison and negotiation with local planning authorities and other key stakeholders.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Working closely with the Environmental Impact Assessment team.
  • Participating in internal and external meetings.

Research Business Development and Project Management

  • Contribution to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.
  • Carrying out planning research and analysis and assisting with planning feasibility reports and consent strategies.

About our team

AECOMs 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 toptier 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 youll thrive in an inclusive and forwardthinking environment where your contributions are valued.

Come grow with us.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

  • Sound knowledge of English planning policy and legislation
  • Demonstrable and relevant experience of working on planning applications
  • Client focus with good interpersonal skills and collaborative working approach
  • High level of commitment to quality
  • Commercial awareness
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely
  • Ability to work on your own initiative and under pressure

Additional Information :

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For further information about the role reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn (annemarieflynn).

We celebrate diversity including neurodiversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact us at

At AECOM we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public and privatesector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime

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