Town Planner Town Planning Officer

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom AECOM Full time

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With 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 nearly 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.

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

Leading development consent applications for major infrastructure projects.

Leading on other development planning work and providing sound planning advice to clients.

Lead business development activities and bids for major projects.

Managing projects from opportunity to delivery, including bid delivery, risk and budget management, quality management and health and safety leadership.

Our Town Planning Practice is recruiting a Principal Infrastructure planner to help lead infrastructure planning projects across the UK.

As a national team, we are flexible in terms of base office location across our offices in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Croydon, Manchester and Leeds.

PLANNING PRACTICE AT AECOM

We operate as a national town planning team delivering major infrastructure projects across all sectors but with a particular focus on the energy transition. You will work with leading experts in a vast array of disciplines in your local office and nationally, helping to fast-track your career development.

We work flexibly, UK-wide, delivering much of our work remotely whilst benefitting from a strong planning team culture in one of our 11 main UK offices. You will contribute to the growth of the planning practice, for example by helping to take responsibility for business development, quality and collaboration.

AECOM is a top ten UK Planning consultancy by size, employing around 80 Chartered or Licentiate Planners, practicing in all areas of the discipline. 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.

Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions. 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 / local developments. AECOM is a market leader in UK infrastructure development, with experience of over 70 DCO projects. Northern Powerhouse Rail – the biggest current Network Rail development project.

Proven track record of helping lead on the successful development consent applications.

Relevant degree and full Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional town planning organisation.

A sound understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment and its relationship with the development consent process.

Experience of inputting into or leading successful proposals and full project management experience.

Ability to work on own initiative and deliver high quality work to-programme and within budget.

Competent in the use of Microsoft Office suite of programmes.

Experience working in multi-disciplinary design, delivery and consents team environments.

Experience working on large and / or complex development projects, ideally in the energy transition sector.

We offer a flexible hybrid working model. As a member of our team, you will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a range of flexible choices covering health, finance, lifestyle, well-being and more.

#You can learn more about us here: 2023 AECOM Candidate Brochure (adobe.About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s 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 private-sector 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.See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.



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