Assistant Planning Manager

Description

• Ensure you have read, understand and comply with the Company’s health and safety policies and procedures at all times.
• Reviewing, understanding, interpreting and commenting on various design information and reports with an aim of making every project a success.
• Manage and maintain planning condition trackers. Gathering all necessary information, submitting and pushing for discharge in a timely manner.
• Under the wing of the Senior Planning Manager, manage and positively contribute to the preparation of layouts and planning applications for all sites.
• Build excellent long-term relationships within the team, regional business, consultants and local authorities.
• Assist in discussions and with all relevant bodies and Local Planning Authorities, in conjunction with external project teams, and engage with the public and relevant stakeholders.
• Submit and prepare non-material amendment and minor material amendment applications to amend planning permissions.
• Raising purchase orders and managing the planning budget for each project.
• Ensure designers risk assessments are prepared, checked and saved, following company guidance.
• Attend all health and safety training as required by the Company.
• Assist in the preparation of planning appraisals for new land opportunities.
• Ensure your workplace is kept tidy and any hazards are eliminated or reported to your line manager.
• Reporting any accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions immediately to your manager and record them appropriately.
• Ensure the team are meeting the Company’s health and safety commitments and attend all relevant training.
• Wear appropriate protective clothing on site at all times.
• Provide an effective handover to the regional business at various stages of planning to ensure any key matters are passed onto the relevant teams.
• Organise, programme, positively influence and manage project consultant design teams, ensuring fantastic projects are designed, within tight timescales.
• Contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Development Department in conjunction with the other team members.
• Prepare design and planning briefs, tender packages and commission works being undertaken by external consultants in the preparation of various types of planning applications.

Requirements

• Experience in people management and project leading
• A good communicator/listener
• Capable of strategic vision
• Able to manage and lead a team of consultants
• Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it
• Decision making/problem solving/multi-tasking
• Understand S106 agreements and keep trackers to ensure obligations are complied with.
• Relevant experience in the industry
• Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
• Further education in Architecture or Planning related course or;
• Accurate with an eye for detail
• Competent in Word, PDF, Excel, etc.
• Able to influence and persuade others to their point of view
• Experience working within a residential house builder, planning consultancy or local authority
• Further education in Design, such as, Urban Layout, Landscape, Architectural Technology or;
• Being able to review/understand relevant local authority policies and nationally described space standard (NDSS) requirements.
• MRTPI qualified or working towards
• Achieved or working towards a BSc or an NVQ in Planning or Architectural Technology
• Understanding the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and how this is calculated.
• Resilient, positive, confident and assertive but diplomatic
• Capable of implementing change and of using their initiative
• Awareness of housebuilder requirements including standard house types and design principles.
• Strong mathematical ability

Benefits

• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance