Senior/Principal Development Management Planner

You will also work with multi-disciplinary project teams across Arup to ensure integrated delivery of projects and maximising client/project opportunities. Supporting the growth of our market profile in Bristol and the Southwest and building on existing relationships within these markets with clients such as Bristol City Council, while providing support to the wider team to deliver an effective and professional service to our clients.

You will play a key role in managing and leading medium and major development management and/or significant infrastructure projects, supporting more junior members of the team and ensuring the profitability of projects. This will include reviewing planning documents submitted in support of major planning applications and infrastructure consents and interfacing with and representing clients through the consenting process.

The candidate should have an excellent knowledge of development management including planning legislation, such as the Town and Country Planning Act and the General Permitted Development Order, associated circulars, guidance and regulation, as well as planning policy across England and Wales.

Our award-winning Town Planning team are seeking to recruit a Principal Planner or Senior Planner with experience of providing consultancy services with a focus on the South-West of England and Welsh Market. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing assignments for a mix of public and private sector clients; and will work with a wide range of consultants from across Arup’s disciplines. You will manage client relationships, including with government departments, local authorities, project and property developers, infrastructure operators, and other organisations across the public and private sectors.

Familiar working with clients to understand their requirements and the ability to articulate complex issues concisely, write reports and present effectively.

• Familiar working with clients to understand their requirements and the ability to articulate complex issues concisely, write reports and present effectively. Not ready to apply just yet or have some questions? Contact Rachel Connolly at [email protected] Please note, to ensure we remain GDPR compliant do not send your CV directly to us via this email.
• Degree in Town Planning or similar degree and Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI).
• Proven project management skills with a record in planning and delivery of projects and commercial/financial management skills that can be applied to the profitable management of projects.
• Technical expertise in development management throughout the preapplication/strategy stages, consenting and delivery. Experience of infrastructure consenting would also be an advantage.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

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Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.