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Consultant Town Planner

Aecom

The Role

Overview

Consultant Town Planner delivering major infrastructure planning projects

Key Responsibilities

  • planning research
  • application delivery
  • risk management
  • statement writing
  • tender prep
  • project management

Tasks

-Liaising with the Environmental Impact Assessment team. -Carrying out planning research and analysis and assisting with the identification of planning risk. -Assisting in the management and successful delivery of major development applications, including coordinating multi-disciplinary teams across various project types. -Identifying, evaluating and managing planning risk. -Providing planning advice to colleagues and clients, including consenting routes and the application of permitted development rights. -Writing Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements for development applications. -Participating in internal and external meetings. -Contribution to the preparation of successful commercial tenders. -Assisting with project management and implementing quality and health and safety principles.

Requirements

  • rtpi licentiate
  • eia legislation
  • uk planning
  • dcos
  • solar dcos
  • commercial awareness

What You Bring

-Licentiate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional town planning organisation, and working towards full accreditation. -An understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment legislation. -Experience of working in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams. -Commercial awareness and the ability to write clearly and concisely. -Sound knowledge of UK planning policy and legislation. -Demonstrable experience of working on major planning applications and/or Development Consent Orders. -Able to work to tight deadlines. -Client focused with good interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach with a high level of commitment to quality. -numerous solar DCOs with a pipeline of future work;

Benefits

-housing and mixed-use development consenting.

The Company

About Aecom

-Launched as a bold independent infrastructure consultancy from a merger of five legacy firms dating back over a century. -Handles everything from geotech to electro-mechanical systems, as seen in the award-winning Romaine Hydroelectric Complex in Canada. -Guides projects through every lifecycle stage in transportation, buildings, water systems, energy, and environmental sectors.

Sector Specialisms

Industrial

Agriculture, Food & Beverage

Automotive & Heavy Equipment & Machinery

Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure

High Performance Logistics

Energy

Renewable Energy

Grid Modernization

Transportation

Transit and Rail Projects

Highways

Bridges

Aviation Facilities

Facilities Management

Educational Institutions

Healthcare Facilities

Commercial Buildings

Corrections Facilities

Urban and Regional Planning

Building Construction

Oil and Gas Industry

Maritime Facilities

Water Management Systems