Senior Associate Town Planner

Overview

Deliver planning projects and approvals across infrastructure, regeneration and public sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• bid preparation
• regulatory liaison
• project management
• planning applications
• policy development
• mentoring

Tasks

-Preparing inputs and potentially leading bids for new work. -Liaising with Local Planning Authorities / Statutory Consultees as necessary to ensure applications are registered and determined within a timely manner. -Leading and working as part of the planning team to deliver a range of planning projects, including working alongside and potentially project managing other disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team. -Project managing and co-ordinating the preparation of planning applications. -Supporting more junior members of staff in their chartership and professional development. -Writing and reviewing planning deliverables to a very high standard. This includes high level options appraisals, preparing and reviewing documents for planning applications, Marine Licensing, Environmental Permitting, Energy Consents, TWAOs or DCOs and planning policy preparation and advice.

Requirements

• chartered rtpi
• town planning
• planning applications
• project management
• budget management
• mentoring

What You Bring

-Experience of supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team. -Experience of preparing and submitting planning applications, drafting reports, feasibility studies, masterplans and regeneration strategies. -Chartered Member of the RTPI. -Experience of team working to support the delivery of projects. -Extensive town planning experience across a range of consenting types, including the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Development Consent Order and Transport and Works Act Order processes. -Experience in overseeing, and/or project managing multidisciplinary projects. -Previous experience of, and having an active role in the delivery of varied infrastructure, regeneration and environmental projects. -Experience of working with a range of client bodies including both private sector and public sector. -Degree and/or Masters in Town Planning. -Experience of financial accountability for projects and delivery of projects within budget.

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Benefits

-Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. -Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments. -As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes. -Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues. -A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family. -We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%. -Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay. -A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options. -Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too. -Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing. -Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury. -A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme. -Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers. -Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary. -Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave. -Primary annual professional institution subscription. -Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service. -Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

About Mott Macdonald

-Delivering complex projects that require both technical expertise and strategic vision. -Design of major infrastructure and transport systems. -Specializing in sustainable solutions to address challenges and capitalize on opportunities. -History built on innovation and forward-thinking engineering, consistently delivering impactful results.

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Visa Sponsorship

-no skilled worker visa sponsorship; candidates must be eligible via alternative immigration routes.