Town Planner - Senior / Principal Consultant

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is a multidisciplinary environmental and engineering company and includes well-established development planning practice, supported by in-house master planners, environmental, transport, engineering and stakeholder engagement teams.

We provide a wide range of town planning services to public and private sector clients with an ever-expanding portfolio of projects centred on the promotion and delivery of major urban extensions and garden communities comprising thousands of new homes.  This role presents an excellent opportunity to make a difference at a strategic scale working with nationally recognised clients, not least The Crown Estate, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Duchy of Lancaster, Homes England, and a portfolio of major housebuilders and developers.

To build on our successes and help deliver an established project portfolio, we are seeking an experienced town planner with a track record within the property sector. The ability to identify, develop and progress complex planning and development projects for strategic landowners and developers within both the public and private sectors is essential.

Job Responsibilities:

Working with our team of town planners you will:

• Have the opportunity to contribute to and lead the delivery of strategic mixed-use urban extensions, garden communities and major planning applications for high profile clients
• Use your skills and experience to deliver success, representing clients through the plan making process, providing sound technical and strategy advice, and taking responsibility for the delivery of high-quality outputs, policy submissions and planning applications
• Keep abreast of emerging best practice, guidance, and legislative changes within town planning, to help raise our profile through networking and use of social media, and actively maintain your own professional development
• Help support and mentor junior staff

Skills / Qualifications

Qualifications: 

• You will be qualified to degree level in Town Planning and will be a full member of the RTPI
• You will have significant professional experience, with a substantial part of that spent in the UK private consultancy environment, of advising clients on successful planning strategies, preparing planning applications, supporting negotiations on s106 agreements, securing consents, site disposal, due diligence and implementation
• You will be technically confident and persuasive with excellent verbal and written communications skills
• You will have experience in managing planning applications (from small to large sized projects) and working with multi-disciplinary project teams to tight deadlines and strictly defined budgets
• You will have the ambition and ability to support the growth of our planning team
• You will have a full UK drivers’ licence

What is on offer?

Wood offers a competitive salary and benefits package and provides support to staff in developing their careers through structured professional development.

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.