Principal Town Planner - London, United Kingdom - Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Principal Town Planner

Country:
United Kingdom
Position Location:London, UK / Birmingham, UK
Contract Type:Permanent
Work Pattern:Full Time
Sector:Built environment
Discipline:Environment
Job Ref:1793
Recruiter Contact:Emma Cantley
Mott MacDonald

We're a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
Our values
:Progress,
Respect,
Integrity,
Drive,
Excellence.
About the division
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald's Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.
Overview of the role
We are seeking a principal planner to join our expanding town planning team, to be based without our London or Birmingham office, supporting us in the delivery of a range of major projects. This is to support and grow our capabilities in providing strategic advice and securing planning approvals across a range of sectors, including energy and water infrastructure, climate resilience, defence, highways, rail, education, health, housing, employment and mixeduse regeneration and waste focused schemes.
You will be responsible for supporting and helping to grow our national planning team. Developing relationships with colleagues across the business, you will have a particular focus on developing links across infrastructure delivery. You will be working alongside the full range of technical disciplines Mott MacDonald offers on some of the largest and complex infrastructure and development projects in the UK. These will cover multiple sectors including energy, water, transport and the built and natural environment, for clients including Ministry of Justice, Network Rail, National Highways, Environment Agency, Leeds City Council and Wirral Council.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
Responsible for 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.
Preparing inputs and potentially bids for new work.
Supporting more junior members of staff in their chartership and professional development.
You will be required to have the following skills and experience:
Degree and/or Masters in Town Planning.
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.
Chartered Member of the RTPI.
Experience of working with a range of client bodies including both private sector and public sector.
Previous experience of, and having an active role in the delivery of varied infrastructure, regeneration and environmental projects.
Experience in overseeing, and/or project managing multidisciplinary projects.
Experience of supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team.
Experience of team working to support the delivery of projects.
Experience of financial accountability for projects and delivery of projects within budget.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
AccessibilityAgile working*
Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
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.
Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
Our income protection scheme provides a financial bene