Associate Planner - Leeds, United Kingdom - AtkinsRéalis

AtkinsRéalis

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Role:
Principal/Associate Planner

Location:
Manchester, Warrington, Leeds and Sheffield

Planning a better future for our communities:
Bring your skills to the table as a Town Planner in our diverse and friendly national Planning team.

You'll work in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment, collaborating and learning within AtkinsRéalis teams and businesses across the UK and worldwide.

We're big on expertise but not on hierarchy.

So, we'll trust you with more responsibility faster, supporting you to progress and lead on an exciting variety of major infrastructure and development projects.

You might know us for the great work we do across our huge variety of projects.

It's thanks to our people's combined diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge that we can continue to make a difference worldwide.

And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

Welcome to AtkinsRéalis.

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's leading multi-disciplinary consultancy firms offering unparalleled opportunities for talented individuals in search of a rewarding career.

At AtkinsRéalis we offer more than just a job. We offer an opportunity to make a difference and shape the world to benefit future generations and the environment. We have a strong Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ethos.

You'll join one of the UK's leading planning consultancies at the forefront of thought leadership in sustainable infrastructure and development, from Net Zero to ESG, Biodiversity Net Gain and digital transformation.

We care about outcomes for our clients and the unprecedented challenges they face including climate change, social inclusion and rapid urbanisation.

The work we do is important and influential:

it shapes the way our clients think, enables them to make better decisions and to deliver their projects in a world of disruption and change.

Great ideas come from great people when they collaborate - this is our core strength.

We are looking for an experienced Planning Consultant at Principal/ Associate level to broaden our successful and progressive team of Planning and Environmental Consultants in the North of England.

Our Planning and Environmental team (c600) are based throughout the UK including Manchester, Warrington, Leeds, Sheffield, York, Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast, Cardiff, Epsom, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.

Our team is one of the UK's leading planning and environmental assessment consultancies, at the forefront of thought-leadership in planning and delivery of infrastructure and development and the use of digital data to support our work.

We influence government thinking on infrastructure delivery and provide planning advice in the UK to central and devolved governments and their agencies, local authorities, major landowners including utilities and the private sector.

The team is strongly integrated with our transport, energy, engineering and design businesses. We are currently providing planning and environmental support on major UK projects for clients.

These include a number of water companies across the UK including Yorkshire Water and Anglian Water, significant rail projects including for Network Rail and HS2, in addition to major road schemes for National Highways.

We are also leading the delivery of schemes for new homes and supporting infrastructure on a range of complex sites for Homes England.

Our team also continue to advise on and support local authorities to deliver projects around their growth agenda.

We continue to expand our presence in the energy and renewables market where we are building on successes with hydrogen generation (for example Hynet at Ellesmere Port) and electricity transmission (e.g.

National Grid) and floating offshore wind (e.g. Kincardine OWF).

We also provide strategic planning advice in the UK to central government and its agencies, local enterprise partnerships, local authorities, combined authorities and the private sector.

Responsibilities:

Prepare and implement planning strategies to deliver projects and development proposals & delivering high quality advice, reports and presentations based on sound and robust quantitative and qualitative analysis;
Deliver evidence base studies and site appraisals to support policy development, planning consenting and master planning projects capable of withstanding scrutiny at examination;
Drafting, checking and reviewing high quality supporting reports & negotiation of planning submissions successfully through the consenting process;
Develop client network and collaborate with colleagues across AtkinsRéalis to win work including through formal tenders and bids & manage project inputs from other technical disciplines within AtkinsRéalis and external consultants;

Requirements: