Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a large and leading multi-disciplinary consultancy on the hire of an Associate Town Planner to their team in Birmingham.
Our client's busy and successful Birmingham Office is located centrally and just a short walk from New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill Stations.
The appointed Associate Town Planner will work on a broad range of planning projects, using your local knowledge and national influence to plan and deliver projects of all types and scales. The team provides invaluable advice to their clients, and projects range from residential, mixed-use, commercial, industrial and employment through development plan promotion and planning applications and appeals.
You will be planning and delivering projects and developing both new and existing client relationships. You will join a supportive team environment with exciting career opportunities.
About you
You will be a Chartered Town Planner ideally with some residential planning experience, preferably from a consultancy or private sector environment. Local knowledge is ideal and preferred however my client is also open Associate Town Planners looking to relocate.
Your role will include
- Promoting large to medium scale residential, mixed-use, employment and other developments (both brownfield and greenfield) through the Local Development Framework and then by coordinating subsequent planning applications
- Conducting research and site appraisals on projects for our client base
- Preparation, submission, and negotiation of planning applications of all sizes/types.
- Preparation of planning and Statements of Community Engagement
- Lodging appeals and potentially appearing at Informal Hearings
- Develop client relationships and generating work
- Co-ordination of internal and external project teams and project management of schemes
Salary / Benefits
In return for your commitment and hard work, you will be compensated well with a competitive starting salary, a comprehensive benefits package, a varied workload and an experienced leadership team for support!
Interested?
If you are looking to work with a leading planning team in Birmingham and join one of the most sustainable companies in the world, this is the role for you!
The hiring manager is looking to meet with suitable Associate Town Planners ASAP so if you meet the above criteria, please contact Matt Fraser on (phone number removed) or (url removed)