Planning Consultant

You do not need prior experience in the Renewable Energy industry. Mid to Senior career level. Remote UK or Hybrid working from our Edinburgh (Stockbridge) office depending on your home location.

Locogen are looking for a planner to join our growing, innovative renewables company. We have a diverse workload, so there would be a variety of projects and types of work to get involved in and plenty of opportunity to learn new things and develop your skills. Locogen is a renewable energy company. Our vision is a world powered 100% by renewables; where everyone has access to affordable, sustainable energy and clean air. Our work is innovative and varied across Wind, Solar PV, Battery Storage (BESS) and Hydrogen. We have grown significantly over the last year and have ambitious plans. There’s lots to do!

About our Planning role: This is a core role within our Planning and Environment Team. We have space for people across the experience level. You will be responsible for the delivery and management of the development and consenting stages of renewable energy projects for our clients and Joint Venture (JV) partners. The work will be very varied in size, scope, technology and location. We are looking for someone who understands how to employ best practice project development and community / stakeholder engagement principles so that we achieve a high degree of success in the planning system.

Some of the things you will be doing:

• Site finding and feasibility.
• Pre-application advice, Screening and Scoping.
• Co-ordinating survey works.
• Submission of applications.
• Consent management including appeals (if required).
• Discharge of planning conditions.
• Compliance monitoring on construction and operational phases.

You will be a good fit if you have / are:

• Excellent knowledge of relevant planning and environmental legislation across the UK.
• Experience of managing large inter-disciplinary planning teams, comprising of a range of internal and external resources, to ensure excellent outputs and high-quality submissions.
• Comfortable working on multiple projects at various stages in development and with evolving scopes, in the context of competing priorities.
• Capable of developing and building excellent client, stakeholder and community relationships.
• Experience in the submission and management of planning appeals.
• Experience in the development and consenting of energy infrastructure projects in the UK would be great, but not necessary.

We are not corporate; it’s a friendly environment where we all collaborate, support and learn from each other. So, if you like to have fun and enjoy your work you will fit right in here.

What is it like to work at Locogen? This role can be based in our Stockbridge (Edinburgh) office or can be undertaken in a remote / hybrid capacity depending on where you live – the office is dog friendly, modernly kitted out and has free parking. We are a multidisciplinary team of friendly, innovative, and creative people who are passionate about renewable energy. We are informal, non-hierarchical, inclusive, open, and collaborative. Locogen is a place where everyone can grow and develop supported by experienced people, doing innovative and interesting work. We love what we do and believe in empowering and trusting each other to deliver. We learn from our experiences, take accountability, and hold others to account. We are client focused and inspire each other to do the best we can. We like a chat and value communication with each other and our clients. We are a social bunch so there is always something going on – we have regular organised socials and get-togethers.

Some of our benefits:

• Flexible working hours: core hours are 10am – 4pm – if you make up your weekly hours then we don’t mind how you manage your time.
• 30 days holiday plus 4 company closure days (25 and 26 Dec, 1 and 2 Jan).
• Work from anywhere up to 25 days in a year.
• Discretionary company bonus.
• Ongoing professional and personal development opportunities – training, memberships and education costs covered.
• Private Health insurance with vitality which includes perks for steps!
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness, and Income Protection options.
• Pension at 10% (5% employee/ employer contribution split).
• We are flexible for employees who want to opt out or contribute more of their salary.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
• Cycle to Work & EV Car Scheme.
• Dog friendly office.

Please apply or get in touch for more info. No candidate will meet every single desired criterion. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. We do not use recruitment agencies to recruit for our vacancies please apply direct. If you have a vision, we’re ready to help you see it through.