Senior Town Planner in Leeds

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Due to significant infrastructure planning wins and new opportunities, we are looking to hire a Senior Town Planner. You will be joining a great team; you will have an interesting and diverse workload and you will be given the opportunity to make the most of your abilities.

The role can be based from our offices in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Chesterfield, Leeds, London Aldgate, and Plymouth, whilst taking advantage of our hybrid working model.

You will be able to work on a range of prestigious infrastructure projects for our clients in the energy transition, rail and water development sectors, as well as a range of regional and local developments.

As our Town Planning team is national, you will be joining a market leading, experienced infrastructure planning team and will be given the following responsibilities:

• Project Coordination and Delivery: Assisting in the successful delivery of major development applications and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams across various project types.
• Planning Advice and Strategy: Providing planning advice to colleagues and clients on planning consent requirements and the application of permitted development rights.
• Documentation and Application Management: Writing Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements for development applications.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Working closely with the Environmental Impact Assessment team and participating in internal and external meetings.
• Research, Business Development, and Project Management: Contribution to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.

AECOM’s rapidly growing Town Planning team plays a key role in delivering major infrastructure and development projects. AECOM is a top ten UK planning consultancy by size, employing more than 70 Chartered or Licentiate Planners.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Education and Qualifications: Degree in Town Planning or a related discipline (desirable). Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional body (desirable).
• Experience: Demonstrable and relevant experience of working on planning applications.
• Knowledge: Sound knowledge of English planning policy and legislation.
• Skills: Ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Personal Qualities: Client focus, with good interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach. High level of commitment to quality.

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Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.