Graduate Town Planner - Belfast - Start October - December 26 in Newtownabbey

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World. 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. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

Job Description

Our Belfast-based Planning and Stakeholder Engagement team deliver projects across Northern Ireland, Ireland and the UK. We have a fantastic graduate opportunity available with an immediate start date.

About our Team

AECOM's Planning & Stakeholder Engagement team are involved in delivering some of the largest, most complex and high-profile infrastructure schemes and development and regeneration projects across the UK & Ireland, supporting both public and private sector clients. We are a dynamic team that works closely with colleagues across a broad range of complementary disciplines, including masterplanning, architecture, civil engineering, transportation, landscape architecture, environmental impact assessment (EIA), ecology, heritage, and project management.

Projects

As a Graduate Town Planner at AECOM, you will have the opportunity to contribute to a diverse range of projects, primarily across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Our team is actively involved in key market sectors including energy, data centres, water defence and transportation, providing exposure to impactful infrastructure and development projects from day one. You will also have the opportunity to support major infrastructure projects in the UK, including Development Consent Order (DCO) applications, offering valuable experience on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

Here's what you'll do:

• Provide technical inputs to land use planning projects, working within multi-disciplinary teams of planners, environmental specialists, landscape architects and engineers to deliver a diverse range of multi-disciplinary projects including land development, infrastructure planning, policy planning and strategic development planning projects.
• Supporting the preparation and coordination of planning applications across a range of projects, including infrastructure, large scale residential, leisure and mixed-use developments.
• Carry out planning research and due diligence analysis to assist with the identification of planning risk and opportunities.
• Support others in the team to identify and pursue business development opportunities and support the growth of the business through new and repeat clients.
• Contribute to proposals and qualification documents to secure new commissions.
• Represent the organisation professionally, developing and managing relationships with clients, local authorities and other stakeholders through project work and attendance at conferences and other networking events.
• Participate in the successful operation of the town planning team, including sharing technical knowledge and promoting best practice.
• Support stakeholder engagement and consultation activities associated with planning and infrastructure projects, including preparing consultation materials, assisting with stakeholder mapping and helping to coordinate engagement events where required.
• Assist the management team as required.

Enjoy the Perks

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

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

• A graduate with a degree or post graduate level qualification in Town Planning or a related discipline.
• A hard working and highly motivated individual with a strong interest in all aspects of Planning.
• An understanding of Irish, Northern Irish and wider UK planning policy and legislative frameworks.
• Excellent communication, presentation and report writing skills.
• Able to work independently, use your own initiative and perform well under pressure.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Successfully manage time to meet project deadlines, demonstrating a strong commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Client focused with strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach.
• Full current driving licence is preferred (although not essential) and access to a form of transport to travel to various sites to carry out the duties of the post.
• Ideally planning work experience beyond academic study (gained through industrial placement, vacation work or post-graduate employment).

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.

Additional Information

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start. Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades as well as demonstrating why you are interested in this position and how your skills and education/qualifications support your application. You must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.