845 - Associate Partner - Infrastructure Planning and Consents in Leeds

Build the world you want to live in with a career in the infrastructure consenting team at Carter Jonas. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Partner with experience of Planning Act 2008 procedures to join Carter Jonas’ Infrastructure Consenting team. You would be based out of our either our London, Birmingham or Leeds offices. We offer flexible working arrangements and encourage our team to balance quality time in our office hubs with working from home (a minimum requirement of presence in the office will apply).

Our experienced and fast-growing team is already delivering on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) across various project sectors including rail, mass transit, road, power generation and transmission. We have a strong and growing forward workload of projects which provides an opportunity to be developed and places Carter Jonas at the forefront of progressing some of the largest new infrastructure projects in the UK, alongside major infrastructure upgrades being delivered by Great British Energy and Great British Railways.

The Consents team has a proven track record of advising on a huge range of infrastructure projects across a wide spectrum of consent regimes including, but not limited to, DCOs, TWAOs, Section 36 projects. The team has managed and recently submitted four DCOs, a multi-billion-pound TWAO, and several smaller renewable TCPA applications, and we have more projects currently starting their NSIP journey.

You would be joining one of the country’s fastest growing infrastructure teams working with some of the UK’s largest infrastructure clients, including Network Rail, National Highways and National Grid, alongside the opportunity to work with industry leading renewable energy clients and investment companies, contributing to the national energy ambitions for clean energy.

We offer a highly competitive salary package which includes a fantastic benefits package allowing you to choose those that suit your personal circumstances including purchasing additional leave, health cash plans, cycle to work scheme, gym membership, etc. In addition, we welcome applications from those seeking flexible or agile working arrangements and can be discussed at the application stage. Carter Jonas offers excellent opportunities for career development and progression within the Practice.

What does it take to be successful?

As a key member of our growing and ambitious team, you will be able to carve your own niche, contributing to the delivery of high-quality professional services to our existing clients, promoting our services to new clients and showcasing our expertise to the market working with our marketing and business development teams, and colleagues within the business. This role would be ideal for a qualified planner or similarly qualified individual, with experience and knowledge of the NSIP and/or similar regimes, or with experience managing large and complex project teams. A willingness and ability to travel throughout the UK is an advantage, but flexibility and ensuring a healthy work/life balance is one of the key ambitions for Carter Jonas as a business.

Your day-to-day role will comprise the delivery of excellent technical, fee-earning work for our clients alongside our land teams and project managers. You will also become involved in business promotion – for example networking events, working with our professional partners to run seminars, publish thought-pieces, legislation and technical updates to the market. You will take responsibility for the management and delivery of projects, including program and budgeting autonomy, with the support of your colleagues and the senior management team and Partners.