Town Planner (Senior grade) - Infrastructure Planning

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Job Description

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We are looking to recruit a Senior Town Planner, with a good understanding of the UK planning system, to help meet the needs of our clients and projects. This is an opportunity to join our Infrastructure Planning team. WSP employ 165 chartered town planners, operating across the infrastructure and property sectors. We are leaders in securing consent for major infrastructure projects and have one of the largest teams of planning, land referencing, environmental and stakeholder engagement professionals specialising in consent applications. Our clients include Hynet, EDF Energy, Network Rail, National Grid, SSE, and Scottish Power Renewables, HS2, Highways England and many more.

WSP is looking to grow its Infrastructure Planning team with the appointment of town planners at senior level with specific experience of supporting and delivering clients in Development Consent Orders, Developments of National Significance (Wales), and Transport and Works Act Orders. We work at all stages of the consenting process from early feasibility, application preparation and delivery of consents through construction and on a variety of projects.

Responsibilities

• Providing support and guidance to junior consultants and overseeing their work
• Organising and managing work in a professional and responsible manner, collaborating closely across multi-disciplinary planning, land and environmental teams
• Building good internal relationships through responsiveness and a commercial approach
• Assistance with preparing consent applications which may include applications under the Town and Country Planning Acts, Planning Act, Transport and Works Act or the Electricity Act.
• Project management with effective budgetary control.
• Desk studies, research, data management and report writing.
• Supporting commercial role such as time, fee and other cost estimates, bid preparation and where required presenting to tenderers.

YOUR TEAM

WSP have a passionate and successful team of 40 town planners who work within the Infrastructure Planning Team in offices across the UK. Our project work includes providing early advice on consenting strategies, consideration of options, preparation of applications, support through examinations and inquiries, and post consent discharge of requirements/ conditions. We work on projects that cross the energy, rail, highway, port, water, aviation and local government sectors, with a mix of public and private sector clients.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in town planning.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject.
• Chartered status
• Experience of delivering planning consents for infrastructure projects, working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Sound knowledge and experience of the UK planning system, gained in either a local authority or private sector setting.

The successful candidate will need to be commercially aware and familiar with managing programme and budgets as part of project delivery. They will be responsible for managing and delivering into a broad range of consultancy and consents work including bidding, design/optioneering, assessment, consenting and approvals during construction and delivery.

You will be well versed in the preparation of all planning documentation for infrastructure projects, engagement with key stakeholders including planning authorities and statutory consultees. The role requires a good grounding in statutory procedures applicable to the consenting of infrastructure projects.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for this post which will also include exposure to both internal and external clients.

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In today's world it's important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

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WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important - whether that's for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

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We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP's Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the "WSP Hour" which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that's why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that's chartership, training or mentoring.

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.