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Senior Town Planner

Senior Town Planner

Penguin RecruitmentBracknell Forest, Berkshire
30+ days ago
Salary
£40,000.00–£50,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Penguin Recruitment is pleased to be supporting a thriving independent Town Planning Consultancy with offices in the South East & Midlands on the hire of a Senior Planner (or Principal Planner).

Our client works with land and property owners, developers and investors on a wide range of projects. In this role you can expect access to schemes in the following sectors : Residential, Commercial, Green Belt, Education, Change of Use, Caravan Sites and more!

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead on projects and deliver a high-quality service to clients.
  • Demonstrate excellent report writing skills, with limited input from Directors and Ads.
  • Coach, motivate and support junior members of the team.
  • Work in a smart and commercially minded way – have a healthy work / life balance.
  • Provide clear and succinct planning advice.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely with clients, project teams and colleagues.
  • Demonstrate excellent organisational skills and time management, including meeting deadlines, managing workload independently and monitoring project milestones.
  • Work with our Marketing & Communications Associate to promote the business.

In this role you will be expected to;

  • Act decisively.
  • Show initiative and commercial awareness.
  • Demonstrate drive, adaptability and perseverance.
  • You’ll have experience of preparing or processing major applications.
  • You’ll have appeal experience.
  • Experience of the Plan-making process would be advantageous but not essential.
  • Driving license and access to a vehicle needed.
  • MRTPI, or working towards it.
  • The reward

  • The benefits of a small / medium sized consultancy.
  • A young, sociable and friendly team.
  • Bi-annual bonuses.
  • Flexible working, including home working and 50% of hours needing to be delivered in core hours.
  • Flexi time system, where overtime above 40hr / week is rewarded (up to 1 flexi day per month).
  • No timesheets.