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Project Planner

Employer
MKO Ireland
Location
Galway, Ireland
Salary
On application
Closing date
22 Jul 2018

About us

McCarthy Keville O’Sullivan Ltd. is a specialist consultancy based in Galway, Ireland employing 50 staff across the company’s planning, environmental ecology and ornithology teams. We deliver challenging and complex projects on behalf of our clients and our range of nationwide expertise and multi-disciplinary service offering add real value to their projects.

About the role

The company is seeking to recruit a Project Planner to join its Planning team and meet the increasing demand for the company’s services. The successful candidate will be working on projects in the commercial development, renewable energy, residential and infrastructure sectors, and it is essential that prospective candidates have relevant and recent experience in these sectors. The position available will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects utilising the various skills they may have acquired through formal training, personal interest and previous work experience.

The successful candidate would be expected to:

  • Work as part of the Planning team to deliver project requirements.
  • Manage medium to large scale planning projects from inception to completion.
  • Have an excellent working knowledge of the Irish planning system, and the interaction of relevant planning and environmental legislation, both national and European.
  • Have a working knowledge of associated environmental issues, such as AA, EIA, etc. fundamental to the preparation of high-quality planning inputs on large-scale projects.

The key responsibilities associated with the role will include:

  • Project management of planning projects from inception to completion including interaction with project stakeholders, clients and other project team members;
  • Undertaking background research, desk studies, field visits and preparing planning assessments, reports and project planning inputs;
  • Efficiently managing interactions with project team members and sub-consultants;
  • Liaising with client representatives to progress projects effectively;
  • Finding solutions to planning challenges on projects;
  • Engaging with relevant authorities and stakeholders in environmental and planning projects;
  • Delivering fit for purpose project outputs within set deadlines;
  • Reporting (prepare and/or compile information for weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for Project Directors i.e. job proposals issued, current projects, upcoming deadlines, etc.)

Prospective candidates will be expected to have excellent report writing skills, be well organised with meticulous attention to detail while also being able to manage a varied and full workload. The candidate should thrive in a busy work environment and on delivering to required project deadlines.

The successful candidate will have a Masters (or equivalent) in Town Planning that is accredited by the Irish Planning Institute or Royal Town Planning Institute plus a minimum of three to five years post-graduate planning experience, ideally in a consultancy environment.

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