Experienced Town Planner/Senior Planner

Are you an experienced Planner/Senior Town Planner based in Berkshire?

Do you want to join a team where the aim is to secure the best solution in every case?

Are you an ambitious planning professional looking for a career defining opportunity with a large consultancy?

Penguin Recruitment is working with a highly skilled and experienced team of planning and regeneration consultants in Berkshire to recruit a Senior Planner to the team. As a Senior Planning Consultant, you will be part of a small ambitious, successful team providing clients with high quality, customer focussed, timely and outcome-based Planning services.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Preparing and presenting evidence on appeals for core and external clients.
• Contributing to service improvements to achieve cost efficiency and effectiveness.
• Contributing to the delivery and improvement of business management systems, procedures and processes.
• Providing support and guidance to peers and more junior staff to distribute knowledge and ensure contemporary planning issues and legislation are cascaded and understood.
• Supporting the growth of the team by making a positive contribution to business development, securing repeat work and applying a commercial lens to all work undertaken and behaviours.
• Planning Performance Agreements and providing pre-application advice.
• Processing mainly minor and small major planning applications in a timely manner, producing robust reports and recommendations to achieve desired and deliverable outcomes.

The successful candidate will be a chartered Town Planner or working towards their chartership status. They will also hold over 2 years' experience in the private sector and hold demonstratable level of knowledge and understanding of current and emerging planning legislation.

If you are ambitious to enhance the reputation of the Development Management service for innovation, quality and timeliness of delivery, we want to hear from you! Please contact Jack Green on 01792 365104 or email jack.green@penguinrecruitment.co.uk where you will be met with a friendly and professional service to help you proceed your application.