Interim Principal Infrastructure Planner

My client (Local Authority -County) are looking for a Principal Infrastructure Planner on an interim basis to help support their Major Projects team.

The team are in need of a planner that is used to delivering Major Projects and has experience taking on a project from concept through to development and delivery.

Please note for the time being, this role will be 100% remote however, when the authority returns to usual practise (Dependant on lockdown guidelines) the role will likely be one day a week in office.

This role will be Inside IR35.

With a self motivated attitude they need someone that can effectively drive forward packages not only for themselves but for the team too.
Having abroad range of experience across, Highways, infrastructure, planning etc is preferred.

You will need to support the management of the Infrastructure planning team, overseeing the quality and planning of transport projects as part of the County Councils investment plans to deliver safer more reliable/sustainable journeys.

• To support the leadership and management of the infrastructure plan teams ensuring the transport and planning elements are being effectively progressed in line with the programme for current and future years.
• To support the infrastructure planning teams overall performance helping identifying resource and skill needs, where appropriate offering recommendations to support the successful delivery of projects and helping support career development and succession planning in the team.
• To inject knowledge and experience overseeing the assessment of a range of transport projects, with direct responsibility for the co-ordination of projects with construction values around £5M, exploiting opportunities for best value benefits to meet the Councils wider corporate objectives.
• To actively engage with internal/external partners, contemplating a range of issues and options and offering balanced judgements for the inclusion/exclusion of improvement options on transport projects, where appropriate recording these as part of the outline business case.
• Oversee and support junior staff and consultants in the development of transport project designs, helping inform best value decisions, appropriate to the stage in planning.
• Represent the Council at meetings, public exhibitions, committees and other events and provide support to senior officers as appropriate.
• Working collaboratively with internal/external partners, stakeholders, Members and other organisations to support plans for transport projects, verifying these meet the original objectives and funding requirements at each stage.
• Oversee project risks and opportunities, offering recommendations to remove, reduce, mitigate and manage these appropriate to the stage in planning. Where appropriate you may need to justify or direct design decisions and present these to seniors, internal/external partners, stakeholders, Members and other organisations.
• To develop the scope and support the contract management of consultants delivering planning, environmental and land advice on transport projects.
• Oversee the completion of Road Safety Audits/Designers Responses, C2/3 Notices, Land Searches and other legal/financial duties associated with the planning of infrastructure projects.
• Plan, co-ordinate and monitor project design reviews
• Prepare outline business cases material and co-ordinate project handovers for construction/delivery.