Town Planner

An exciting opportunity has presented itself for an ambitious Town Planner to join a UK leading Property and Planning Consultancy in the Manchester!

The company

My client has been established for 70 years and its busy team is spread among 7 offices across the UK! Their busy Planning team are looking to recruit a talented, commercially minded Town Planner to join the team in working on medium to large scale projects across a wide range of sectors, including Industrial & Distribution, Retail & Leisure, and Residential.

The role of Town Planner will include the following duties:

• Conducting planning activities as directed by the project co-ordinator.
• Working on projects with a view to meeting agreed client requirements and deadlines in accord with the QA system.
• Client contact as required in support of senior colleagues.
• Needs an appreciation of budgetary constraints imposed on projects/instructions and to work effectively within the constraints of the instruction.
• Responsible for contributing to own continuing professional development through attendance at appropriate training courses and internal CPD sessions and wider reading.
• Able to communicate with client contacts and external bodies /authorities / consultants in respect of project working as required.

Candidate Requirements:

• MRTPI qualified or working towards qualification.
• Previous experience as a Town Planner.
• RTPI accredited degree or equivalent academic accolade.

What you can expect in return:

• Competitive salary!
• Car or car allowance!
• Holiday entitlement starting from 23 and rising by one day per year to 28 days (plus public holidays!).
• Employers pension contribution (which also provides death in service benefit).
• Perkbox and cycle scheme.

Interested? For applications and more information regarding this role and other roles in the Town Planning sector, please send your CV to Megan Field at megan.field@penguinrecruitment.co.uk, or call 01792 365 104.