Senior Town Planner

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.

Interested?

If you feel this role may be of interest, we would love to hear from you! Call Matt Fraser now on 01792 365 000 or email matt.fraser@penguinrecruitment.co.uk. If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.