WSP

2 months ago

Town Planner (Planning Consultancy)

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Job Summary

Assist in devising planning strategies, assess site history and planning policies, and prepare persuasive documentation to support housing or employment proposals. Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams, attend site visits and meetings, and help manage project delivery and client communications within a Birmingham planning consultancy.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Architecture & Urban Planning

Key Responsibilities

•Assisting in devising planning strategies, assessing site’s planning history and relevant planning policies contained within a development plan; as well as national planning policy and guidance.
•Preparing briefing notes that set out the likelihood of achieving planning permission for housing or employment uses.
•Drafting planning statements in a clear and persuasive way, to support development proposals.
•Assisting in the planning aspects in multidisciplinary teams delivering planning projects.
•Attending site visits, design team and client meetings.

Key Requirements

•Degree level qualification in town planning.
•Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject.
•Chartered status (MRTPI / NIPA).
•Sound knowledge and experience of the UK planning system, gained in the private sector setting.
•Strong technical skills and a commercial approach to planning consultancy.

Experience:Urban planning

Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingOrganizationStakeholder management

Certifications:MRTPINIPA

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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