Principal / Associate Spatial Planner
Location: Manchester
Salary / Benefits: Negotiable dependant on level of experience plus package including Flexible / Remote working opportunities, a defined contribution pension, Annual bonus schemes and much more.
Summary
One of the world's leading multi-disciplinary consultancy firms is currently looking to strengthen and broaden their Planning team by hiring an experienced Principal or Associate Spatial Planner to join their Manchester office.
The team works directly with multi-disciplinary teams in the UK and across the world on a variety of major infrastructure and development projects.
Clients including HS2, Homes England, Network Rail, Transport for London, Greater London Authority and a number of Local Authorities.
You would be actively supporting the business on their Northern Transformation Programme working with our market colleagues, and driving the Planning, Environmental Consenting and Communities business, to unlock opportunities for the Environment business.
The position requires a Chartered Planner with an excellent track record in planning with experience in providing comprehensive advice to the public and private development sector bringing experience and understanding of:
- The planning and regeneration market in the city regions of the North of England (particularly North west and Yorkshire)
- Strategic/national or regional policies and funding applied to localities.
- A policy and strategy background - including preparation of local spatial plans, evidence-based studies and infrastructure planning - including effective cross-authority collaboration and engagement.
- Understanding of strategic planning and regional frameworks.
- Area wide regeneration projects, town centres or station neighbourhoods involving infrastructure interventions (often rail or flood alleviation) to unlock growth.
- Understanding of the policy and consenting processes that will support strategic placemaking projects including DCO, TWAO, TCPA and CPO processes.
Responsibilities
- Carry out strategic planning and policy development including for example: assessments of development potential, local plan support and evidence, city and regional plans (UK and international), infrastructure delivery studies, preparation of funding bids.
- Identification, development and pursuit of new business and marketing opportunities including leading or supporting on tender responses.
- Develop client network and collaborate with colleagues across AtkinsRéalis to win work.
- Manage project inputs from a range of disciplines working across the firm.
- Support the provision of strategic and policy planning advice to external and internal clients.
Requirements:
- A relevant degree in Town Planning and Chartered membership of the RTPI.
- Relevant experience including successfully managing multi-disciplinary projects, engagement with clients and business development.
- A passion for urbanism and placemaking.
- Understanding of relevant markets and development of market strategies to guide the team- and wider business-growth.
- Client-facing skills focused on early engagement and partnering - including issue appreciation, visioning and project creation.
- Experience of undertaking strategic and spatial planning work in the UK.
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