Your new company
My client is proud to be leading the way in the Utilities and Infrastructure sector, helping to bring the UK and Ireland closer to Net Zero every day. Their teams of land, environmental, and geospatial specialists work together to secure the consents needed to deliver critical infrastructure projects.
Their comprehensive services include land access and assembly, agricultural liaison, planning, ecology, environmental impact assessments, and geospatial mapping-each playing a vital role in enabling sustainable development.
Your new role
You will be managing and contributing to a variety of projects, including new capital schemes, property portfolio development appraisals and securing planning consents across all utilities and infrastructure sectors. You will lead or manage a small/sub-team in providing support, experience and advice on environmental and planning considerations and requirements across a variety of sites and schemes with varying levels of sensitivity, delivering on a range of services and managing relatively complex projects to a consistently high standard with a view to meet and exceed client objectives.
* Lead or manage a small team to deliver a range of environmental planning services with a focus on technical Planning specialisms for projects and sites with varying levels of environmental sensitivities, including feasibility assessments, screening, scoping, planning and coordinating projects in line with relevant Environmental and Planning related guidance, legislation and policy as applied in UK, providing advice and preparing and delivering a range of planning and technical related reports; including planning applications.
* Develop and maintain strong working relationships with a range of internal and external project stakeholders including client teams, technical specialists and Local Authority planning officers whilst also drawing on the expertise of specialist colleagues, attending relevant meetings and site visits.
* Reporting directly to the client, take ownership of own/team performance in meeting deadlines and objectives and use a proactive approach and own high level initiative to drive progress and continuously improve delivery.
* Offer the wider Environmental and Planning team assistance on other projects and actively support team and wider business development, using own experienced skills to provide guidance on complex cases, seek efficiency gains and identify areas of new work and ways to cross-sell wider company services.
* Maintain own knowledge and skills via company and wider CPD and, if working towards professional membership or qualification, take responsibility for own learning and progress, scheduling progress review meetings and maintaining an up to date record of activities.
* Monitor, support and coordinate the work and development of more junior members of staff and, if applicable, provide constructive line management to own line reports, engaging in regular progress review and feedback meetings, delegating tasks effectively and showing genuine interest in their welfare and development whilst also being able to hold difficult conversations.
* Participate in and actively support company groups, initiatives, events and socials, promoting company values and always engendering a positive attitude within the workplace.
* Carry out work in compliance with relevant legal, regulatory, contractual and organisational requirements and policies.
What you'll need to succeed
* Have a relevant degree and have achieved or are on the way to chartered membership of a relevant institute.
* Proven track record of experience in a similar role.
* Have sound analytical and presentation skills coupled with great written and verbal communication skills; ideally you will be able to write and prepare fee proposals for the work you undertake and advise others when inputting into larger multi-disciplinary projects.
* Be commercially aware, enabling you to understand client needs and requirements when undertaking negotiations with stakeholders.
* Be an excellent communicator with the willingness to learn and develop.
* Have good knowledge of GIS systems and an understanding of environmental technical disciplines.
* Be self-motivated and organised.
* Have a full UK driving licence.
* Be a great team player and have a can-do attitude.
What you'll get in return
* Competitive salary dependent on experience: £40,000 - £56,000
* Annual bonus scheme
* 25 days annual leave plus 1 day to celebrate your birthday
* Vitality Health Membership (including Private healthcare, subsidised gym membership and other discounts)
* Flexible working
* Pension Scheme
* Life insurance
* 26 Weeks paid Maternity Leave
* 2 Weeks paid Paternity Leave
* BHN Extras - provides discounted gift cards
* Sabbatical Policy effective at 3 years' service
* Paid study leave
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) plus wider Mental Health & Wellbeing support
What you need to do now
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