Senior Associate Masterplanner
Location: Wakefield
Penguin Recruitment is supporting a multidisciplinary firm specializing in architecture, planning, and masterplanning in their search for a Senior Associate Masterplanner. This role embodies their commitment to shared purpose, collaboration, and sustainable development. The firm’s integrated approach ensures projects are deliverable, sustainable, community-focused, and economically transformative.
Their projects leverage a broad knowledge base, testing ideas, sharing insights, and pushing creative boundaries. They handle a range of projects from strategic developments to commercial and bespoke initiatives, helping clients realize their ambitions through creative thinking, technical expertise, and a deep understanding of place.
Candidate requirements:
* Minimum of 8-10 years of masterplanning experience in a relevant field.
* Ability to work at various scales, from high-level masterplans to small interventions, contributing from concept to planning.
* Strong research skills and ability to gather key site/project information, including political, environmental, social, economic, and spatial factors.
* Excellent graphical, verbal, and written communication skills for urban design concepts and technical details.
Role responsibilities:
* Provide design input into high-profile projects, including urban extensions, new towns, and regeneration schemes.
* Lead and manage projects, coordinating team members.
* Prepare high-quality planning documents such as visions, design and access statements, design codes, feasibility studies, and drawings.
* Ensure relevant policies and guidance are followed in collaboration with the planning team.
* Attend site visits and client meetings.
* Communicate effectively with clients, design teams, and stakeholders.
* Participate actively in client presentations, explaining urban design concepts and technical inputs.
* Contribute to practice management, including marketing collateral, presentation images, social media, and website updates.
What the role offers:
* Competitive salary and benefits.
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