Senior Associate Director - Town Planning
Jacobs Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
Your impact
As part of 1000 Water and Environment industry experts spread across the UK and Ireland, our Town Planning Team delivers an extensive portfolio of Planning & Consents solutions and services to major infrastructure projects across multiple industries, ensuring that our clients’ critical projects proceed to successful Planning and Consents outcomes. You will be responsible for leading Planning and Consents solutions delivered across all of our Frameworks, taking an innovative and best‑practice approach to planning advice, policy, requirements management, governance, support and delivery.
Responsibilities
* Technical leadership, providing subject matter expert level direction and support, to facilitate successful consenting of projects
* Maintain a high level and indepth knowledge of legislation (national and local) planning policies, including their application through infrastructure projects, policies and programmes
* Scope, develop and implement appropriate consenting routes
* Manage the preparation, quality, governance and submittal of a wide range of reports, including development plan, planning appraisals and Environmental Impact Assessment reports and appeals
* Coordinate and manage consent and planning applications
* Develop and implement rigorous project management techniques to plan and prioritise the completion of tasks and deliverables on time and to budget
* Manage the growth of your teams capability footprint and the portfolio of solutions by fostering and promoting a culture of development, support and opportunity
What you’ll need
* Recognized leader in Town Planning and Consents
* Planning qualification (IPI or RTPI)
* A sound and demonstrable knowledge of Irish town planning legislation and practice
* Experience of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and how it applies to major development projects
* Excellent stakeholder and client management skills, able to build collaborative working relationships
* Established ability to identify relevant environmental, social and economic policy and legislation
* Experience of bidding/tendering for internal and external opportunities and strong commercial awareness
* An ability to present technical information to non‑technical audiences
As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
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