Senior Planner
Location: Galway
Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a well established and highly respected planning consultancy in their search for a Senior Planner to join their Galway based team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Planner to play a key role within a growing consultancy delivering high-quality planning advice across Ireland. The role offers exposure to a broad range of projects across sectors including residential, commercial, infrastructure, energy and strategic planning.
The Role
As a Senior Planner, you will take responsibility for managing planning projects from inception through to determination, providing strategic advice and supporting the wider planning team.
Key responsibilities include:
Managing planning applications and appeals of varying scale and complexity
Preparing planning appraisals, strategy reports and supporting documentation
Liaising with local authorities, statutory consultees and key stakeholders
Contributing to development plan submissions and planning policy representations
Mentoring and supporting junior planners
Assisting with client relationship management and business development
About You
To be successful as a Senior Planner, you will ideally have:
A degree or postgraduate qualification accredited by RTPI or IPI
Several years' professional planning experience, ideally within a consultancy environment
Strong knowledge of the Irish planning system
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Confidence managing projects and advising clients
A proactive, organised and commercially aware approach
Why Apply?
This Senior Planner role offers strong career progression, exposure to varied planning projects, and the opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and collaborative consultancy.
If you are interested in this Senior Planner position, please contact Joel Bland at Penguin Recruitment for further information