Company Description
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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We are one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Due to a significant increase in planning policy project wins and new opportunities, we are looking to recruit a consultant planner. You will be joining a great team; you will have an interesting and diverse workload and you will be given the opportunity to make the most of your abilities. You will work on key planning policy projects, working alongside multi-disciplinary teams and engaging directly with clients and stakeholders to secure successful planning outcomes. There will also be opportunities to work on infrastructure and development projects within the Planning team.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Planning Strategy and Expertise
* Carry out research and analysis for planning policy projects
* Assist on elements of policy projects, including supporting local authority policy and strategy development, local plan evidence studies, strategic growth studies, infrastructure strategies and other policy and strategy commissions.
* Assist in formulating strategic planning advice to other client and internal teams.
* Provide effective representation for the organisation, developing and managing relationships with clients, local authorities and other stakeholders through project work and through attendance at conferences and other networking events.
* Sharing technical knowledge and excellence.
Project Management
* Assist Project Managers to ensure projects are delivered successfully on budget and within programme timelines.
* Assist in coordinating multi-disciplinary teams for seamless project execution.
* Implement and uphold quality assurance and health and safety principles.
Business Development
* Contribute to the business development strategy where required
* Assist in the preparation of commercial tenders to secure new opportunities.
Does this sound like something you can do, and do well? If so, read on…
About our team
AECOM is a top ten UK planning consultancy by size, employing around 70 Chartered or Licentiate Planners. The AECOM Planning Practice projects include some of the largest, most complex and high profile development and regeneration projects in the UK for both public and private sector clients. We are a dynamic planning team and work closely with colleagues in other related disciplines, including masterplanning, landscape, environment, sustainability, transport and economics. Examples of our project work include:
* Sub-Regional Spatial Plans - AECOM is a leading provider of sub-regional growth studies and evidence base for plans and policy (including our strategic planning work in the OxCam Arc, Thames Estuary, Hertfordshire and the East Midlands).
* Local Plans – Providing local planning authorities with local plan evidence and support is a key area in the policy team. We have worked on the local plans of over 100 authorities in the last decade.
* Strategic Masterplans - Masterplanning of Garden Communities and other strategic developments.
* Neighbourhood Planning - Supporting neighbourhood plan making since 2011, across scoping, evidence base production, stakeholder engagement, appraisal and option development to plan production, design, delivery and monitoring.
Joining AECOM will provide you with opportunities for career progression within a positive culture where learning and development is actively supported and promoted.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Experience
* Relevant experience of contributing to planning policy and strategy development in a consultancy or public sector role.
Client & Stakeholder Relations
* Client focus, with good interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach.
* A business development mindset, ideally with some experience of work winning and developing relationships with existing and new clients.
Skills
* Ability to produce high quality technical reports and excellent communication skills.
* Ability to work on your own initiative and under pressure.
Quality & Commitment
* High level of commitment to quality.
Education & Professional Memberships
* Degree in Town Planning or a related discipline, and membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or equivalent professional body, or working towards membership.
Additional Information
Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We also are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10135116
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Planning
Work Location Model: Hybrid
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