Town Planner -Associate Director (Infrastructure Planning)

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WSP is an award-winning consultancy that employees the largest number of chartered town planners across the UK, operating within both the infrastructure and property markets.

It has never been a more exciting time to join WSP's market-leading Infrastructure Planning Team. With notable contract and framework awards in 2024 from National Grid as part of the Great Grid Partnership, Nuclear Waste Services as well as awards from many other clients, we have a great foundation for growth in 2025.

Our key clients include National Grid, East West Rail, EET Fuels, Eni UK, National Gas, SSE, Scottish Power Renewables, Southern Water, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, and many more.

Our success as a team is built on employing highly skilled consenting specialists that have experience in serving a diverse portfolio of clients in the energy, renewables, nuclear, net zero, water, rail and transportation and aviation sectors.

To continue to sustainably grow as a business, we are looking to recruit an Associate Director in our Bristol office. You will already be experienced at delivering multi-disciplinary projects under the Town and Country Planning Act and the Planning Act 2008 and can line manage and support those in our team to do this, to help meet the needs of our many clients and projects. We are also interested to hear from people that have experience in securing consents for major projects by means of Planning (Wales) Act 2015, Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, Transport and Works Act Order or the Electricity Act.

To find out more about our Infrastructure Planning business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Infrastructure planning and consulting WSP

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

• Providing line management, support, and guidance to junior consultants and overseeing their work
• Organising and managing work in a professional and responsible manner, collaborating closely across multi-disciplinary planning, land and environmental teams
• Providing technical advice to clients and managing their consenting requirements
• Preparing consent applications which may include applications under the Electricity Act, the Town and Country Planning Acts, Transport and Works Order, and the Planning Act 2008.
• Project management with effective budgetary control
• Desk studies, research, data management and report writing.
• Leading and preparing tender submissions and where required presenting to tenderers.
• Degree level qualification in town planning (or equivalent).
• Member of (or eligible for) the RTPI.

Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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