Senior Planner (Southampton)

Posted on: 11/05/2016 ~ Company:

An exciting opportunity has arisen with a leading consultancy on the South Coast for a chartered town planner operating at Senior Planner level to join an expanding team in their picturesque office in Southampton. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team and have a strong brand behind you.

We are looking for MRTPI candidates ideally operating Senior Planner level but possibly Planner level for the right candidate. This firm have an excellent reputation in the planning industry across the country and offer a great portfolio of clients for you to work with. These include prestigious housebuilders and commercial developers, property companies and also land owners. The work is mainly residential and mixed-use focussed and includes large scale application work as well as strategic schemes and smaller schemes, there is a really good variety.

The company are brilliant for promoting internally and nearly all of their Directors joined the firm as planners and senior planners, they promote when you are ready not just when there is a space. At this level we are looking for confident networkers and the ability to manage small scale projects independently as well as assisting Associates and Directors on larger scale schemes. The team are extremely busy and have a large pipeline of work ready!

Ideally we are looking for some private sector experience, preferably from a consultancy environment but we can consider those coming from a clientside set-up i.e. a housebuilder or developer, or local authority for the right person. In any case you should have a commercial approach to business, a good knowledge of local planning policies (in particular Thames Valley, Hampshire, Dorset and Berkshire) and experience of residential schemes.

To apply for this role please do not hesitate to contact Ruth Hoggett. We aim to get back to all applications; however, due to the volume of applications we receive, we are not always able to do so. By clicking apply, please be assured that your CV will not be sent to the client until you have been fully briefed on the role and given permission for us to do so. If you have not received a response within 4 – 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful this time round. We will confidentially retain your details and inform you of any other suitable opportunities arising should you not be successful in this role.

Job Reference: RH/885301

Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Car/Benefits/Bonus

Salary per: Annum

Job Duration:

Job Start Date: ASAP

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