Senior Environmental Planner

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER

London and Birmingham

£45- 48k plus excellent benefits

Our client, a global consultancy offering advice to the built environment are seeking to appoint a key Environmental Planner to join their London or Birmingham offices.

As the group they continue to go from strength to strength and are keen to expand their offering within their Environmental Planning division.

The Environmental Planning Team forms part of the Planning, Development and Regeneration business which focus provides complimentary services to the group`s master-planning and town-planning commissions throughout the UK, as well as supporting other parts of the group.

Their services provide:- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); the provision of environmental constraints and opportunities planning at the site feasibility and master-planning stages of a project; and the provision of high-level strategic environmental planning advice for complex situations at all stages of the development life-cycle.

The group`s dedicated Environmental Planning Team works across the UK within a diverse range of areas, including: - Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Retail, Hospitality, Energy and the Arts. They have an enviable spread of schemes currently, which include three major redevelopments across the country, incorporating housing, entertainment and leisure – all seen as truly ground breaking.

Their continued expansion has led to this newly created role for a Senior Environmental Planner s who will focus on the delivery of a range of complex and large-scale projects.

The expectation is that you will be a seasoned Environmental Specialist, preferably hailing from a consultancy environment and have the ability to manage and deliver a diverse range of services which will include full management and delivery of projects, quality assurance and sign-off of deliverables, client management and project financial management as well as business development exposure and expertise in some form.

Additionally marketing and networking; team management and mentoring; product development and innovation; operational management; and contribution to business strategy.

For your part you will be versed within the Environmental Planning sector and have a broad knowledge of environmental disciplines, but with expert knowledge and practical experience of dealing with the UK planning system, the relevant EIA Regulations, property and infrastructure projects.

A Chartered Environmental Engineer/Scientist, although this is not essential with an excellent understanding of various environmental topic areas and the UK planning system; an thorough understanding and practical experience of implementing the relevant EIA Regulations at all stages of the EIA process; experience co-ordinating multi-disciplinary teams; experience working with and managing various project stakeholders; project management experience, including the financial monitoring and management of projects; excellent written skills, with specific experience authoring EIA Screening reports / requests, EIA Scoping reports / request, Environmental Statements (ESs) and other related deliverables, taking responsibility for signing-off / approving written deliverables and quality assurance); clear and confident communication skills; a pro-active and collaborative team approach, engendering inclusion, support and motivation amongst your peers; a desire to go beyond process and procedure, with an ability to think innovatively to enhance outcomes for clients.

In return you can expect a superb salary and hugely generous benefits package together with unrivalled prospects that will see you working with an enviable client list whilst being part of a highly respected team of peers