Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Development Planner to support our regional Development Team in Edinburgh or Glasgow, specialising in Transport / Civil Engineering for Development Planning.
You will work within a team providing sustainable development solutions from site selection through to planning approvals and implementation. The development planning transport work involves providing specialist advice to private sector and some local authority clients on residential and mixed-use development led and masterplanning projects, including on access, transportation and infrastructure issues, and supporting development proposals through the planning process.
Responsibilities:
- Providing day-to-day support in the delivery of concept studies, strategies, Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Parking Studies, Access Studies, Movement and Access Studies with a hands-on role, leading to planning applications, post-permission and discharge of planning condition works.
- Providing proactive management and leadership to secure collaborative working relationships with clients, colleagues, and staff.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with key clients based on achievement of excellence in service provision with high levels of technical competence and client satisfaction.
- Keeping up-to-date with relevant standards and policies; raising WSP profile by networking, and attending conferences.
- Involvement in high-profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison, and project management.
- Being responsible for ensuring projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards, and legal requirements.
Requirements:
- A numerate first degree in Transport, Mathematics, Geography, Civil Engineering, Planning or a related subject.
- Experience of operating as a lead client contact for consultancy services and fostering excellent relationships with Clients and co-professionals.
- Communication skills, with a clear track record of presenting compelling written work in support of development proposals.
- Knowledge of appropriate transport planning guidance and best practice.
- Significant experience of delivering a wide range of transport planning projects across a number of specialist areas.
- A working knowledge of junction modelling software, such as Junctions 9 (PICADY & ARCADY) and Linsig.
- A high level of numeracy with problem-solving skills and innovative thinking.
- Significant experience and capability in financially and programme managing projects using appropriate business tools.
- Experience of team management responsibilities including line management and day-to-day operations.
- A robust knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects.
- Postgraduate experience and nearing Chartership or have equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.