Principal Town Planner

RPS is looking for a Principal Town Planner to join our Planning Team based in London (Farringdon). The range of work on offer is wide and varied and will provide you with rich experience in town planning. Working alongside a range of multi-disciplinary services within a team of planning experts, you will have the opportunity to deliver on a broad range of planning applications including residential, mixed-use developments, data centres, airports, retail, logistics and major infrastructure projects.

With our planning service at the heart of the business, the role will give you a progressive step-up in presiding over planning casework, proactively helping towards defining your career pathway towards promotion.

Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding, and you will be guided every step of the way.

What you will be doing

Working alongside a range of multi-disciplinary services within a team of planning experts, you will have the opportunity to deliver on a broad range of planning applications including residential, mixed-use developments, data centres, airports, retail, logistics and major infrastructure projects.

• Assisting Planning Directors’ in successfully delivering their planning caseload
• Developing your written and oral communication techniques
• Directly engage in our business development initiatives
• Actively helping our Senior Planners, Planners, Assistant Planners, Graduates and Apprentices
• Contribute/ engage in our Prospects Planning Group

• A fully qualified RTPI chartered town planner
• Aptitude to work under to established time frames in a corporate environment
• Knowledge and experience in planning, development and environmental issues
• A good working knowledge of planning policy
• A keen eye on emerging planning policy
• A strategic thinker and someone who can readily address problems
• A market awareness and a good knowledge of local planning issues

What is in it for you?

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll, be helped as far as you want to go.

We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide and development for everyone.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you will have a conversation with one of our recruiters prior to an interview with the Team. All applications will be considered.

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