Overview

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Location: Altrincham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Southampton, UK.

About Mott MacDonald: a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across industries delivering impactful projects and value collaboration, learning, and growth. We are an employee-owned business focused on empowerment, inclusion, and excellence.

Role purpose: We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Town Planner, based in one of our North West of England offices (Altrincham or Liverpool), to support delivery of major infrastructure projects and to grow our Northern Planning capability across sectors including rail, defence, energy, climate resilience, education, health, housing, regeneration, and waste-focused schemes.

You will work alongside multidisciplinary teams on some of the UK’s largest, most complex infrastructure and development projects, developing strategic advice and securing planning approvals and consents.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver planning projects as part of the planning team, potentially leading other disciplines within a multi-disciplinary delivery team.
• Prepare and review planning deliverables to a high standard, including options appraisal, consenting strategies, planning policy, and preparing/reviewing documents for planning applications, TWAOs, DCOs and other consents.
• Lead and coordinate the preparation of planning applications, managing inputs from junior staff, colleagues across the business, and sub-consultants.
• Liaise with Local Planning Authorities and statutory consultees to ensure timely registration and determination of applications.
• Prepare inputs and potentially lead bids for new work.
• Support junior staff in chartership and professional development.
• Support the growth of the Northern Planning team, liaising with clients and raising the team profile regionally.
• Collaborate with other disciplines on large projects across energy, water, transport, and built/natural environments for clients including Network Rail, TfGM, United Utilities, National Highways, National Grid, Environment Agency, NHS, and DfE and local authorities.

Candidate specification

• Degree and/or Masters in Town Planning
• Extensive town planning experience
• Chartered Member of the RTPI
• Experience of preparing and submitting planning applications, drafting reports, feasibility studies, masterplans, and regeneration strategies
• Experience of working with private and public sector client bodies
• Experience delivering varied infrastructure, regeneration, and environmental projects
• Experience in overseeing and/or project managing multidisciplinary projects
• Experience supporting and mentoring junior team members
• Experience of teamwork to deliver projects
• Experience of financial accountability for projects and delivering within budget

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to Skilled Worker visa candidates in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

Agile working

We offer a hybrid working policy to support well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

Accessibility

If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com to discuss how we can assist.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing: private medical insurance, health cash plan, menopause support, wellbeing program, flexible benefits including family extension of benefits.

• Financial wellbeing: pension contributions match 4.5% to 7%, life assurance up to 4x (option to 6x), income protection, flexible benefits, annual bonus schemes.
• Lifestyle: 33–35 days holiday, increased entitlement after 5 years, employee saving schemes and retailer discounts.
• Enhanced family and carers leave: maternity/adoption leave (up to 26 weeks), shared parental leave up to 24 weeks, caring leave allowances.
• Learning and development: professional institution subscription, mentoring and training opportunities.
• Networks and social outcomes: participation in employee networks and community involvement.

Location(s): Altrincham, GB; Bristol, GB; Liverpool, GB; Manchester, GB; Birmingham, GB; London, GB; Southampton, GB; Cardiff, GB; Leeds, GB.

Contract Type: Permanent • Work Pattern: Full Time • Discipline: Planning and modelling • Industry: Civil Engineering

Job Ref: 9409 • Recruiter: Laura Easdon