Principal Town Planner - Policy

Team Leadership and Development

• Participate in the successful operation and management of the town planning team

Planning Strategy and Expertise

• Lead and assist on key planning policy projects, including supporting local authority policy and strategy development, coordination and delivery of local plan evidence studies, strategic growth studies, infrastructure strategies and other policy and strategy commissions
• Offer strategic planning advice to other client and internal teams
• Provide effective representation for the organisation, developing and managing relationships with clients, local authorities and other stakeholders through project work and through attendance at conferences and other networking events
• Sharing technical knowledge and excellence

Project Management

• Ensure projects are delivered successfully on budget and within programme timelines
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams for seamless project execution

Quality Assurance and Compliance

• Oversee the deliverables produced by the planning policy team
• Implement and uphold quality assurance and health and safety principles

Business Development

• Contribute to the business development strategy, nurturing client relationships
• Lead and assist in the preparation of commercial tenders to secure new opportunities

This role contributes to creating sustainable communities and places where people want to live and invest over the long term through strategic planning, policy development, and masterplanning of new Garden Communities and other development projects.

• Proven experience in planning policy and strategy
• Proven experience in project management
• Strategic thinker with strong interpersonal skills
• Commitment to delivering high-quality work and driving business growth

• Hybrid working model with flexibility to balance time between office and home
• Available on either full-time or part-time basis to suit individual circumstances
• Opportunities for career progression within a positive culture
• Learning and development actively supported and promoted

AECOM is a top ten UK planning consultancy that works on some of the largest, most complex and high profile development and regeneration projects in the UK for both public and private sector clients, creating sustainable communities and places where people want to live and invest.