RPS is looking for Town Planners to join our National Development & Infrastructure Planning Team based in Cardiff, Bristol, or Edinburgh. 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 aid and 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 and help towards defining a career pathway towards promotion.

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. 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

You will be assisting our strategic planning work, which includes the preparation of representations to Local Plan consultations and developing planning strategies to promote land and development for inclusion in Local Plans.

· Assisting Planning Directors’ in successfully delivering their planning caseload, including preparing Planning Statements and representations to Local Plan consultations

· Developing your written and oral communication techniques

· Directly engaging in our business development initiatives

· Actively assisting our Assistant Planners, Graduates and Apprentices

· Contributing/ engaging in our Prospects Planning Group

Who we are looking for

· Chartered membership of the RTPI (or close to achieving this)

· Experience in a planning consultancy or local government role

· Aptitude to work to established time frames

· A keen interest in planning, development, and environmental issues

· A good working knowledge of planning policy

· Attention to detail and a proactive mindset

· 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?

Here you’ll find true guidance and encouragement. We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.

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

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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Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 staff in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a spearheading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to find a solution to some of the world’s most intricate problems.