Planning Specialist - Land Development

Role: Planning Specialist - Land Development

Job Type: Permanent Full Time

Salary: Competitive

Location: Fareham

Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours Mon-Fri 7.5-hour days (Core working hours are 10-4) Flexitime within this providing core hours are met.

Benefits:

• Company bonus with potential to earn 10% of annual salary

• Pension with 5% employers’ contribution

• Flexible working practices and home working

• Private health care

• Free onsite parking

We are thrilled to be recruiting for a Planning Specialist - Land Development to join our client in Fareham. Our client is a Fast growing, award winning structural engineering and transport planning consultancy.

As Planning Specialist - Land Development you will be working within a Transport Team responsible for leading and managing small–medium sized projects, including budget and time management, delegating where appropriate with input from senior colleagues.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Write and occasionally check Transport Statements, Technical Notes, Travel Plans and Access Appraisals

• Support with writing planning application to include pre apps

• Prepare more detailed reports such as Modelling Notes and Transport Assessments

• Good understanding and application of modelling packages, and methodologies to calculate trip generation and distributions

• Ability to identify/propose mitigation schemes to assist with highway capacity and active travel improvements

• Complete access appraisals

• Ability to complete / review of planning drawing requirements, such as visibility displays, vehicle tracking diagrams, access designs etc with minimal changes and problem solve where required

• Undertake site visits independently and provide professional opinions accordingly

• Help preparing material for and attendance at Public Consultations

• Complete fee proposals for small to medium projects and input into larger sites where required

• Attend business development / networking events, where required

• Assist colleagues in planning and delivering marketing initiatives to agreed costs and programmes

• Build effective relationships with Clients

• Have awareness of the market sectors within which the company operates

• Support the development of all company promotional media

• Provide occasional free advice and professional judgement/opinions where appropriate

About You: / Experience required:

• AutoCAD, TRICs and modelling software

• Ability to work calmly under pressure

• Promote and respect the principles of confidentiality

• Carry out tasks and duties assigned in a positive and dignified manner

• Proactive approach to solving problems

• Work effectively and accurately

• Be adaptable in carrying out functions on behalf of the company

• Work well as part of a team