Principal Environmental Planner

Overview

As Principal Environmental Planner, you will lead environmental planning commissions across development and infrastructure projects, delivering high-quality EIA and environmental documentation. You will advise on constraints and consenting requirements, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and manage client relationships and stakeholder engagement. The role shapes environmental planning capability and supports growth across the UK, delivering robust, consent-ready solutions. You’ll work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, contributing to bid teams and business development while mentoring colleagues.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• private medical insurance
• group income protection
• life assurance

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage environmental planning commissions across development and infrastructure projects
• Provide high-quality environmental planning and consenting advice to clients and project teams
• Lead and coordinate the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Environmental Statements
• Offer strategic advice on environmental constraints and consenting requirements from inception to delivery
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to integrate environmental considerations into design and decision-making
• Manage client, local authorities, regulators and stakeholder relationships
• Lead stakeholder engagement, workshops and project meetings
• Review and quality assure technical reports and environmental planning deliverables
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to colleagues
• Manage project programmes, budgets and resources to deliver high standards on time
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery and develop innovative approaches to environmental assessment and consenting
• Contribute to bids, proposals and business development activities
• Support growth of environmental planning service through client relationships
• Collaborate with planning, environmental and engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions

Key requirements

• Significant experience in environmental planning, consultancy, planning or related discipline
• Strong knowledge of the UK planning and environmental assessment framework
• Experience delivering and coordinating EIA and environmental consenting projects
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams
• Strong understanding of environmental legislation and planning policy
• Proven experience managing client relationships and stakeholders
• Strong project management skills including budgets and programmes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commercial awareness and ability to identify opportunities
• Collaborative approach and mentoring mindset

• collaborative approach
• client leadership
• excellent communication
• EIA coordination
• environmental planning and consenting
• stakeholder engagement

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