Technical Director - Town Planning

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

As part of a growing and agile business our Environmental Planning team is looking for a Scotland based Technical Director with a strong track record of leading the environmental and consenting aspects of projects with particular experience in building and growing teams. This role suits someone who is passionate about the integration of environmental input within the Planning process a Chartered Town Planner and the role forms part of the leadership for the Planning and Environmental Assessment and Management (PEAM) Team.

As part of our Environmental team youll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management or your technical or sustainability expertise your work could involve protected species pollution surface water and materials management air quality or noise. And in some of the worlds busiest and most beautiful locations.

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. Around the world were feeling the effects climate change rapid urbanization loss of biodiversity. The rate at which were seeing largescale unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more are here to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities:

You will be working on a diverse range of projects including large scale energy and infrastructure rail highways water and defence projects mixeduse development schemes for both private and public clients public realm and masterplanning projects as well as more small scale projects that require a nimble and agile approach. We drive technical excellence in everything we do and promote a flexible and collaborative environment supported by digital innovation. You will play a key role in the successful delivery of multidisciplinary projects across the UK / worldwide.

You will also be responsible for the following:

• Working as part of the Leadership responsible for recruitment growth actively overseeing bidding and project delivery and leading on some key Clients
• Leading on the coordination and delivery of planning / environmental work being undertaken by multidisciplinary teams influencing project development and delivering optimal environmental and planning outcomes
• Support business development activities through participation in external market profile raising activities and functions and through involvement with key clients.
• Raise awareness of our services winning new opportunities and building new contacts.
• Actively engage in key client relationships lead by example creating cross selling opportunities for the wider business.
• Engaging with consultees and stakeholders
• Managing projects overseeing our performance on technical quality commercial and health and safety

Qualifications & Experience:

• Excellent working knowledge of the UK Planning system and consenting process including EIA practices and procedures including case law and a solid understanding of environmental and sustainability principles and environmental technical specialisms
• Experience across a range of project types
• Strong report writing verbal and presentation skills with experience in reviewing the work of others to ensure quality
• Experience in multidisciplinary coordination and leadership of projects with good project management and technical skills
• Experience in consulting and negotiating with planning authorities regulators and stakeholders
• Commercial expertise including forecasting project management and quality assurance
• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification preferably with chartered status or working towards
• A flexible pragmatic and collaborative approach to work
• Experience in the delivery of DCO/TWAO/Hybrid Bills
• Full Member of RTPI.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skillsbased approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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