Senior Town Planner

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be working with an established and leading Engineering Consultancy on the hire of a Senior Town Planner to join their exciting multidisciplinary team.

Joining this Newcastle office, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a variety of medium and large-scale infrastructure, education, sport and leisure, housing and commercial developments, with the chance for career progression.

The successful candidate will manage planning commissions from start to finish, including liaison with clients, liaise with architecture and design team, management of internal and external sub-consultants, preparing EIA Chapters for major highway schemes.

For this position, applications are sought from candidates who have substantial planning experience, either from the public or private sector. You should able to demonstrate experience of working within a multidisciplinary team, have a desire to grow and take on responsibility.

In return for this, our client is willing to offer:

• A competitive starting salary
• An impressive benefits package
• The opportunity to grow and progress within the company as part of a vibrant and exciting team!

For more information or to discuss this vacancy and other positions within the town planning sector, please contact Matt Fraser on or email your CV to