Savills
Director - National Infrastructure Planning

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Role Overview
The Director of National Infrastructure Planning will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and growing Savills’ infrastructure planning capability across the UK. This position sits at the forefront of delivering nationally significant infrastructure projects, particularly within the energy transition, renewables, and wider infrastructure sectors.
The role combines strategic leadership, commercial accountability, and technical excellence, requiring an individual who can both win and deliver complex planning projects while influencing policy and industry direction.
As our pipeline continues to expand, we are recruiting across multiple senior roles within our National Infrastructure Planning team, including Director-level appointments. We are seeking individuals with strong experience in Planning Act 2008 (DCO) procedures who are looking to take a leading role in a growing, market-facing team.
This is a rare opportunity to lead, shape and grow our infrastructure planning offer, working alongside leading experts in environmental planning, sustainability, land and CPO, while being at the forefront of the UK’s infrastructure and energy transition agenda.
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What we offer you:
- Career and Professional Development
- 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical Scheme
- Virtual GP
- Global Mobility Scheme
- Rewards Platform
- Company Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
- Find out more about Savills offer [https://www.savills.co.uk/contact-us/careers/benefits.aspx]
Team Overview
Savills Environment & Infrastructure was established in 2021 with a focus on infrastructure projects. Based in our planning division we support our colleagues and clients with the challenges of consenting essential infrastructure, with a primary target sector of renewables and net zero, including carbon capture, wind, solar and hydrogen. We work closely with Savills Earth, our specialist sustainability division, which includes experts from Engineering & Design Consultancy, Property Management, Energy Consultancy, Social Value, Energy Procurement, Environmental Economics and Research.


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