McCarthy Recruitment
Strategic Planning Manager
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Strategic Planning Manager
Strategic Planning Manager
Location: Warrington
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum
Working Pattern: Office-based
Are you an experienced Planning professional looking for an opportunity to lead a team, influence strategy, and make a real impact?
If you're passionate about delivering high-quality planning solutions, developing people, and working on technically challenging projects across the minerals, waste, and environmental sectors, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.
About Our Client
Our client is an established and growing environmental and technical consultancy, delivering innovative planning and environmental solutions across a diverse range of projects.
Here's what sets them apart:
- Competitive salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum
- Diverse projects: Work spans minerals, waste, environmental, and land development schemes
- Leadership opportunity: Lead and develop a growing planning function, mentoring a small technical team
- Collaborative culture: Teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement are genuinely valued
- Career development: Play an integral role in shaping the future of the planning function within an ambitious organisation
Responsibilities
As Strategic Planning Manager, you will:
- Lead the planning function across a varied portfolio of projects, ensuring planning applications are delivered successfully.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to your team.
- Collaborate with internal specialists, external consultants, and Local Authorities to drive projects from concept through to approval.
- Support the continued growth of the business.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a team of planning professionals, fostering a positive and high-performing culture.
- Planning Strategy: Manage planning projects across minerals, waste, environmental, and land development sectors.
- Technical Oversight: Prepare, review, and oversee planning applications, planning statements, and supporting documentation.
- Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with Local Authorities, clients, consultants, and key stakeholders.
- Project Coordination: Coordinate multidisciplinary technical input, including ecology, highways, environmental, and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) specialists.
- Continuous Improvement: Strengthen and develop the company’s in-house planning capability while driving improvements across the planning function.
Ideal Candidate
Are you a confident leader with strong technical planning expertise and excellent relationship-building skills?
Our ideal candidate has:
- Proven experience in planning, ideally across minerals, waste, environmental, or infrastructure projects.
- Experience managing or mentoring planning professionals.
- Strong understanding of the UK planning system and planning application process.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to balance technical excellence and business objectives.
- A collaborative leader who enjoys developing people and building positive working relationships.
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Formal Qualifications and Requirements:
- RTPI or RICS qualification (or working towards chartered status).
- Demonstrable experience managing planning applications from inception through to determination.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
Why Join Us?
This exciting opportunity to lead, develop, and deliver is perfect if you want to:
- Work in a dynamic and growing consultancy.
- Influence strategic planning decisions across key sectors.
- Shape the future of a rapidly expanding planning function.
- Enjoy a collaborative and supportive culture.
This role is handled by McCarthy Recruitment, an award-winning multi-sector recruiter. We believe you matter and care about unlocking your full potential.
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