Senior Planner/Environmental Spatial Planner

Roughan & O'Donovan is looking to recruit a senior planner/environmental spatial planner with six+ years' experience for a permanent role in our expanding environmental team

Location:Dublin or Cork

Job type:Permanent

Working options:Full-time, part-time and flexible

About the role

You will join a multidisciplinary team of planners, environmental scientists, ecologists, hydrologists and engineers delivering plans and projects across a range of sectors, including transportation, infrastructure development and tourism.

You will participate in a structured training and development programme designed to help you build the knowledge, skills and competencies you need to become chartered.

Current/recent projects with planning and environmental inputs:

• Failte Ireland Destination Experience Development Plan

Responsibilities

• Planning lead on aspects of development planning, master planning and environmental planning on plans and projects
• Planning and environmental appraisal of sites/lands
• Preparation of supporting documentation for feasibility studies and planning applications
• Preparation of inputs to all stages of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs)

Qualifications

• A recognised, accredited degree/qualification in planning
• Membership of the Irish Planning Institute and/or Royal Town Planning Institute or a recognised equivalent
• Six+ years' experience working in a planning consultancy or similar
• In-depth experience of EIA and SEA processes
• Working knowledge and understanding of the Irish planning system, environmental and planning legislation and processes
• Excellent report writing and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable working in a busy environment with tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and quality outputs
• Excellent IT skills, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluency/high degree of proficiency in spoken and written English
• Self motivated, positive, assertive and focused
• Experience using Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

About Roughan & O'Donovan

Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is a leading civil, environmental and structural engineering consultancy. An independently owned firm, we employ a multidisciplinary team of more than 260 people, of 20 different nationalities, in our Dublin, Cork and UK offices.

Our people are the heart of our business, and we invest heavily in their personal and professional development through all stages of career development. We are an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer and operate an Institution of Civil Engineers training scheme.

We offer wellness packages, flexible working and life-event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.

We are a friendly team with an active social committee. From surfing weekends and ski events to tag rugby and cycling challenges, you'll find lots of ways to get involved.

To apply

• Address your cover letter to Human Resources

Roughan & O'Donovan is an equal opportunity employer. For compliance purposes, Roughan & O'Donovan will retain, for at least one year, all records arising from the recruitment process.

Roughan & O'Donovan is not accepting unsolicited CVs from search firms. CVs submitted by search firms without a valid written search agreement, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the sole property of Roughan & O'Donovan, and no fee will be paid in the event of a candidate(s) being hired.