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Job Title:   Planning Assistant:
Job Type:    Contract/Interim
Location:    London
Deadline:    9th Aug 30 Jul 2013
Start Date:    ASAP
Salary:    £200 - £240 per day
Ref No:     138345--2022

Contracts Role description:

To provide Planning support to the procurement team, working closely, and in an integrated way, with the planning, environmental and design teams responsible for delivery of the Development Consent application documentation.

Reports to:
Planning Manager
Accountabilities:
Budget responsibility -none
Resource responsibility
*Line management - None
*Supervisory -Direct. Works under general supervision
Assurance responsibility - Undertake all responsibilities and tasks in accordance with project charter, policies, strategies, processes and procedures.
Health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) - Proactive commitment to achieving zero injuries, zero incidents and zero compromise.
Position responsibility -
*working effectively as part of a large procurement/ design /quality assurance/ consents team
*being an assertive and confident communicator
*able to work to routine tight deadlines and to achieve high standards of reporting
*efficiently and effectively working with SharePoint and various Microsoft document management tools, especially EMS/EMP documentation creation, management and review.

Key responsibilities and tasks:
*Responsible for the technical input for Category 1, 2 and 3 Planning Works Information for the project, focussing on the Planning, Consents and Heritage aspects - so that any Contractor is aware of the planning and DCO requirements and procedures for discharging consents.
*Authoring and reviewing planning sections of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents to ensure planning requirements are incorporated.
*Manage the coordination of authors and reviewers of planning sections of ITT
*Required to review other department's technical documentation in relation to contractual, systems and procedural requirements in relation to planning input.
*Advising on resolution of contract issues where multiple approaches are possible.
*Assist with developing and evaluating PQQ and ITT returns for Category 1, 2 and 3 works for the planning discipline
*Liaise with the procurement manager such that planning is considered within all works packages (i.e. within tender documents, where appropriate):
oReview of planning content in tender documentation,
oReview of planning within tender returns;
oAttend regular Planning and Procurement tracking meetings
*Review Category 1, 2 and 3 works information for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project and recommends improvements in processes, design procedures and planning impacts to improve outcomes and minimize risks.

Person specification:
Essential Desirable Or Equivalent
Education and professional qualifications:
A degree, or equivalent, in planning, or a post graduate qualification in town planning
Ideally a RTPI member or eligible for membership or equivalent

Skills and experience:

• Knowledge or experience of drafting planning requirements in Works Information in Contract Documents.
• Good understanding of community and stakeholder consultations in a complex urban environment
• Experienced in working effectively as part of a large project delivery team.
• Experience of working with large multidisciplinary engineering, planning, EIA, GIS and engineering teams.
• Able to work to routine tight deadlines and to achieve high standards of reporting
• Experienced in planning and prioritising activities associated with the production of voluminous and complex, project documentation.Experience of working on large infrastructure projects or NSIPs.
• Demonstrate success in assisting with complex planning applications, involving EIA

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