Location
Dublin office, Ireland

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
We are recruiting a Senior Planning Lead for the largest environmental and planning consultancy in Ireland. This senior-level Town and Regional Planner role will lead our Dublin planning office with a key focus on recruiting, developing, and managing a high-performing multidisciplinary team. You will provide strategic leadership, oversee project delivery, and drive business development to expand our presence and influence in the Dublin and Eastern region.

Our team of 200+ experienced professionals work across ecology, planning, environmental, and related fields delivering challenging and complex projects with an unrivalled track record of success. We add real value to client projects through multi-disciplinary expertise and nationwide experience. Our success rests on the knowledge, skills, ambition, and integrity of our people, and we nurture a forward-thinking, can-do culture that maximises potential.

Key responsibilities include leading and managing the Dublin office and team, overseeing planning applications, development plans, masterplans, and policy reports, ensuring compliance with planning and regulatory standards, building strong client and stakeholder relationships, representing the company at consultations and forums, and identifying new business opportunities within the planning and development sector. You will champion innovative and sustainable approaches to planning and urban development.

Benefits include competitive salaries, hybrid working options, pension, health insurance scheme, corporate gym rates, life assurance, bonus days, memberships, maternity and paternity leave, bike to work scheme, and social events. Flexible working arrangements are considered, with a primary base in Dublin.

Experience
- Minimum 7 years post-qualification experience in Town and Regional Planning
- Proven track record delivering complex planning applications and leading project teams
- Experience in a leadership or senior management role
- Strong knowledge of the Irish planning system, legislation, and policy landscape
- Experience managing budgets and resources in consultancy or public sector environments

About You
You are an experienced and strategic planner passionate about shaping sustainable communities and leading high-performing teams. You possess strong leadership, client engagement, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

You thrive in a supportive, inclusive, and forward-thinking work culture and are motivated to deliver high-impact projects shaping the future of Dublin and the wider Eastern region.

Qualifications
- Degree in Town Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
- Chartered Membership of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) or equivalent professional body