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About The Opportunity Our Town Planning team sits within the Water and Environment Operating Unit - a unit with approximately 1,000 professionals covering over 30 disciplines across Ireland and the UK.
Planning services is of critical importance to our clients, ensuring that major projects can proceed to successful planning outcomes, whilst utilising best practice and creative approaches to problem solving.
The sustained growth of town planning services across our Dublin, Belfast and Cork offices requires a town planner in Dublin with in-depth experience to support and develop our increasing portfolio of projects.
The main purpose of the role is to service our frameworks with key public sector clients, to expand planning services for Jacobs and to deliver planning advice and solutions across the company's full portfolio of high profile infrastructure projects including BusConnects Client Partner.
You will be an advocate for Jacobs in developing the planning and environmental function in Ireland.
BusConnects is a strategic national-level intervention for Ireland that will enhance sustainable transportation and the environment by upgrading walking, cycling and bus infrastructure in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, and Waterford.
We have been appointed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) as their Client Partner to deliver Dublin's BusConnects infrastructure.
This will include providing programme management and multi-disciplinary expertise over a 10-year programme to deliver 12 schemes comprising 230 kilometres of continuous bus priority corridors and 200 kilometres of cycle paths and improved pedestrian facilities from procurement through to handover of this new infrastructure.
The role would suit someone from a civil engineering background with specific experience on highways/roads.
We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery.
We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
Here's what you'll need A recognised planning qualification (IPI or RTPI)A sound knowledge of Irish town planning legislation and practice including their application through infrastructure projects, policies and programmesAn ability to identify relevant environmental, social and economic policy and legislation and use it to scope and develop appropriate consenting routeExperience of bidding/tendering for internal and external opportunities and strong commercial awarenessAn ability to build positive and responsive working relationships with internal and external clientsExperience of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and how it applies to major development projectsWhy Jacobs? At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.
With more than 45,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs.
We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
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We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed.
We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do.
We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative.
We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave.
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