Description

W Talent Property & Real Estate is delighted to be partnering exclusively with MBH in Surrey to appoint an ambitious Senior Planner or Principal Planner looking to take the next step in their career.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious Chartered Planner to join an established consultancy and play a lead role in creating and leading a new Planning business stream, working with existing customers and developing new client relationships.

MBH is a strategic delivery partner specialising in complex property, development and energy infrastructure projects. With over 60 years of experience, the business combines architecture, project management, cost consultancy, principal designer, compliance and delivery expertise to help clients move faster, reduce risk and deliver with certainty. 

Operating from its headquarters in West Byfleet, with additional delivery capability in South Africa and India, MBH supports clients across the UK through a fully integrated delivery model that provides end-to-end expertise from feasibility through to completion. The business employs more than 80 specialists and delivers hundreds of projects annually across the built environment. 

The company became employee-owned in 2022 and has experienced significant growth over the last three years. Its vision is clear: to become the UK’s leading strategic delivery partner for complex property, development and infrastructure programmes. 

MBH works with an impressive portfolio of national clients including MFG, Shell, E.ON, Roadside Retail, Create Real Estate, Aegis Energy, Osprey, BP Oil, TeamSport, Heathrow Airport, Allego and Residential, delivering projects across retail, roadside, EV charging, commercial, residential and infrastructure sectors.

As MBH's first dedicated planning professional, you'll have the opportunity to establish and lead a new Planning division, supported by an established client base, a strong pipeline of projects and referral opportunities from architecture, project management and cost consultancy teams.

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to:

• Lead planning projects across a diverse development portfolio
• Provide strategic planning advice from feasibility through to consent
• Develop and grow MBH's Planning service offering
• Build long-term relationships with major national clients
• Recruit and lead a future planning team
• Shape the strategic direction of a growing business unit

For an entrepreneurial planner, this represents a rare opportunity to build a business within a business, with the backing, resources and reputation of an established consultancy.

About You

We're keen to speak with candidates who can demonstrate:

• MRTPI qualification
• 6+ years' planning experience
• Strong knowledge of the UK planning system
• Experience within a consultancy, developer or client-side environment
• Commercial awareness and strong client relationship skills
• The ambition and mindset to grow a new service line

What's on Offer?

• Highly competitive salary & benefits
• Employee-owned business
• Annual overseas company trip
• Clear pathway towards Director-level responsibility and rewards
• Genuine opportunity to build and lead a successful Planning team

If you're looking for the chance to move beyond project delivery and create something of your own within a progressive and growing consultancy, we'd love to hear from you.

For more information please visit the MBH website www.mbhltd.com, and for a confidential discussion please contact W Talent Property & Real Estate who are managing this assignment exclusively for MBH. Any direct and third party applications will be forwarded to W Talent.