Director of National Infrastructure Planning

The Director of National Infrastructure Planning will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and growing Savills' infrastructure planning capability across the UK. This position sits at the forefront of delivering nationally significant infrastructure projects, particularly within the energy transition, renewables, and wider infrastructure sectors. The role combines strategic leadership, commercial accountability, and technical excellence, requiring an individual who can both win and deliver complex planning projects while influencing policy and industry direction. As our pipeline continues to expand, we are recruiting across multiple senior roles within our National Infrastructure Planning team, including Director-level appointments. We are seeking individuals with strong experience in Planning Act 2008 (DCO) procedures who are looking to take a leading role in a growing, market-facing team. This is a rare opportunity to lead, shape and grow our infrastructure planning offer, working alongside leading experts in environmental planning, sustainability, land and CPO, while being at the forefront of the UK's infrastructure and energy transition agenda., Savills Environment & Infrastructure was established in 2021 with a focus on infrastructure projects. Based in our planning division we support our colleagues and clients with the challenges of consenting essential infrastructure, with a primary target sector of renewables and net zero, including carbon capture, wind, solar and hydrogen. We work closely with Savills Earth, our specialist sustainability division, which includes experts from Engineering & Design Consultancy, Property Management, Energy Consultancy, Social Value, Energy Procurement, Environmental Economics and Research.

We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward. At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple - to be extraordinary, together. Watch films about our people and cultureAbout Savills Over 42,000 people work for us in more than 70 countries all over the world. This breadth of global coverage, combined with specialist services and market insight, means we'll always have an expert who is local to you. Founded in 1855 Co-workers 42,000 worldwide, 9600 in the UK Turnover £2.15 Bn Planning & Development Consultancy · Margaret Street, London

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Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview belowValues No matter the role you're in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values: We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we'll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential. We empower: Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.