Environmental & Planning Approvals Specialist

Gladstone Ports Corporation Ltd; Gladstone Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is seeking an Approvals Specialist for a 12-month maximum term contract. The role supports statutory planning and environmental approval processes across GPC operations, maintenance, and development projects.

You will coordinate studies, manage governance records, and provide guidance to project teams within a complex regulatory environment. Reporting to the Planning and Environment Approvals Lead, you will ensure approvals are identified early, risks are

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of planning and environmental approval processes.
• Experience preparing, reviewing and coordinating approval documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support identification and assessment of statutory planning and environmental approval requirements for operations, maintenance activities and projects.
• Prepare permit applications, development applications, referrals and supporting approval documentation.
• Coordinate specialist technical studies and inputs (environmental, heritage, tenure, engineering, stakeholder engagement).
• Maintain approvals registers, condition trackers, commitments registers and governance records.
• Provide practical advice to project teams regarding approval requirements, risks and timeframes.
• Assist in project planning by identifying approval sequencing and critical path requirements.
• Prepare reports, briefing notes, governance papers and business case inputs relating to approval matters.
• Coordinate consultants and contractors to support approval delivery outcomes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of approvals systems and governance frameworks.

Skills

Planning approvals

Stakeholder engagement

Environmental approvals

Documentation coordination

Attention to detail

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Planning or Environmental degree

Environmental Engineering

Job description

Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is seeking an Approvals Specialist for a 12-month maximum term contract. The role supports statutory planning and environmental approval processes across GPC operations, maintenance, and development projects.

You will coordinate studies, manage governance records, and provide guidance to project teams within a complex regulatory environment. Reporting to the Planning and Environment Approvals Lead, you will ensure approvals are identified early, risks are