Lead Urban Planner

Resourceful Recruitment; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Hybrid work

Part-time options

Parental leave

Leadership development

Job summary

Resourceful Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to step up into a leadership role within a global multidisciplinary consultancy based in Brisbane. You will lead statutory and strategic planning on major infrastructure, with initial focus on water and energy projects across transport, government and resources.

This advisory role has no design component; you’ll own projects, clients and people, mentoring junior planners and growing the Queensland planning offering using

Qualifications

• Around 8+ years in urban, environmental or infrastructure planning, with solid experience in statutory and strategic planning.
• Strong working knowledge of Queensland planning and approvals frameworks (Planning Act 2016, SARA, SDPWO Act, EPBC).
• Experience on energy or renewables approvals will stand out.
• Track record of running projects and managing clients, and some contribution to winning work.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary planning projects from inception to approval: statutory planning, regulatory approvals, strategic planning, feasibility and environmental assessment.
• Guide public and private clients through complex approval pathways and legislation.
• Win work: build client relationships, contribute to bids and position the business for complex planning commissions.
• Mentor junior planners and help grow the Queensland planning offering.
• Draw on engineering, environmental and advisory expertise from across the firm to give integrated advice.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Approval pathways

Mentoring

Education

Degree in urban/environmental planning or related field

Job description

Ready to step up from Senior Planner into a leadership role, with the backing of a global multidisciplinary consultancy?

Our client is a leading design, engineering and advisory firm and is growing its Queensland Environment & Planning team. They need an experienced planner to lead the delivery of statutory and strategic planning on major infrastructure. In the first 6–12 months the work will focus mainly on water and energy projects, alongside transport, government and resources.

This is an advisory role with no design component. You’ll own projects, clients and people.

What you’ll do

• Lead multidisciplinary planning projects from inception to approval: statutory planning, regulatory approvals, strategic planning, feasibility and environmental assessment
• Guide public and private clients through complex approval pathways and legislation
• Win work: build client relationships, contribute to bids and position the business for complex planning commissions
• Mentor junior planners and help grow the Queensland planning offering
• Draw on engineering, environmental and advisory expertise from across the firm to give integrated advice

Ready to step up from Senior Planner into a leadership role, with the backing of a global multidisciplinary consultancy?

Our client is a leading design, engineering and advisory firm and is growing its Queensland Environment & Planning team. They need an experienced planner to lead the delivery of statutory and strategic planning on major infrastructure. In the first 6–12 months the work will focus mainly on water and energy projects, alongside transport, government and resources.

This is an advisory role with no design component. You’ll own projects, clients and people.

What you’ll do

• Lead multidisciplinary planning projects from inception to approval: statutory planning, regulatory approvals, strategic planning, feasibility and environmental assessment
• Guide public and private clients through complex approval pathways and legislation
• Win work: build client relationships, contribute to bids and position the business for complex planning commissions
• Mentor junior planners and help grow the Queensland planning offering
• Draw on engineering, environmental and advisory expertise from across the firm to give integrated advice

What you’ll bring

• Around 8+ years in urban, environmental or infrastructure planning, with solid experience in both statutory and strategic planning
• A strong working knowledge of Queensland planning and approvals frameworks (Planning Act 2016, SARA, SDPWO Act, EPBC); experience on energy or renewables approvals will stand out
• A track record of running projects and managing clients, and some contribution to winning work
• Confidence advising at a senior level and taking stakeholders with you
• A degree in urban/environmental planning or a related field; RPIA / CPP membership is highly regarded
• Australian citizenship or permanent residency, Brisbane-based

Why this one

• A real step up to Lead level, with responsibility for projects, clients and people
• A newly restructured service group with a large Queensland pipeline
• Flexible and hybrid work, part-time and job-share options, a working-holidays program, strong parental leave and structured leadership development
• Annual performance incentive, with salary reviews every July