Manager, Precinct & Place

Capstone Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Capstone Recruitment is partnering with an independent Commonwealth entity to appoint a Manager, Precinct and Place. The role drives design excellence across planning, coordinating station design, urban design, placemaking and land use to deliver high-quality precinct outcomes.

Based in Sydney, you will lead adviser management, coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, and provide clear, practical advice to support project development and executive decisions, with strong government and industry

Qualifications

• You will bring an urban planning or related degree and postgraduate qualification is highly regarded.
• Experience coordinating technical inputs and working with government stakeholders and advisers.
• Strong ability to turn complex information into clear, practical advice.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate precinct and place activities for the program's first stage and align with priorities.
• Manage station design, urban design, placemaking, public realm and land use.
• Implement design excellence strategy and respond to procurement needs.
• Provide input to procurement processes and advise on scope and design reviews.
• Maintain work plans, schedules, budgets and governance papers.

Skills

Urban planning degree

Precinct planning experience

Coordination with government

Report writing and presentations

Project management

Understanding of design excellence

Education

Urban planning / related degree

Job description

Capstone are partnering with an independent Commonwealth entity to appoint a Manager, Precinct and Place. Our client is leading the development of a nation-shaping transport infrastructure program on Australia's east coast, which will connect major cities and regional communities.

The program's first stage is now in its Development Phase. It will support economic productivity, new housing, regional growth and the transition to net zero. This is a rare chance to shape station precincts and places that communities will use for generations.

The role

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Precinct and Place, you will help deliver high quality station, precinct and place outcomes. You will also promote design excellence across all planning and design activity.

You will coordinate planning activities, technical studies and adviser work on station design, urban design, placemaking, strategic land use and development opportunities. You will also lead the design excellence process and build strong stakeholder relationships across government, industry and the community.

Working within a multidisciplinary Integrated Project Team, you will bring together inputs from many specialists. You will turn them into clear, practical advice that supports project development and executive decision-making.

Key responsibilities

Precinct and place delivery

• Coordinate precinct and place activities for the program's first stage, in line with agreed priorities and work programs.
• Manage activities relating to station design, urban design, placemaking, public realm, activation and strategic land use.
• Implement the design excellence strategy, including the design review process, Designing with Country and continuity of design intent.
• Provide precinct and place input to the procurement process, including responding to RFIs.

Network planning

• Support strategic station planning, land use analysis and development investigations for future stations and precincts across the wider network.
• Contribute precinct, land use and place analysis to planning recommendations, strategies and briefings.

Adviser and consultant management

• Help prepare scopes, briefs and procurement documentation for advisory services.
• Coordinate the day-to-day delivery of the design and place adviser's scope, including schedules, deliverables and design reviews.
• Review adviser outputs, monitor delivery and escalated any issues with scope, quality, program or performance.

Program coordination and governance

• Maintain work plans, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies and progress reporting.
• Prepare governance papers, executive briefings, reports and presentations.
• Build and maintain relationships with federal, state and local government agencies, design review bodies, landowners, developers and industry.

About you

You are a collaborative planning or design professional who can turn complex technical information into clear, practical advice. You thrive in a fast-moving environment and take initiative to keep design and delivery on track.

You will bring:

• A degree in urban and regional planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, property, development or a related discipline. A postgraduate qualification is highly regarded.
• Experience in precinct planning, urban design, architecture, placemaking, property development or major projects.
• A track record of coordinating technical inputs and working with government stakeholders, multidisciplinary teams or external advisers.
• Experience reviewing planning or design material and preparing reports, briefings and presentations.
• Sound project management skills, with strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation and relationship management capability.
• A good understanding of design excellence, strategic land use or major infrastructure development processes.

Experience in transport infrastructure, station precincts or major urban development will be highly regarded.

• You must be an Australian citizen.
• You will need to complete a National Police Check before starting.