Principal Environmental Planner

CTC; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CTC is seeking a Principal Planner to lead complex planning and development projects in South Australia. You will develop approval strategies, mentor planning professionals and manage key client and stakeholder relationships to drive delivery of major projects.

In this senior role, you will integrate statutory and strategic planning with other disciplines, identify risks, inform design decisions, and deliver outcomes that support business growth and community impact.

Qualifications

• Senior technical, project and client leadership across planning projects.
• Developing approval strategies for complex developments.
• Mentor planning professionals and drive team capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary delivery and coordinate stakeholder engagement.
• Identify development risks and integrate statutory planning with engineering and environment.
• Ensure efficient, commercially pragmatic planning outcomes and high standards.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Planning approvals

Mentoring

Client relationships

Job description

Founded in South Australia more than 40 years ago, our client are a national business with over 800 people working in more than 30 offices in central and regional locations across the country. The recent integration of established consultancies in the environmental, data centre and power transmission sector has expanded their collective expertise across electrification, planning approvals, environment, heritage, social impact and community engagement. This strengthened platform enhances their ability to support clients through the energy transition and deliver resilient infrastructure that strengthens communities, supports economic growth and ensures a sustainable future. They now support clients across renewable energy, resources, transport, power and network infrastructure, water and wastewater, land development, and data centres, delivering solutions across the full project lifecycle. They view themselves as a partner with their clients and work towards developing long lasting relationships. Through open communication and a commitment to providing outstanding service, their employees deliver their clients; professional, safe and efficient services.

The Principal Planner would provide senior technical, project and client leadership across complex planning and development projects, with responsibility for developing approval strategies, leading multidisciplinary project delivery, managing key client and stakeholder relationships, supporting commercial performance and business development, and mentoring planning professionals. The role acts as a senior planning adviser within multidisciplinary project teams, integrating statutory and strategic planning requirements with engineering, environmental and other technical disciplines to identify development risks, inform project design and deliver efficient and commercially pragmatic approval outcomes. The role has accountability for operational performance, financial management and professional standards within the Planning discipline, working across strategic and statutory planning, development applications, due diligence, structure and master planning, and community consultation.

This exciting new position would suit a planner looking for more diversity, ownership and responsibility. With minimal bureaucracy and an entrepreneurial approach to business growth, your career pathways would be unlimited. Taking an influential leadership role within South Australia this position would be able to call on significant support, clients and expertise from interstate. Working within a flat structured and collaborative planning team, based here in Adelaide, you would work together to set strategy and work in a multi-disciplined environment on local and National projects, many of which are in the renewable sector. This is your chance to join a rapidly evolving national business at an exciting time in their growth and evolution.

If you feel you have more to contribute and want the opportunity and environment to build your career, your way; then this may well be what you are looking for. Equity would also be a realistic option within 12 months.