Professional Urban Planner

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Additional annual leave up to 6 weeks

Flexible public holidays

Professional development & study leave

Global career opportunities

Job summary

AECOM seeks a Professional Urban Planner in Melbourne to join the Urbanism & Planning team. You will collaborate with planners, designers, landscape architects and engineers on development and infrastructure projects as part of ANZ Urbanism & Planning within Buildings and Places.

This role accelerates your career, broadening your technical and professional skills across diverse developments, with a supportive, hybrid work environment and client-facing opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Town or Urban Planning (or closely related discipline).
• 2–4 years of professional urban or environmental planning experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare planning reports, due diligence assessments, and approval documentation for major infrastructure projects.
• Coordinate planning assessments for large-scale transport and energy projects, including airports.
• Conduct research, policy reviews, and analysis to inform project planning strategies and compliance.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support planning inputs on project approvals.
• Assist in developing high-quality fee proposals and bids for future work.

Job description

• Primary Location: AU - Melbourne, VIC - 8 Siddeley Str

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

We are seeking a Professional Urban Planner for our Urbanism & Planning team, based out of Melbourne. The successful candidate will be keen to work in a collaborative environment with a team of urban planners, urban designers, landscape architects and architects, as well as all our cross-business line technical specialists, in our ANZ Urbanism & Planning team, which forms part of AECOMs Buildings and Places team.

This role is an excellent opportunity for someone who is wanting to accelerate their career and grow their technical and professional skills across a range of development and infrastructure projects.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Support various planning projects andsupport to our directors and project managers in preparing high-quality planning reports, due diligence assessments, and approval documentation for major infrastructure projects. Ensure projects run to schedule and budget and deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.
• Contribute to the development and coordination of planning assessments for large-scale transport and energy projects, including airports and other complex developments.
• Undertake research, policy reviews, and analysis to inform project planning strategies, approval pathways, and compliance with statutory planning requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across AECOM to support delivery of planning inputs on major project approvals, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with client and regulatory expectations.
• In your client-facing role, deliver high-quality project outcomes and support directors in generating future business for the broader planning team. Actively participate in the development of high-quality fee proposals and bids.

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role.

The qualities that help you thrive:

• Degree in Town or Urban Planning (or a closely related discipline) with approximately 2-4 years of professional urban or environmental planning experience, ideally gained within a consultancy.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the preparation of planning assessments, due diligence reports, and development applications for large-scale transport, energy, or infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to contribute effectively within multi-disciplinary project teams, collaborating with engineers, environmental scientists, and design professionals to deliver high-quality planning outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing clear, concise reports and liaising confidently with clients, stakeholders, and approval authorities.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, with working knowledge of GIS or other spatial tools considered advantageous.

Additional Information

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
• Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
• Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities

To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the landson which we, our clients and our communities live and workaround Australia.We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here:https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.