Senior Environmental Planner – Mining

ALRA | Australia's Leading Recruitment Agency; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible WFH

Orange office

Chatswood office

Job summary

ALRA is seeking a Senior Environmental Planner specialising in mining for NSW-based projects. You'll lead environmental planning and approvals across the mining and quarrying sector, delivering strategic advice to clients seeking expansion, operation or closure.

Join a respected NSW consultancy with 45+ years of experience and flexible work-from-home options, siting in Orange or Chatswood. 7+ years' experience required, strong NSW mining approvals knowledge, and a relevant Environmental Science

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Environmental Planning or Impact Assessment.
• Strong knowledge of NSW mining approvals and legislation.
• Experience managing environmental assessments and client relationships.
• Relevant Environmental Science, Planning or related degree.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Environmental Impact Assessments, Management Plans, Audits and strategic approvals advice.
• Guide mining and quarrying clients through NSW planning and regulatory pathways.
• Manage projects, coordinate specialist inputs and provide technical review.
• Advise on projects from early exploration through expansion, operations and closure.
• Work across gold, silver, metals, extractive industries and quarrying projects; generally no coal.

Skills

Environmental planning

Impact assessment

Client relationships

Project management

Education

Environmental Science / Planning degree

Job description

$150,000 – $165,000 + super + 10–15% biannual bonus.

Strategic Environmental Planning for Mining & Quarrying across NSW.

Orange or Chatswood offices. Flexible WFH arrangements.

As a Senior Environmental Planner specialising in Mining, join a highly respected NSW consultancy that has spent over 45 years advising mining and quarrying operators through some of their most complex planning and environmental challenges.

This isn't about churning out assessments. It's about providing strategic advice to clients looking to explore, expand, operate or close a site, helping navigate the approvals process and finding solutions to the challenges along the way.

With a reputation built across 1,100+ sites, the work comes through longstanding relationships and referrals rather than constant tendering.

The Role

Working with an experienced Environmental Planning leadership team, you'll take ownership of projects and provide high-level planning and approvals advice across the mining and quarrying sector.

Deliver Environmental Impact Assessments, Management Plans, Audits and strategic approvals advice.

Guide mining and quarrying clients through NSW planning and regulatory pathways.

Manage projects, coordinate specialist inputs and provide technical review.

Advise on projects from early exploration through expansion, operations and closure.

Work across gold, silver, metals, extractive industries and quarrying projects. Generally no coal.

The Team

A specialist NSW consultancy of around 25 professionals who genuinely enjoy solving complicated environmental problems.

They're an interesting bunch, with different backgrounds and plenty of technical experience. The culture is refreshingly straightforward, with considerable flexibility to work from home and the autonomy to manage your workload.

This appointment can sit in Orange, working alongside the team's senior leadership, or Sydney's Chatswood office.

Experience

7+ years in Environmental Planning / Impact Assessment.

Strong knowledge of NSW mining approvals and legislation.

Experience managing environmental assessments and client relationships.

Relevant Environmental Science, Planning or related degree.