Senior Urban Designer

Tract Consultants; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Health & wellbeing program

Job summary

Tract Consultants in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Urban Designer to help shape Australian communities and growth. You will work on masterplanned developments and urban growth projects, collaborating with planners, landscape architects and urban designers.

You will lead design with stakeholder engagement, guide structure plans and feasibility studies, and manage multiple projects across greenfield sites in Victoria. The role offers progression within a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic office.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in urban design and masterplanning.
• Experience leading or contributing to masterplanned communities and structure plans.
• Strong project management and client relationship skills.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary consultant teams through planning, design and approval phases.
• Excellent design, graphic, verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience preparing and reviewing masterplans, subdivision layouts, yield analysis and design documentation.
• Strong technical capabilities with Adobe Creative Suite and QGIS.
• Experience using CAD platforms such as AutoCAD or MicroStation.

Responsibilities

• Shape development outcomes through strategic thinking and design leadership.
• Lead or contribute to masterplanned communities and structure plans.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams through planning, design and approvals.
• Engage stakeholders including clients and consultants.
• Deliver high-quality outcomes on time and within budget.

Skills

Urban design

Masterplanning

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Project management

Design communication

Spatial thinking

Education

Urban Design or Related Degree

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Adobe Illustrator

InDesign

Photoshop

QGIS

Job description

Tract is one of Australia's leading award-winning national design firms, bringing together the disciplines of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Town Planning and 3D Media to create high-quality design and innovation outcomes across a diverse range of projects.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Urban Designer who wants to help shape the next generation of Australian communities. Join Tract's Melbourne office and work on some of the country's most significant masterplanned communities and urban growth projects.

You'll work on projects ranging from:

An award-winning 5,000-home community for an ASX-listed developer.

A transformative 4,000-home adaptive reuse and regeneration project in regional Victoria.

PSP advocacy for 3,500-homes in growth areas, and other structure planning projects alongside major national and international development partners.

Smaller scale residential developments and affordable housing projects with key clients and architectural design partners.

Urban design frameworks to deliver town centres and precincts that will influence how future Australians live, work and connect.

This role isn't just about plan production. You'll help shape development outcomes through strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, design leadership and collaboration with some of Australia's leading planners, landscape architects, and urban designers.

This role offers the opportunity to shape the growth areas of Victoria through carefully considered master planning, respectful Traditional Owner engagement, ecological and environmental design initiatives, and strong industry relationships. Guided by our in-house experts, you'll work directly with clients to navigate complex project challenges and identify the best pathway forward.

You’ll join an established national urban design team and work alongside experienced urban designers, planners and landscape architects who are actively shaping communities across Victoria and Australia. You’ll be part of a genuinely multidisciplinary design environment, contributing to projects from early visioning through planning approvals and delivery.

The role is advertised at Senior Urban Designer level, with scope for accelerated progression for candidates who bring the right experience, initiative and leadership capability.

The successful applicant will have:

5+ years' experience in urban design and masterplanning, ideally within greenfield and new communities projects.

Experience leading or contributing to masterplanned communities, structure plans, urban design frameworks, subdivision design projects and feasibility studies.

Strong project management and client relationship skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary consultant teams through planning, design and approval phases.

Confidence managing multiple projects simultaneously and delivering high-quality outcomes on time and within budget.

Excellent design, graphic, verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and client presentations.

Experience preparing and reviewing masterplans, subdivision layouts, yield analysis and design documentation.

Strong technical capabilities across Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop) and spatial mapping platforms such as QGIS.

Experience using CAD platforms such as AutoCAD or MicroStation (MicroStation experience advantageous but not essential).

A recognised qualification in Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Planning or a related discipline.

A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working within a multidisciplinary design team

Professional development - opportunities to attend conferences / seminars / courses, and working with in-house, design-based disciplines

• Paid parental leave, scholarships, income protection insurance, employee assistance program
• Free access to a health and wellbeing program comprising general practitioners, psychologists, dietitians and health coaches.

Conveniently situated opposite Flinders Street Station in Southbank, our contemporary office has an open plan arrangement, sweeping city and river views and state-of-the-art end of trip facilities for those wanting to ride, run or walk to work.

At Tract, we believe in celebrating and advocating for diversity within our team. We are committed to a culture that is inclusive, respectful and reflects the strengths of diverse thoughts, ideas and experience. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, people with disability, people from all cultures, backgrounds, and life experiences.

For more information about Tract visit www.tract.com.au

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Tract is a national design practice specializing in landscape architecture, urban design, town planning and associated digital media. Between our six offices we have over 150 people. Tract is owned and operated by our senior practitioners.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

Tract is a national design practice specializing in landscape architecture, urban design, town planning and associated digital media. Between our six offices we have over 150 people. Tract is owned and operated by our senior practitioners.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

Tract is a national design practice specializing in landscape architecture, urban design, town planning and associated digital media. Between our six offices we have over 150 people. Tract is owned and operated by our senior practitioners.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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