Emerging Planner — Flexible Hybrid Work & Growth

RGIT Australia; Lower Hutt; Hybrid; NZD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Profit share scheme

Career development

Industry conferences and training

Employee benefits and discounts

Job summary

Align in Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tora) is seeking an Intermediate Planner to join our multidisciplinary team delivering infrastructure and environmental planning across New Zealand. You will contribute to resource consent processes, planning advice, and stakeholder engagement within a collaborative consultancy environment.

You should have a NZPI-accredited planning degree with about 4 years of industry experience, strong written and oral communication, and a license to drive in NZ.

Qualifications

• NZPI-accredited planning degree or equivalent.
• 4 years of planning experience.
• Experience with resource consent applications and assessments.
• Knowledge of NZ planning legislation and statutory processes.
• Strong written communication and technical report writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Sound organisational and time management abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Current full New Zealand driver''s license.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and assisting with resource consent applications, notices of requirement and assessments of environmental effects.
• Supporting plan change, policy and strategic planning projects.
• Providing planning advice to public and private sector clients.
• Preparing technical reports, submissions and planning assessments.
• Undertaking stakeholder and community engagement activities.
• Attending project meetings, workshops and site visits.
• Coordinating specialist technical inputs where required.
• Supporting project delivery, programme management and client reporting.
• Working collaboratively with planners and multi-disciplinary project teams to achieve successful outcomes.

Skills

Written communication

Report writing

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder engagement

Time management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Driving license

Microsoft Office

Education

NZPI-accredited planning degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Align in Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tora) is seeking an Intermediate Planner to join our multidisciplinary team delivering infrastructure and environmental planning across New Zealand. You will contribute to resource consent processes, planning advice, and stakeholder engagement within a collaborative consultancy environment.

You should have a NZPI-accredited planning degree with about 4 years of industry experience, strong written and oral communication, and a license to drive in NZ.