Intermediate Planner

Align Limited; Lower Hutt; Hybrid; NZD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Professional development support

Membership fees paid

Conference access

Team culture and collaboration

Industry training opportunities

Career progression

Discount programmes

Job summary

Align Limited is a fast-growing planning consultancy delivering infrastructure, development and environmental projects across New Zealand. An Intermediate Planner will work with experienced professionals to provide planning advice and deliver high-quality outcomes for public, private and commercial clients.

You will prepare statutory planning documentation, engage with stakeholders, and contribute to diverse projects, with a collaborative team culture and hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• NZPI-accredited planning degree or equivalent is required.
• Minimum of 4 years planning experience.
• Experience preparing or contributing to resource consent applications and assessments.
• Knowledge of NZ planning legislation and statutory processes.
• Strong written communication and technical report writing.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficient in MS Office applications.
• Current full NZ driver’s licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning advice and prepare statutory planning documentation.
• Engage with stakeholders and contribute to delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Prepare technical reports, submissions and planning assessments.
• Support plan changes, policy and strategic planning projects.
• Attend project meetings, workshops and site visits.
• Coordinate specialist inputs and project delivery.

Skills

4 years planning experience

NZPI-accredited planning degree

Written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Organisational & time management

Problem solving

MS Office

NZ driver’s licence

Education

NZPI-accredited planning degree or relevant qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

INTERMEDIATE PLANNER

WELLINGTON / TE WHANGANUI A TARA

Who We Are

Align delivers infrastructure projects that help bring places and communities to life. We are a fast-growing and respected multi-disciplinary consultancy providing planning, property, GIS, project management and strategic advisory services to clients across New Zealand.

We work with central and local government agencies, utility providers, developers, and private sector clients across a wide range of sectors including transportation, water, energy, housing, education, recreation and open space planning.

Aligns collaborative team combines expertise across environmental and urban planning, spatial planning, parks and open space planning, property acquisition, legalisation and disposal, geospatial services, project management and strategic asset management to help deliver successful project outcomes for our clients and communities.

What You'll Do

As an Intermediate Planner, you will work alongside experienced planning professionals on a diverse range of infrastructure, development and environmental projects throughout New Zealand. You will provide planning advice, prepare statutory planning documentation, engage with stakeholders and contribute to delivering high-quality outcomes for our diverse range of public, private and commercial clients across Aotearoa.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

• 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, Experience And Qualities

We're looking for an emerging planning professional who is motivated, solutions-focused and keen to continue developing their career within a supportive consultancy environment. We are looking for those who have the following skills and experience:

• A NZPI-accredited planning degree or a relevant tertiary qualification in planning, resource management, environmental science, geography or similar.
• 4 years of relevant industry planning experience.
• Experience preparing or contributing to resource consent applications and assessments.
• Knowledge of New Zealand planning legislation and statutory planning processes.
• Strong written communication and technical report writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Sound organisational and time management abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• A current full New Zealand driver's licence.

With significant planning reform underway and continued investment in major infrastructure across New Zealand, there has never been a more exciting time to join Align. You'll have the opportunity to work on exciting, meaningful projects while helping clients navigate an evolving regulatory environment and deliver outcomes that benefit communities for generations to come.

For The Right Person, We Will Offer

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• A company profit share scheme.
• Career development and progression opportunities.
• Exposure to a diverse range of exciting planning projects.
• A supportive and collaborative team culture.
• Professional development support, including payment of professional membership fees.
• Access to industry conferences and training opportunities.
• Employee benefits and discount programmes.

Applications for this position close on 30th September 2026; however, it may close earlier if we find the right applicant.