Planning Consultant

SLR Consulting; Dunedin; Hybrid; NZD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy as a Planning Consultant in Dunedin, where you'll tackle complex sustainability challenges. Collaborate with a diverse team to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients in both public and private sectors. This role offers the chance to work on various projects while building strong relationships and applying your planning expertise. Enjoy a supportive culture that values collaboration, ensuring you thrive in a dynamic environment. If you're passionate about making sustainability happen, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of resource consent and planning experience in New Zealand.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of projects across the Planning discipline.
• Establish strong working relationships with clients and the team.

Skills

Resource Management Act

District and Regional Planning

Organizational Skills

Client Relationship Management

Strategic Planning

Te Tiriti o Waitangi Principles

Adaptability

Education

Degree in Planning

NZPI Membership

Job description

About the business and the role

SLR Consulting is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services and our purpose is Making Sustainability Happen. We achieve this by having a team of expert advisors and technicians, who partner with our clients to tackle some of the world's most complex sustainability challenges.

We celebrate a ‘One Team Culture’, where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results.

An exciting opportunity has come up for a Planning Consultant to join us in our Dunedin office. Working as part of one of New Zealand’s largest Planning teams, this role will see you work on a range of projects for diverse clients across both public and private sectors with a focus on supporting our client workstreams across Otago and Southland.

Responsibilities

As a member of the Planning team, you will support delivery of a range of projects. You will be responsible for the following:

• Supporting the delivery of projects across the Planning discipline
• Working beside the rest of the New Zealand & Pacific Service Line partnering with specialists from other disciplines across New Zealand; in the Dunedin office we have Planning, Environmental Services, and Acoustics & Vibration to name a few
• Delivering the best possible outcomes for clients with a focus on quality
• Establishing strong working relationships with clients and the team across SLR

Skills and experience

You will also possess the following skills:

• A degree in Planning or equivalent recognised by NZPI
• A full member of NZPI or working towards full membership
• 1-3 years of resource consent and planning experience in New Zealand
• Knowledge and experience of applying the Resource Management Act to development and infrastructure
• A good working knowledge of district and regional planning and consenting
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• An aptitude for building and maintaining great relationships with clients and colleagues
• A resilient and adaptable attitude; see yourself as a can-do person with a calm and confident communication style
• Ability to work at a strategic level with core clients
• Ability to translate strategic advice into deliverable work for clients
• An understanding of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• A drive and passion to achieve outstanding results

Our Benefits

We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.