Principal Planner / Planning Manager

Fluid Recruitment; Auckland; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluid Recruitment in Auckland is seeking a senior Planner with substantial development experience to lead complex planning and consenting projects. This role combines technical planning leadership, client management and people development within a growing Auckland consultancy.

You'll oversee a varied portfolio, work closely with the team, and contribute to the firm's strategy while guiding junior planners and shaping project outcomes in a dynamic market.

Qualifications

• Significant planning experience within the Auckland market.
• Strong knowledge of the Auckland Unitary Plan and RMA.
• Experience managing complex planning and development projects.
• Strong commercial and client management skills.
• Previous leadership experience, or the capability to step into a management position.

Responsibilities

• Leading a range of complex planning and consenting projects
• Providing high-level planning advice to clients
• Managing key client and stakeholder relationships
• Working through complex matters under the Auckland Unitary Plan
• Supporting and developing other planners within the team
• Contributing to the ongoing growth and direction of the business

Job description

This position is for a Planner with a significant amount of development experience who is eager for a new role in their career, whether it be a technically focused position, or one where they would lead a planning tea. Both would require you to manage complex projects and play a key role in the continued growth of an established Auckland consultancy.

This is a senior position combining technical planning, project leadership, client management and people development. You'll have a significant level of responsibility across a varied portfolio of development and consenting work, while working closely with the wider team.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading a range of complex planning and consenting projects
• Providing high-level planning advice to clients
• Managing key client and stakeholder relationships
• Working through complex matters under the Auckland Unitary Plan
• Supporting and developing other planners within the team
• Contributing to the ongoing growth and direction of the business

We're looking for:

• Significant planning experience within the Auckland market
• Strong knowledge of the Auckland Unitary Plan and RMA
• Experience managing complex planning and development projects
• Strong commercial and client management skills
• Previous leadership experience, or the capability to step into a management position

This role would suit an experienced Auckland planner, with connections across the market, who is ready to move beyond just project delivery and have a greater influence on people, clients and the direction of a growing planning business.