Senior /Associate - Resource Management Consultant - Mitchell Daysh (flexible location)

Resource Management Law Association (RMLA) | Te Kāhui Ture Taiao; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitchell Daysh is a specialist environmental and planning consultancy in New Zealand. We offer opportunities to grow your career within a team dedicated to quality and technical excellence, working on renewables, resources and infrastructure projects.

You will lead complex planning challenges, leverage your eight-plus years of experience, and apply regulatory knowledge to deliver strategic outcomes for clients. Hybrid working across NZ offices supports flexibility and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Planning or environmental science degree required.
• Minimum 8+ years in resource management planning or environmental science field.
• Strong understanding of NZ regulation (RMA/FTAA) and delivering client outcomes.
• Proven problem-solving and lateral thinking skills.
• Established relationships with stakeholders including iwi, councils and government.
• Solid project management skills and ability to produce high-quality reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead and work on diverse nation-shaping projects in renewables, resources and infrastructure.
• Deliver strategic and innovative solutions showcasing technical expertise, project management and report writing.
• Contribute from day one with a voice in shaping growth; collaborate with leaders to mentor others.
• Receive support from experienced leaders and help grow the Mitchell Daysh team, inspiring colleagues.
• Operate across 8 NZ offices with hybrid working to flexibly support project delivery.

Skills

Project management

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Planning or environmental science degree

8+ years’ resource management planning/environmental science experience

Job description

• Do you want to play a critical role in ground-breaking renewables, resources and infrastructure projects, shaping the future of New Zealand?
• Want to work with dedicated leading environmental professionals who collaborate, think outside of the box and work together to create positive long-term impact?
• Do you want to work with industry leaders that are truly invested in your development?

• Do you want to play a critical role in ground-breaking renewables, resources and infrastructure projects, shaping the future of New Zealand?
• Want to work with dedicated leading environmental professionals who collaborate, think outside of the box and work together to create positive long-term impact?
• Do you want to work with industry leaders that are truly invested in your development?

If you’re looking to grow your career, with a team around you that has a shared passion for quality, innovation and technical excellence, you’ll find a place to do great things here at Mitchell Daysh.

We’re a specialist environmental and planning consultancy. Since our inception, we’ve combined a passion for navigating New Zealand’s most complex resource management challenges with an uncompromising focus on quality and technical excellence.

We’ve recently partnered with EMM Consulting, a highly respected privately owned Australian multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy. This marks an exciting opportunity to expand our collective capability with a team of over 400 experienced environmental specialists across Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Our dedication has created opportunities to do more and that’s why we need you!

Here’s What You Can Expect

You’ll be joining a team of 45 industry leading environmental resource management specialists in New Zealand who work on nationally significant projects, providing innovative solutions to complex planning and resource management issues.

• You’ll have the opportunity to expand and grow your experience by leading and working on a diverse range of nation shaping projects that include renewables, extraction and infrastructure projects
• You’ll help our clients solve their biggest challenges and achieve their goals by delivering strategic and innovative solutions, showcasing your technical expertise, project management and report writing skills
• You’ll have a voice from day one and plenty of opportunity to innovate and contribute to how we grow
• You’ll be supported by our experienced leaders, who are committed to help you grow and achieve exceptional outcomes, just as you’ll be there to inspire and support other Mitchell Daysher’s on their development journey
• With 8 offices across New Zealand, you’ll be able to flex and enjoy hybrid working at its best.

Here’s What You’ll Bring To Have Impact

• Top of our list is that you value being part of a team and doing work that will have a positive impact
• You’ll have a planning or environmental science-related degree and a minimum of 8+ years’ experience in a resource management planning or environmental science-related field
• You’ve built a solid understanding of how to work within New Zealand regulation and environmental guidelines (including RMA and FTAA legislation) and how to achieve the best possible client outcomes
• You’re a problem solver -a lateral thinker. You thrive on a challenge and finding the solution
• You’ve formed trusted relationships with a range of stakeholders including businesses, iwi, District and Regional Councils, and central government
• You have experience working across a diverse range of projects, and have strong project management skills
• You’ve developed excellent report writing skills, and produce high-quality reports, recommendations, and assessments in a compelling way

Our goal is to build a team that looks like the world around us — and we want you to stay and grow. As part of our efforts to build a place for everyone, we embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and people with disabilities.

• Please note we can only consider applicants with a legal right to work in New Zealand.