Senior Environmental Planning Lead

ESC ENVIRONMENT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ESC Environment Singapore Pte. Ltd. invites an experienced Principal Consultant to lead environmental planning assignments across Asia, directing ESIA/ESHIA, feasibility studies and permitting strategies.

You will mentor teams, shape proposals, manage budgets and nurture key client relationships to drive service-line growth. Reporting to senior management, you will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across planning, environmental and social disciplines, ensuring high-quality deliverables, timely

Qualifications

• Minimum 10–15 years of professional experience in planning-phase environmental consulting (ESIA/EIA/ESHIA, feasibility studies, permitting or related advisory).
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, planning or related discipline; a Master’s degree is an advantage.
• Proven track record in business development, tendering, proposal leadership and project budgeting.
• Strong analytical, strategic planning and project management skills, including leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage complex, sensitive or high-profile client engagements.
• Strong understanding of regional environmental and planning regulations, impact assessment frameworks and international best practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight and technical direction across complex planning-phase projects, ensuring high-quality, timely and compliant deliverables.
• Lead service areas such as EIA/ESIA/ESHIA, feasibility studies, planning-phase baseline design, permitting strategies and early-stage environmental and social advisory.
• Serve as a key client focal point, leading and supporting senior-level engagements, project shaping and long-term relationship development.
• Drive business development efforts including proposal development, tender submissions, project budgeting and positioning strategies.
• Manage, mentor and grow teams of consultants and associate consultants, fostering collaboration, technical excellence and professional development.
• Oversee project financial performance, resource planning, risk mitigation and cross-office coordination.
• Support multi-disciplinary integration across planning, environmental, social, biodiversity, risk and sustainability functions.
• Champion knowledge sharing, capability building and development of best practices within the function and across ESC.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Business development

Project budgeting

Client management

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science/Engineering/Planning

Master’s degree (advantage)

Job description

ESC Environment Singapore Pte. Ltd. invites an experienced Principal Consultant to lead environmental planning assignments across Asia, directing ESIA/ESHIA, feasibility studies and permitting strategies.

You will mentor teams, shape proposals, manage budgets and nurture key client relationships to drive service-line growth. Reporting to senior management, you will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across planning, environmental and social disciplines, ensuring high-quality deliverables, timely