Professional / Senior Planner/ Scientist - Impact Assessment & Permitting
Expand on your high profile project experience across a range of sectors including transportation, mining, utilities, power etc.
Summary about this job
Environmental, Earth & Geosciences
Company: AECOM Australia PTY LTD
Location: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-8-5433-9912
Fax: +61-8-5855-7411
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Detail information about job Professional / Senior Planner/ Scientist - Impact Assessment & Permitting. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Winner of the 2018 Equal Futures Hunter Diversity Award
- Manage your own projects and work across a variety of sectors
- AECOM offers flexible working arrangements (e.g. part time, working from home)
- Winner of the 2018 Equal Futures Hunter Diversity Award
- Manage your own projects and work across a variety of sectors
- AECOM offers flexible working arrangements (e.g. part time, working from home)
The Role
AECOM's Environment Business in Hunter-NSW has an exciting opportunity for an experienced planning professional to join a high performing team and take a leading role in driving project delivery and excellence in client-service within the Impact Assessment & Permitting (IAP) Team.
Due to a strong pipeline of projects within the industrial, transport, water utilities and mining sectors we are looking for an experienced individual to join our well-established environmental planning team.
This role will provide the opportunity to work as part of a team or take a leading position on high profile, challenging projects, which will support the continued growth of our business and foster the growth of our planning and approvals capability across the region. Of key note are unique opportunities to help grow our market leading position across a variety of sectors.
Using your excellent communication skills, you will build positive relationships with peers, clients and stakeholders, both internal and external to the organisation. In addition, this role will see you working closely with scientists and engineers of varying disciplines, drafters and project administrators as well subcontractors.
You will be actively involved in bid development and winning bid strategies, with business development and client relationship management a key focus for the role.
Our team here at AECOM is connected to our colleagues across Australia and New Zealand, and globally across the world, which allows our team to take up opportunities to work on exciting projects in a variety of regions on both a short term and long term basis.
About You
- 5+ years of relevant impact assessment experience
- Accurate reporting skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines
- Experience working on NSW and Commonwealth Projects (advantageous)
- Experience working for a consultancy (preferred)
- An ability to engage effectively with clients and deliver excellent service
- Demonstrated commercial acumen and the ability to manage budgets
- Work experience in transport and utilities (advantageous);
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualifications in Town/Urban/Environmental Planning or Environmental Management/Science/Engineering (or similar) – Essential
- Project management training/accreditation – Advantageous
Benefits at AECOM
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) recognises AECOM as taking a sophisticated, holistic approach to supporting women and men's equal participation throughout our workplace.
We provide a diverse and inclusive work environment and offer many benefits to ensure your professional development and wellbeing.
- Flexible start and finish times, working from home, part time and job share options
- Paid Parental and Partner Leave
- Purchased additional annual leave + salary packaging
- Corporate Employee discounts from up to 400 retailers
- Wellbeing benefits e.g. vaccinations, health insurance discounts
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Professional memberships
- Study assistance
- Professional and technical development opportunities