Service Line Director – Planning

Service Line Director – Planning & Assessment

SLR Consulting is an employee-controlled international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With offices throughout the Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and Africa regions, SLR Consulting is one of a very small number of leading international specialist environmental consultancies. We support clients across a diverse range of industries across the life cycle, from setting sustainability strategies through to implementation, all through a lens of tackling some of the corporate world's biggest sustainability challenges and partnering with them in Making Sustainability Happen. Our team has a genuine interest in developing practical and sustainable solutions for our clients and reducing the environmental impact of our own operations. For example, SLR has recently committed to being a climate-neutral business by 2030 and adopting the Science-Based Target Initiative's (SBTi) "Business Ambition for 1.5°C" framework to set emissions reduction targets and drive our climate action plan.

We have a great opportunity for an ambitious individual to lead the Planning & Assessment business as the Service Line Director. The Planning & Assessment Service Line provides multi-disciplinary consulting services to support our clients and meet sustainability and project goals. Our team provides services across industry including renewables, infrastructure, mining and built environment spaces. You will be well connected in the industry, able to bring many disciplines together by collaborating effectively with others and have excellent commercial acumen. You will be able to demonstrate you can comfortably connect with other senior leaders to help them in areas of Clients, People & Culture and WHS. We are seeking a positive role model for all staff who supports the SLR 'One Team' culture and genuinely care about the wellbeing of their team.

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team, day-to-day operations, and nurture and grow technical discipline diversity and key client relationships.
• Play an important organisational leadership role, setting standards in client service and quality, fostering constructive collaboration, and championing SLR values.
• Strategise and implement business development and marketing efforts to diversify the Service Line, grow a sustainable high performing business and boost SLR's brand recognition.
• Ensure Operations Work in Hand (WIH) pipeline is accurately reported and actively managed.
• Prepare annual Service Line budget (for approval by Regional Manager) and manage Operations working capital in line with targets.
• Collaborate with other Service Lines and Regional Service Line Directors to balance workload and enable efficient cross-discipline coordination across the region.
• Work with Regional Sector Leaders to prioritise work-winning activity in line with Sector and Client priorities.
• Contribute to the regional business plan, including risk assessment, growth opportunities and resourcing requirements.
• Promote SLR Health and Safety culture through proactive safety leadership and staff engagement.

• Focused on People and sustainability with a purpose-driven mindset.
• Established network in the APAC region with a track record of strategic business growth and client relationship management.
• Experience across a diverse range of industry sectors and clients; strong commercial acumen, good organisation skills and attention to detail.
• Post-graduate qualification(s) advantageous; understanding of project management and financial management processes.
• Ability to mentor staff, set clear career development paths, and lead commercial aspects of proposals.
• Willingness to travel interstate.

We are proud of our unique culture where we collaborate on projects to achieve the best outcomes for our clients. Benefits are designed to cater for diverse working arrangements (office, home or hybrid).

We make hiring decisions based on experience, skills and passion. Interviews are conducted with gender-diverse panels. When you apply, please share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

For more information or to have a confidential discussion please contact the Talent Acquisition team. Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.