Urban Planning Leader

7 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Aurecon Group Full time

Want to bring ideas to life?

You’re in the right place. We’ve been a leading design, engineering and advisory company for decades. So why choose Aurecon? It really comes down to one, crucial question: what kind of world do you want to create for the next generation? Truth is, the decisions being made right now will determine the future of everything - from the local community to the sustainability of our clients’ businesses - to the entire planet. One of those decisions is: who do you decide to work for?

How will your ideas contribute to shaping what’s next?

As our new Urban Planning Leader, you will join our Melbourne Environment and Planning Advisory business, where you will play an integral part in a team of highly skilled specialists that ‘bring ideas to life’ for our clients across the built environment, transport, land and water, energy and government sectors with a particular focus on systems and networks that support cities and precincts.

You will Lead in the scoping, coordination, reporting and delivery of multidisciplinary infrastructure and precinct scale developments and possess a knowledge and understanding of areas such as precinct planning, structure planning, strategic land use planning, urban design and policy.

You will be at the forefront of a team that seeks to coordinate and facilitate a ‘connected’ Aurecon, where you will draw upon your strong interpersonal skills and the technical expertise of the business to facilitate our clients in decision making phases of the project lifecycle such as end to end delivery of structure plans.

Here is what you will do to ‘bring ideas to life’:

- A deep understanding of strategic and statutory planning expertise and the demonstrated ability to work with public and private sector clients,
- Lead the management, coordination and delivery of multidisciplinary large scale infrastructure projects, in particular end to end delivery of structure plans,
- Proactively and collaboratively working with other parts of Aurecon as necessary to leverage Aurecon’s technical ability to deliver urban planning work,
- Engage and navigate clients through complex project requirements, innovation strategies, frameworks, and approval pathways,
- Exercise outstanding interpersonal skills to develop relationships with a wide range of clients and critical internal and external stakeholders,
- Help to grow our urban planning capability and reach in the strategic planning and precincts sector as part of our broader Environment and Planning Advisory offering and developing a connected Aurecon.

How will your future be shaped by us?

Joining Aurecon means you’ll be at the award-winning edge of innovation and sustainability. AFR ranked us Top 5 among sustainability leaders and Top 3 of all innovative companies in professional services. One Consult awarded us an innovative design award. Plus, we were Consult Australia’s large firm of the year.

You really can bring your whole self to work and be confident your voice will be heard. We don’t just claim we’re inclusive and innovative, as proven by the independent awards and accreditations we’ve gained. We’ve been recognised for our innovation culture, gender equality and our LGBTI+ inclusion. Plus, we have a robust Reconciliation Action Plan - our fourth edition since 2014.

On a personal level you’ll have access to flexible work hours, remote work, working holidays, part-time and job share options. When it comes to your development, you’ll be a part of our Advisory Development Academy, and have the option to build your technical mastery in the Aurecon Design Academy which earns you a Graduate Certificate in Design Management from the prestigious RMIT University. Plus, you’ll be supported on every step of your career journey with mentoring, leadership training and our Career Hub. Outside of work, you’ll be further supported with competitive paid parental leave, cultural public holiday swaps, plus wellbeing support programmes.

What are we looking for from you?

You’ll have a genuine passion for re-imagining problems and continuous learning to help shape the future.

We value that each of our team members brings something different to Aurecon. We look for people who have had a broad range of experiences throughout their career and can demonstrate how they have worked as part of a team to bring ideas to life.

Firstly, you will be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future. To be successful in this position you will have:

- Extensive, proven experience in a similar role that will allow you to make an immediate, positive impact in leading major projects and team development,
- Project experience (suited to your career status) at all phases of a project's life cycle and particularly structure and strategic planning, feasibility studies, infrastructure planning and technical management,
- An innate ability to foster and evolve client relationships,
- Strong

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