Environmental Assessment Practitioners/planners

6 months ago

Sydney, Australia GHD Full time

There’s no pledge more important than the one we make to look after our environment, and we’re committed to helping you do exactly that.

**Who are we looking for?**

We’re looking for **multiple Environmental Impact Assessors & Planners at varying levels of experience **, working within our **Sydney Environmental Assessment & Planning team.**

You would join a team of over 25 impact assessment and planning professionals working on a variety of projects from constraints analysis, review of environmental factors and statements of environmental effects to critical State significant infrastructure and State significant development Environmental Impact Statements across a range of markets.

Join us as we strive to ensure a sustainable future for our communities and the world we live in.

Become part of our global network of skilled engineers, scientists, auditors, planners, and environmental specialists, all working together to leave this world better than we found it.

**Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in**:

- Contributing, planning and/or owning the delivery of major Future Energy, Water, Defence, Transport, and Infrastructure approvals projects.
- Developing and maintaining client relationships
- Leading and contributing to the preparation of bids and proposals for projects
- Building strong collaborative relationships within GHD regionally, and nationally.

**What you will bring to the team**:

- Sound knowledge of the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- Technical competence in environmental planning and approvals, environmental impact assessment, due diligence, land use planning and post-approvals
- Ability to work as part of multi-disciplinary teams and prepare assessment documents that are succinct, easy to understand and technically robust
- Strong communication, project management and project delivery skills including time management and the ability to influence and work on multiple projects at the same time.
- Demonstrated professional judgement and commercial acumen, including identifying, assessing, and providing solutions to brief and budget for key clients.
- Relevant tertiary education

**Contact Sarah Henderson**

GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where GHD people can thrive, this supports the diverse needs of our workforce while balancing the benefits of remote working with the value of face-to-face collaboration in the office.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

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