Planning & Environment Advisor

**Permanent full-time role based in Melbourne with flexible working options**:

- **Be a part of transformative renewable energy projects including Spinifex offshore wind**:

- **Join a collaborative and growing team with real career progression opportunities**

**About Alinta Energy**:
**At Alinta Energy, we’re constantly striving to do better. Whether it’s lowering customers costs, providing world class local service or sustainable energy, our aim is to be better. And to keep getting better day after day. Better for our customers. Better for Australia. And better for our environment.**

We’re a leading Australian utility with an owned and contracted generation portfolio of 3,000MW, over 1 million combined electricity and gas retail customers, and around 1,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand. Supplying energy in Australia for over 20 years, today we’re a vertically integrated energy company providing generation, retail and wholesale supply of gas and electricity across Australia. We support the development of renewable energy generation and offer local customer service through support hubs in Perth, Western Australia and Morwell in Victoria.

**Our Culture**:
It’s an exciting time to become a part of our growing team at Alinta Energy. Our people are our greatest asset and we’re committed to a culture that’s focussed on being better at providing great service externally and internally. An organisation where people truly matter. That’s better.

**About the Role**:
We are currently seeking a Planning & Environmental Advisor to join our Asset Strategy team. Reporting to the Planning & Environment Manager - Offshore Wind, the role will be responsible for providing key inputs and advice into the development of projects at Alinta.

The primary responsibilities of the role are to manage the environmental, tenure and statutory approval requirements for new projects including Spinifex Offshore Wind. This role must understand the interaction between the technical requirements and design elements of project infrastructure and the statutory and stakeholder requirements for a project. This role identifies gaps and/or conflicts between technical and contractual positions and the requirements of legislation, negotiated agreements and the views held by key stakeholders.

**Duties**:

- Identify, schedule, and manage aspects of the statutory approvals workstream for projects including the Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm, overseeing specialist consultants as necessary;
- Conduct assessments, prepare reports and provide advice on sound environmental management practices for development, construction and operation of development projects;
- Contribute to discussions with traditional owner rights holders to manage Native Title and Indigenous Heritage aspects of development projects;
- Contribute to discussions with landowners, customers, state and federal government departments and other stakeholders to support projects;
- Contribute to discussions with State and Federal departments as required for the preparation, assessment and grant of approvals, permits and licenses;
- Contribute to the preparation and detailed review of contract documentation as required;
- .Supervise contractors and consultants working on behalf of Alinta at the project site from time to time;
- Maintain clear communication with key stakeholders, including internal business units.

**Skills & Experience**:

- A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (for example Planning, Environmental Science/Engineering, Marine Science, Construction, Sustainability)
- Able to work both independently and part of a cross functional team
- Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, with capacity to influence and negotiate
- Experience in Indigenous relationships, Indigenous engagement and heritage management
- Considerable experience in similar roles in renewable, civil construction, energy or marine/offshore projects.
- Project development or project management experience on infrastructure projects from $10m to $100m+ desirable

**Benefits**:

- Competitive salary and performance-based cash bonus
- Hybrid working arrangements for most roles, combining office-based and work from home
- 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Ability to purchase additional leave
- Staff energy discount offer (where products are available)
- Generous employee referral bonus
- Salary Packaging options
- Paid community volunteer leave
- Access to LinkedIn learning
- Discount program for a range of products and services
- Company paid salary continuance insurance
- Modern offices with free snacks, drinks, and coffee

Let’s spread the positive energy together

Alinta Energy is a **Circle Back Initiative** employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

**How to apply**: