Urban Planner

**Join a global professional services leader.**
**We are committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation.**

We have a fantastic opportunity for an **Urban Planner **with experience across statutory and strategic planning and/or environmental planning to join our **Planning, Approvals & Heritage **group in Melbourne or any of our Victorian regional offices (Geelong, Traralgon, Mildura, Wodonga).

This opportunity is for a professional Urban Planner or Town Planner who seeks an exciting, secure and rewarding role working alongside our industry leading professionals, and to enjoy the numerous benefits of a large-scale organisation, and maintain true work-life balance in a supportive and inclusive environment.

You'll work within a dynamic environment with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and delivery of high-quality outcomes for clients, while enjoying what you are most passionate about.

You are a natural team player with great written and verbal communication skills, and you will join our supportive, friendly and creative team, helping us deliver high-quality outcomes for clients, and enjoying what you are most passionate about.

**This diverse and exciting position will see you involved in**:

- Working on projects across the transport, water, energy and resources, property and buildings, and environment market sectors
- The potential to take on more client management responsibilities as your role and experience grows
- Connect, collaborate, and share knowledge with our team of Planners across APAC
- Working within required timeframes and project budgets as guided by senior staff
- Liaise with clients, internal specialists and sub-consultants, Commonwealth and State Government Departments and Local Councils

**What would you bring to the team?**
- A relevant tertiary qualification in Town / Urban Planning or related field is essential
- Between 3 and 5 years of professional experience
- Relevant experience and understanding of Planning & Environment Act 1987 or equivalent from other states
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to prepare clear and concise written reports
- Excellent time and project management skills and the ability work across multiple projects concurrently and work within multi-disciplinary teams
- Be client focused, enthusiastic and proactive
- Drive to provide exceptional service and achieve great outcomes for clients

Contact: Paul Inglis
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+61 3 8687 8619

All our employees are expected to be able to attend a GHD office. In Australia you must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to access any GHD controlled office or project site in all states and territories except WA, unless you have been granted an exemption.

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

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**Why GHD?**

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

**Our commitment to you**

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

**Who we**
**are**

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly ‘One GHD’ across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.