Principal Town Planner

Posted: 19/02/2025

Closing Date: 16/03/2025

**Job Type**: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Brisbane

Job Category: Consulting and Strategy

About Spiire

We are a dynamic team of passionate town planners, urban designers, civil engineers, landscape architects, surveyors, water engineers and visual media artists providing consultancy services to the property and infrastructure sectors. Our team of more than 350 people work across ten offices in QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and the ACT.

Our Town Planning team pride themselves on their unique approach to doing business. We integrate strategic thinking and challenge the status quo to realise projects of significance across a broad range of market sectors including residential, industrial, health, education and renewable energy.

As part of a truly integrated property and infrastructure consultancy, we are connected to a larger team of specialists and broad industry expertise. We partner with our clients, who put their trust in us to guide them on their journey and achieve their goals. With a focus on achieving the right approach for our clients, we succeed in delivering the best outcomes for our communities and are proud to have projects recognised by our peers and the industry with various awards.

**About the opportunity**

As the Principal Planner in our Brisbane office, you'll take charge of key projects and build strong relationships at a business level. With the opportunity to unlock new growth avenues and provide expert advice, you will shape both the future of the Town Planning team and Spiire’s presence in Brisbane. Reporting to the Business Manager, this role will provide you the opportunity to:

- Lead and manage planning projects of various sizes and budgets, liaising and negotiating with local councils and authorities to achieve successful outcomes for the client
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities while promoting Spiire’s diverse service offerings
- Mentor, train, develop and inspire the next generation of planners, nurturing their professional development
- Managing invoicing, planning, tracking project health and mitigating potential issues
- Maintain and grow existing key client relationships
- Provide expert technical advice while overseeing project management, finances, and client relations
- Connect and share knowledge with our team of Planners across other geographies

**About You**

You are a highly regarded Town Planner with extensive experience and a strong network in Brisbane. You are driven by a passion for creating better communities and thrive in leadership roles. Your skills and experience include:

- Deep knowledge of Queensland’s planning landscape, including relevant regulations and planning standards
- The ability to communicate effectively with our clients and contractors to achieve great results within a complex project environment
- Demonstrated success in a leadership capacity in a planning or multidisciplinary consultancy
- Actively involved in the local planning industry; you are well connected to your peers
- Proven ability to negotiate complex projects and deliver mutually beneficial outcomes
- Expertise in statutory planning, including large-scale greenfield projects
- Well versed in commercial management across people, projects, finances, client relations, and contracts
- A passion for coaching and mentoring; you value a culture of constructive feedback and take a consultative approach

**Our Culture**

At Spiire, we believe that our culture is our difference. We’re a forward thinking, people-centric business, that recognises the importance of working as one team towards a common goal. As a successful and growing employee-owned business, we recognise and reward the contributions of our people and provide real opportunities and pathways for career progression. We’ve built a vibrant team culture and inspiring environment for our people to grow as we grow. We believe in our people and they value what we do - it’s why they join and stay.

Here’s a snapshot of what’s on offer:

- Support for industry memberships, committee involvement and opportunities to represent at external events.
- Health and wellbeing events promoting physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing
- An extension of leave benefits including study leave, volunteer days and an attractive parental leave policy