Environmental Planner

**Company Description**
“Growing my career at AECOM has meant being exposed to amazing experiences - from support and mentorship from my peers and senior business leaders to exciting opportunities working on major and complex EIS projects across NSW including Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport and Great Western Highway Upgrade. I’ve felt trusted and inspired” - **Alice Thurgood, Team Leader - Environmental Impact Assessment, Sydney**

**Come grow with us.**

What will your legacy be? Are you excited to be part of the renewable energy transition, or keen to influence city shaping projects or passionate about delivering environmental solutions on some of Australia’s most significant projects? If so, we would love to hear from you

**Everyone belongs at AECOM**

We’re committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - because great ideas come from diverse perspectives. AECOM is proud to be a **Fortune 500 Most Admired Company**, a **WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality**, #**Work180 Equitable Workplace Awards 2025 Winner**and an **AWEI Bronze Tier LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer**.

Unlock your career with AECOM as an Environmental Planner in our ‘Impact Assessment and Permitting’ team, based in Newcastle.

As part of the team, you will:

- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to support high-quality environmental assessments and project delivery
- Prepare Environmental Impact Statements and related reports, translating technical information into clear, accessible language
- Support project delivery by managing time effectively, balancing a varied workload, and assisting in organising project resources, budgets and schedules
- Coordinate specialist input and fieldwork to ensure technical advice is integrated into project outcomes.

**Qualifications**

For this Environmental Planner position in our team, we require someone with:

- A bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental planning, or environmental engineering
- Environmental impact assessment experience across numerous market sectors and a good industry reputation.
- Strong team player, confident communicator, both written and verbal.
- Time management skills, using appropriate tools to manage your workload

**Additional Information** Why you’ll love working with us**
- Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
- Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
- Swap public holidays - swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
- Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities

**Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?**

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**About AECOM**

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public

**Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity**

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.