Urban Planner

Just imagine your future with us

Aurecon is committed to creating an inclusive culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We are an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, as awarded by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia), and are a founding member of The Diversity Agenda in New Zealand. We have an Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan and hold Silver Employer status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI+ inclusion.

Our hybrid flexible approach to working includes flexible start and finish times, working remotely, part time and job share options. Aurecon offers 14 weeks paid parental leave, 20 days paid partner leave, and other health services and benefits.

The Role

We are seeking a consultant who can demonstrate some planning/environmental working experience to join our Environment & Planning Team in Melbourne; to further drive and expand on the team's recent successes with major infrastructure, government, energy and transport projects.

The Urban Planning team has a diverse offering of both strategic and statutory planning activities, and you'll have the opportunity to work alongside our Engineering, Precincts, Integrated Design and Digital teams, supporting in the delivery of multidisciplinary infrastructure and precinct scale developments.

Here are the key things you will do to ‘bring ideas to life’.
- Provide urban planning advisory and consulting services to public and private clients.
- Support in the delivery of multidisciplinary medium to large scale infrastructure projects, in particular identification of relevant planning and environmental opportunities and constraints through the master planning, concept, due diligence, and feasibility stages.
- Collaboratively work with other parts of Aurecon as necessary to leverage Aurecon’s technical ability to deliver planning advisory work.
- Navigate through complex technical and legislative requirements, frameworks, and approval pathways.
- Exercise outstanding interpersonal skills to develop relationships with a wide range of clients and critical internal and external stakeholders.
- Be supported through an established team of 30+ urban planners with access to ongoing career development opportunities and mentoring.

What we are looking for:
You will share our genuine passion for re-imagining planning in the current environment and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future.

You will also need:

- A relevant urban planning or environmental planning qualification
- High level of interest in working to support major infrastructure projects, including co-location with clients in project offices (where practicable)
- An understanding of the decision drivers of Commonwealth, State and local government to inform preparation of planning and environment approval strategies, site masterplans, and structure plans
- An understanding of the timing to secure planning and environmental approvals, and relationship with project delivery programmes
- Exposure to projects, understanding the importance of delivering on time and within budget.
- Excellent interpersonal skills for engaging with internal and external clients and decision-makers
- Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing and presenting planning reports and projects.

We value the difference each team member brings and we look for people who have had a broad range of experiences and a growth and learning mindset.

About us

We’ve re-imagined engineering.

Aurecon is an international engineering, design and advisory company, but not as you know it

Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we co-create innovative solutions with our clients to some of the world’s most complex challenges.

We listen deeply and intently, which helps us see opportunities, possibilities and potential others can’t. Think engineering. Think again.

Want to know more?

You can learn more about what it’s like to work at Aurecon by visiting the careers section of our website.