Principal Urban Planner

Seeking an industry leader to reinforce and nurture our thriving Victorian Planning Team.
 

About the business and role
SLR Consulting is a rapidly growing privately-owned global business, with a strong reputation for providing high quality Environmental and Advisory Services. We have over 3,000 staff with offices throughout the APAC, Europe, North, Central and South America and Africa regions. In APAC we have over 700 employees across 20 offices. 

There is a fantastic opportunity for a highly experienced Planner with 10+ years experience to join our APAC Planning team in Melbourne. Our team is made up of a group of highly skilled and motivated Planners with an enthusiastic approach to life and work. We currently service a pipeline of projects within the commercial, health and renewable energy sectors. 

This role will require a planning expert, with a penchant for Business development as well as technical excellence in at least one of the above sectors. We are looking for a market facing leader to help foster new relationships, nurture existing, and develop staff to ensure our potential is reached. 

We work in a flexible office environment and pride ourselves on our relaxed and positive culture, regular social events and positive client feedback.

Based out of the SLR Melbourne office, and overlooking the MCG, this is an exciting opportunity for a leader in their field, to become apart of our leadership team, and help influence the direction of our growing team.
 

Responsibilities 
This role offers an opportunity to become a pivotal part of the planning team, both leading and growing a team within the VIC market. 

The planning team and are dynamic and fast paced team. We are looking for a leader to continue to enable us to deliver quality, commercial planning outcomes for our existing clients and beyond. 

While we consider that the right person will make this role their own, we consider the following to be important:

• Support the Planning Manager in growing the Planning Teams market presence across professional networks in Victoria
• Proactively identify and foster new opportunities and relationships within our key sectors (Commerical, Health or Renewable).
• Deliver planning analysis and research via a commercially astute lens to confidently deliver exceptional results
• Represent clients at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• Keep abreast of legislative and policy changes within the planning realm
• Manage several projects at any one time without direct supervision
• Mentor and lead junior staff to assist the overall growth of the team
• Liaising with clients, councils, consultants & other government agencies
• Experience working across multi-disciplinary projects within a consulting environment

Experience
Not only will you bring a great attitude and enthusiastic approach to your work, ideally you will also have:

• A degree in town planning or equivalent 
• Ideally you will have 10+ or more years working experience within a consulting business with direct experience in a town planning, property, development 
• Demonstrated ability to attract, retain and grow client relationships
• A thorough understanding of project budgets and deliverables while maintaining excellent client service that we are known for
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to take the initiative and be proactive in your workplace and implement new ideas

Benefits
Our culture is unique where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all, including

• Hybrid work model (in-office & from home) - you choose where you work best.
• Extra paid purchased leave up to 10 days so you can re-energize, help others, support family, or focus on your own professional development.
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents throughout their parenting journey which includes 14 weeks primary carer and 6 weeks secondary carer leave.
• Learning and development which includes a mapped career progression path, study assistance and up to 3 professional memberships subsidised by SLR.
• Employee Assistance Program to support your physical, mental, and social wellbeing.
• Global and regional mobility and recruitment referral bonus for both region and global candidates
• Other benefits include regular office social events, service anniversary awards, salary sacrificing (novated car lease) and a corporate uniform shop and access to discounts from 100’s of major retailers through our Hive benefits system. 

If you would like to apply your expertise with a global environmental consultancy rapidly growing in Australia, work with a fantastic team and take advantage of the incredible culture at SLR, apply now.