Town Planner/Senior Town Planner

This position will be a key statutory/strategic planning role with good opportunity for growth for a dedicated, hard-working team player.

Salary

An annual salary package will be offered commensurate with qualifications and experience.  As a guide, we are proposing a salary range of $90,000 to $120,000 plus superannuation

The salary package will also include the provision of a car parking space and payment of mobile phone expenses.

The Role

The Town Planner/Senior Town Planner performs a key role within the company by working collaboratively with our Director and team to meet client and company objectives.

The Town Planner/Senior Town Planner reports to our Director and will:

• provide professional, efficient and courteous town planning services to our Clients
• provide high level, quality planning support to the Director and planning team
• be self-motivated, strive to work efficiently and diligently, to demonstrate time and workload management, to show initiative and to provide exceptional levels of communication with all staff, colleagues, consultants and clients
• be expected to provide mid level planning support by liaising and meeting with planners of the Department of Planning, Local Government Authorities and other agencies as required, together with supporting our Director on State Administrative Tribunal matters

The Successful Applicant

As this is an important position within our company, we are looking for a high quality applicant, who:

• Is an engaging, positive, confident, thoughtful and passionate team player
• Is energetic, hard-working, thorough and conscientious
• Has expertise in town planning and is passionate about the delivery of high quality projects through collaboration, expertise and creativity
• Has experience working with colleagues from local and state government departments, other relevant agencies and technical consultants
• Has experience working with a variety of private industry clients, understanding their needs and the passion required to meet their objectives in accordance with our Core Values

What We Can Provide

• An excellent working environment within a high quality, high amenity office space
• An energy efficient office with natural as well as mechanical ventilation
• Provision for electric vehicle charging
• Provision of end of trip facilities with high quality staff amenities
• A positive, energetic, supportive, social and professional culture, receptive of ideas/suggestions and with growth and mentoring
• A competitive salary package
• Payment of mobile phone expenses

Advantages

Applicants will be highly regarded if they have:

• A minimum of 5 years town planning experience in Perth, WA
• Private consulting experience
• An understanding of the work ethic required for this role in a boutique planning practice
• A strong desire to embrace our Core Values and model appropriate behaviours
• A Western Australian driver’s license (Class C – Car)
• The ability to work full time (this is not a part-time position)

Do you have what it takes?

Burgess Design Group is a boutique town planning practice.  As a small team punching well above our weight in all aspects of town planning and urban design, it is essential all team members chip in.  When business is successful the team can be rewarded.

Unique opportunities like this don’t come along every day.

• Is the energy, creativity and diversity of private practice town planning your space?
• Are you part of a large planning team where there is no clear pathway for your future growth?
• Are you passionate about creating great projects for good, loyal clients?
• Are you a genuine team player looking for a great culture to immerse yourself in?

This could be the opportunity you have been waiting for.

Next Steps

If this exciting role appeals to you, please take the following steps:

1. Prepare a covering letter telling us about you, your interests, what has drawn you to the role we have advertised and what attributes you would bring to our boutique business.  Please think about this carefully, as learning as much as we can about you will help us determine if you are the right fit for our team, potentially rewarding you with an interview
2. Send a copy of the covering letter and your CV to *********@burgessdesigngroup.com.au 
3. Please let us know (via the email address above) if you would like us to send you the full Job Description for this position

Thank you for your interest

BURGESS DESIGN GROUP | Who We Are

COMPANY PROFILE

“Providing a professional and courteous consulting service that achieves excellence in outcomes for our clients, our colleagues, the community, the environment and our team.”

Burgess Design Group is a boutique town planning team specialising in urban development, residential land assembly, detailed urban design, building design/visualisation, approval negotiation and implementation.

Our values drive our dedication to create the highest quality projects, leaving a lasting legacy for future generations.

We specialise in providing advice for the purchase, visioning, design, application, approval & creation of land development projects, including:

• Coordination of fragmented land ownership (we are Perth’s specialists in this space)
• Advice & due diligence for land/project acquisition
• Structure plans, master-planned communities, detailed design & subdivision
• Traditional, small lot and medium density housing
• Special-residential housing
• Rural-residential housing
• Landscape/conservation lots
• Tourism/eco-tourism/caravan parks/golf-course/fly-in-fly-out estates
• Retail & commercial projects & development applications
• Retirment/lifestyle villages
• Architectural plans, perspectives & visualisation
• Local development plans & design guidelines
• Industrial subdivision/estates

MISSION

“Focused, energetic teamwork facilitating the delivery of high quality projects through collaboration, expertise and creativity”

VISION

“Your Project – Our Passion”

VALUES

“Passion” – dedication and desire for success

“Excellence” – professionalism, knowledge, expertise and service

“Results” – deliver on time and on budget

“Teamwork” – for our team, our clients, consultants and stakeholders

“Honesty” – integrity, fair, open and accountable

Please note we are a dog friendly office (conditions apply)