Principal Urban Planner in Melbourne, Australia

Company Description

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Creating places that matter and communities that thrive.

Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative term of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities.

Our extensive expertise cover urbanism and planning, architecture, building and systems engineering, and cost, project, and construction management.

Our Urbanism & Planning team comprises of Urban and Environmental Planners, Landscape Architects, Architects and Urban Designers. Our team services a diverse range of clients and market sectors within Victoria, interstate and internationally. Our work includes major transit infrastructure, power and renewables infrastructure, master planning services and precinct scale projects. We support due diligence assessments, permitting, Environmental Impact Assessment and the delivery phase of major projects. Our team are supporting some of the most significant infrastructure projects in Australia.

Job Description

We are looking for a Principal Urban Planner to join our Melbourne Team to assist in the delivery of a variety of major infrastructure and public realm projects throughout Victoria.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Lead and manage a range of urban planning deliverables including; project approval strategies, multi-criteria analysis and options assessment, land use impact assessment in support of EES and planning permit applications.

• Provide support on major projects in areas such as; delivery of Development Plans/Urban Design and Landscape Plans, Urban Design Strategies, planning due diligence and approval strategies, and planning scheme amendments.

• Effectively managing projects to schedule and budget and achieving high quality outcomes and outputs to the satisfaction of the client.

• Providing urban planning advice on a broad range of AECOM projects aligned with the Urbanism + Planning practice including masterplans, feasibility studies and business cases.

• Mentor, guide and develop junior staff to ensure their professional development and the delivery of high-quality and timely outcomes on projects.

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

What are we looking for from you?

• A tertiary qualification to degree level in Urban / Environmental Planning (or similar) with, ideally 10+ years relevant experience in urban planning.

• A well-developed understanding of contemporary planning practices with the ability to apply planning legislation and planning schemes across transit and / or precinct development.

• Demonstrated skills in managing projects (or components of) and budgets to meet time and resource requirements.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders at varying levels of seniority.

• A desire to think and act beyond one’s technical training, embracing opportunities to lead and manager multi-disciplinary teams.

Join us and let’s get started.

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Additional Information

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

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- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10114876

Business Line: B&P – Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Planning

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd