Associate Director - Environmental Planner

AECOMs Planning team are seeking an experienced Environmental Planner with proven track record in the renewable energy sector. The ideal candidate will possess a robust network of industry contacts and a track record of successfully managing the environmental assessment and approval of largescale renewable energy projects in New Zealand. With high projected growth in the renewable energy sector there has never been a more exciting time to be in the energy industry. This is a fantastic opportunity to be actively involved in a highperforming team of planning environmental and energy professionals and develop your career in a growing sector. As a senior practitioner you will be instrumental in enabling and growing the team as well as winning new work. Your experience with whole of life cycle project experience in renewable energy projects will be key to your success in this role. Within our national planning team you will be working with technical leaders across our environment business in statutory spatial and policy planning sustainability stakeholder engagement and natural resource management. In addition you will have the opportunity to draw on AECOMs international planning networks and work collaboratively with colleagues throughout Australia and NZ on best practice planning innovation and project delivery. There are opportunities in the Auckland Hamilton Wellington OR Christchurch offices. What will a day in this role look like:

• Maintaining cultivating and developing key client relationships
• Identifying and evaluating new business opportunities and market trends in the renewable energy sector.
• Preparing and managing consent and statutory approval applications and major environmental assessments  working on a range of technical documents including consent strategies assessment of alternatives/Multi Criteria Analysis and client advisory
• Providing planning advice on local regional and national planning policy
• Supporting the delivery of urban environmental and infrastructure projects

Qualifications :

• 15 years experience
•  A degree qualified in Resource Management or Planning (or a suitable related field)
• Full NZPI membership or eligibility
• Proven experience in environmental planning within New Zealands energy sector ideally with a focus on renewable projects.
• Possess a robust network of industry contacts and a track record of successfully managing largescale renewable energy and other infrastructure projects in addition to winning new work
• Demonstrated technical experience in areas such as infrastructure planning policy and land use planning statutory RMA planning public engagement project management strategy business cases.
• Experience in preparing and presenting expert evidence
• Excellent analytical writing communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and deliver quality technical analyses and reports

Additional Information : About AECOM AECOM is the worlds 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 privatesector 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 youre 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 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 benefits and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too. Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Remote Work : No Employment Type : Fulltime