- Provide a lead role on a diverse range of statutory town planning projects for both public and private sector clients and lead multi-disciplinary teams.
- Work with the senior team members to manage budgets and plan the direction and focus for town planning team.
- Represent Tract at external workshops, public consultation meetings and client meetings.
- Introduce new projects and project leads into the Tract office and build a strong client base across the public and private sectors.
- Undertake regular engagement in proactive business development and marketing opportunities.
- Collaborate on projects with the landscape, urban design and media teams, particularly on masterplanning and strategic planning projects.
- Lead and mentor the Sydney planning team and the extended national town planning team.
- Appropriate tertiary qualifications in town planning and suitable experience in the Queensland planning system at Principal level, or equivalent
- An advanced understanding of the Planning Act 2016, Economic Development Act 2012, Development Assessment Rules and other relevant legislation.
- Experience in managing people and teams.
- Demonstrated capabilities in statutory planning projects including capacity to independently project manage and deal with a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience in, or a willingness to undertake, business development.
- Awareness of current planning, development, economic, social and environmental issues.
- An enthusiastic, proactive and commercial attitude.
- A keenness to mentor team members.
- The ability to build rapport with clients and stakeholders.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- A genuine passion for planning.
- Professional development – opportunities to attend conferences / seminars / courses, and working with in-house experts across Australia.
- Career development – clear career path & opportunities.
- Mentoring – work alongside and learn directly from well-known leaders in the industry.
- Employee benefits - paid parental leave, scholarships, income protection insurance, an employee assistance program and a wellbeing program.
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Principal Town Planner - New South Wales, Australia - Tract
Description
Who we are
Tract is a national planning and design practice specialising in town planning, urban design, landscape architecture and associated digital media. Our comprehensive planning and design services and the size of our practice provides the capacity to address projects of all scales and complexities.
With flexibility and support sought after now more than ever, Tract works with each individual to craft a working life that balances priorities, both in the office and working from home.
The opportunity
Tract seeks a Principal Town Planner to join our growing Sydney team in our North Sydney office. In this role you will gain exposure to a wide diversity of projects across Sydney and regional NSW in an extensive range of sectors, including new communities, commercial, healthcare, mixed use, tourism, masterplanning and a multitude of other exciting areas.
The right candidate is one who will work in partnership with the State Manager to shape the growth and direction of the planning team, seek out new business opportunities and have the chance to progress your career in a genuinely supportive, vibrant, contemporary and multi-disciplinary environment.
Key responsibilities:
About you - we are looking for a Principal Town Planner who has:
Additional Benefits
Tract also offers a wide range of benefits to team members including:
It's also about diversity. We support our team by offering the flexibility to partly work from home and in our centrally located North Sydney office. We believe in celebrating and advocating for diversity within our team. We are committed to a culture that is inclusive, respectful and reflects the strengths of diverse thoughts, ideas and experience. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, people with disability, people from all cultures, backgrounds, and life experiences.
Please submit your application through Seek, including your CV and Cover Letter.
For more information about Tract visit
We look forward to hearing from you.
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