Senior Planner, Associate - Sydney - Planning Institute Australia

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    Senior Planner, Associate & Associate Director

    Would you like a flexible work environment with a supportive team? The opportunity for career progression within a national planning firm? Access to experienced urban planning mentorship?

    With continued growth across our business, we are looking to appoint talented and energetic town planners to a variety of roles in our Policy and Urban Analytics Team, including Senior Planner, Associate, and Associate Director.

    While the work will primarily be NSW focused from our Sydney CBD office, for a suitable candidate there is an opportunity for interstate applicants to work out of our Brisbane or Melbourne offices.

    Who is Mecone?

    At Mecone, we are committed to creating better urban environments. Above all, we value our people and pride ourselves on the caliber of our employees to deliver superior client outcomes while fostering an inclusive and diverse culture for our team.

    As urban planning specialists, we provide advice and services in strategic planning, statutory planning, integrated land use, social planning, transport planning, urban analytics, and planning tech.

    Working with us offers enormous benefits – and not just our rewards recognition and generous bonus scheme Mecone offers the opportunity to be truly valued as an employee in a close-knit team. You will enjoy interesting and challenging work across metro Sydney and regional NSW with a focus on large-scale transformational projects and being mentored by the best in the business. There will also be opportunities to work with our Melbourne and Brisbane teams on projects located outside of NSW.

    About the role

    Supported by knowledgeable and experienced Directors, this role is focused on providing urban planning services in one or more of the following key areas:

    1. Planning proposals, rezonings, and development advisory
    2. Integrated land use and infrastructure planning and precinct/master planning
    3. Strategic planning, social planning, and urban analytics.

    About you

    You're a high-performing driven individual who can demonstrate solid statutory and strategic urban planning knowledge while providing attentive, professional service to our valued clients.

    • Degree qualified in relevant discipline
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Minimum 4 years' experience for Senior Planner position, with 6-8 years for more senior roles, preferably including work in both private and public planning roles
    • Confidence in decision making and ability to work independently
    • Ability to astutely apply and articulate relevant statutory planning issues
    • Australian citizen or appropriate work visa
    • Commitment to workplace flexibility, diversity, equality, and environmental sustainability

    Your key responsibilities:

    Consultancy Services

    • Employ a thorough understanding of land use and/or social planning principles at a strategic and technical level to provide practical and expert planning advice to clients and the project team
    • Prepare, or manage, the preparation of high-quality planning reports and deliverables including but not limited to planning proposals, development control plans, precinct/master plans, strategic planning reports, and expert advice
    • Interact with technical professionals, the project team, and other stakeholders within multi-disciplinary planning projects
    • Ensure deadlines and project objectives are being achieved and meet company, client, and quality standards
    • Represent Mecone as a key team leader at client workshops/meetings and provide advice on planning matters
    • Maintain direct and independent contact with senior government agency staff (Council, DPHI, etc.) to progress planning applications and consulting work.

    Project and Team Management

    • Ability to manage and progress projects with minimal oversight, including direct contact with client PMs
    • Awareness and tracking of project budgets and prepare monthly project invoices for review by Directors
    • Management and prioritization of competing deadlines, alerting Directors where capacity issues are foreseeable
    • Provide guidance to junior staff
    • As required, manage team members to ensure deliverables are provided on time and within budget to client satisfaction.
    • As required, manage subconsultants and ensure their deliverables are meeting deadlines and project objectives.

    Marketing and Business Development

    • Prepare fee proposals and tender responses
    • Maintain awareness of planning trends and ability to identify further work opportunities from these for existing jobs and clients
    • Identify business development opportunities and utilize your networks to facilitate business growth
    • As required, actively seek and source new business opportunities including arranging marketing meetings with potential or new clients
    • As required, promote the Mecone brand in business functions and professional events.
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