Senior Planner

**Join a global professional services leader.**

**We are committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy, transport and urbanisation.**

We are currently seeking experienced Senior Planners to become an integral part of our National Team. You could be based in either Auckland or Wellington.

Our National Planning team work on a wide range of exciting, often multi-disciplinary, projects that will shape the future of our communities including nationally significant infrastructure projects, policy development, strategic planning and place-making.

Some projects and clients our planners are currently working with include Let’s Get Welly Moving, policy work for the Ministry for the Environment and Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand Defence Force estate regeneration, and infrastructure consenting for Auckland Council, Auckland Transport and the Ministry of Education. We are also working with local and regional councils throughout the country on policy development and structure plans, disaster recovery, as well as stormwater and wastewater upgrade projects. Additionally, we have a growing workload in the renewable energy sector.

**This exciting opportunity will see you**:

- Working together with our leading technical specialists on complex consenting and policy projects in the water, transport, energy and buildings markets
- Interacting daily with high performing teams and highly experienced Technical Directors
- Growing and developing professionally through mentoring, training, and active involvement in professional organisations and our GHD global technical communities
- Becoming part of our diverse, collaborative and supportive GHD culture, with the ability to work flexibly for work-life balance
- Working collaboratively with our national team of planners, including supporting the growth and development of less experienced planners, coaching and motivating them to deliver quality outcomes for our clients
- Contributing to the growth and development of the team in line with our company vision and providing input into strategic business planning processes

**What you will bring to the team**:

- Proven technical planning record in regional council, local council or private sector planning, including in consenting infrastructure projects and/or leading plan review processes
- Relevant NZPI recognised Planning qualification and 8 or more years of experience in the planning/resource management field
- Full membership of the NZPI or working towards this
- Enthusiasm to work collaboratively with other technical disciplines and think laterally to deliver integrated solutions on multi-disciplinary projects
- Experience in business development, including preparation of competitive proposals
- Experience in client management, with established client relationships or networks

**What's in it for you**:

- Insurances paid for by GHD (life, trauma and income protection)
- Up to 20 days extra leave with our holiday buy-back scheme
- Daily interaction with high performing teams
- Professional development and ongoing training
- Competitive remuneration
- Flexible working arrangements for work-life balance
- Opportunities to learn from our industry experts and technical gurus across APAC and globally
- A highly supportive and collaborative team environment
- We will set you up for success with the latest hardware, tools and tech

Ki GHD, ka ākina te kaimahi e mātou kia tutuki ōna ake moemoeā. Nā te mea, ko te kaha o te tangata te tuarā o te pakihi. Nā reira, he hiahia nō mātou ki te whiwhi kaimahi nō ngā ahurea tuakiri maha, nō whenua rerekē, tane mai, wahine mai.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

LI-PI

**Why GHD?**

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

**Our commitment to you**

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

**Who we**
**are**

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly ‘One GHD’ across more than 2