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At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

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.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

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

We will give you 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.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future.

**Job Description**:
AECOM is leading the delivery of some of New Zealand’s most complex and transformational planning and environmental management projects.

As a Professional, Senior, Principal or Associate Director Planner 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 AECOM’s 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, Christchurch and Hamilton with Hamilton and Christchurch being the preference.

**Day to day tasks will include**:
+ Preparing statutory and non-statutory planning policy documents and working on a range of technical documents, including consent strategies, assessment of alternatives and social impact assessments

+ Support the delivery of urban, environmental and infrastructure projects

+ Providing planning advice on local, regional and national planning policy

+ Participating in creative stakeholder and public engagement

+ Maintaining and developing key client relationships

+ Mentoring and supporting junior team members

**Qualifications**:
+ Degree qualified in Resource Management or Planning (or a suitable related field)

+ Full NZPI membership or eligibility

+ Demonstrated technical experience in areas such as master planning, infrastructure planning, urban design, spatial, policy and land use planning, statutory RMA planning, social impact assessment, public engagement, project management, strategy, business cases.

+ Confidence in preparing and presenting evidence (dependent on experience)

+ Excellent analytical, writing, communication and interpersonal skills

+ Passionate, collaborative and supportive team member

+ Demonstrated ability to problem solve and deliver quality technical analyses and reports

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM 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.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

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