Company Description

Pushing the limits of what is possible.

AECOM's environmental practice is dedicated to helping industries, clients and governments meet their environmental responsibilities while protecting the natural environment. We provide advisory and technical services to ensure compliance, manage impacts, and reduce risks, including obtaining permits and approvals, decommissioning and restoring contaminated sites, and tackling climate change challenges and resilience. We focus on preserving habitats, water quality, stakeholder engagement and cultural resources, promoting a holistic approach to environmental impact management at every project stage.

Job Description

As Technical Director – Planning, you will provide leadership and technical excellence across our Aotearoa New Zealand Planning Team, creating value-driven solutions that set AECOM apart in the marketplace. You will play a pivotal role in delivering strategic projects, managing client relationships, and driving the growth of our planning capabilities.

What will a day in this role look like?

• Provide technical leadership and expertise on major projects.

• Lead the development of innovative planning solutions and technical best practices.

• Mentor and develop the next generation of planning professionals.

• Drive business growth by identifying new opportunities and responding to market conditions.

• Build and strengthen client relationships, ensuring long-term success.

• Support AECOM’s strategic direction and contribute to the planning and wider environment business' overall success.

Qualifications

What are we looking for from you?

• Tertiary qualification in environmental planning or urban planning

• 20+ years of relevant planning experience with a proven track record in business development and client relationship management

• Knowledge of the NZ market for consulting services

• RMA and associated National Policy Statements and Environmental Standards

• Relevant District and Regional Plans

• Local Authority and Environmental Court procedures and role of expert witnesses

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s 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 private-sector 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 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 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 well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

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

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: REF44891W

Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Planning

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM New Zealand Limited