Senior Environmental Planner
	ERM (Environmental Resources Management)

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER

As part of the continued growth of our services in the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors, ERM has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Environmental Planner to join our team in Adelaide. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in supporting decarbonisation efforts and helping drive forward the development of large-scale renewable energy and major infrastructure projects. You will have access to ERM’s Global Impact Assessment Technical Community, sharing multi-disciplinary resources and best practices across the industry. This is an excellent opportunity for an environmental professional looking to advance their career with a global sustainability consultancy supporting both local and international projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the preparation of statutory permitting, licensing and consent applications on complex projects, including writing planning reports, environmental impact assessments and technical summary reports, coordinating technical assessments and engaging with regulatory stakeholders.
• Provide technical advice as a permitting and approvals subject matter expert.
• Continue developing technical competency as well as skills in consulting, project management and decision-making.
• Contribute to proposal development, including development of technical scopes and cost estimates.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with other ERM teams locally and globally on projects and within ERM’s Technical Communities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Urban and/or Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, or related discipline
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in statutory planning and permitting - consulting industry experience desirable.
• Familiarity with Commonwealth and Adelaide planning and environmental legislation and their application to facilitate the delivery of infrastructure projects. Broader experience in the legislation of other jurisdictions viewed favourably.
• Excellent writing, communication, presentation, strategic thinking, and people skills.
• Experience and successes in working as part of an integrated team.
• Ability to build sustaining relationships with clients.
• Motivated to proactively contribute to a team environment, share knowledge, skills and ideas.

ERM Employee Benefits:

• Structured career development, including access to mentoring and collaboration opportunities with industry leading technical experts,
• Discretionary performance bonuses and incentives;
• Professional memberships, including paid annual membership to a relevant professional organisation;
• Wellness ‘You’ Day, access to 1 ‘wellness day’ per quarter, in addition to annual leave;
• Access to purchased additional leave;
• Flexible working arrangements;
• Continuous training and development including support for external training; and capacity building opportunities through our learning hub;
• Access to a wide variety of local, interstate, and international projects;
• Employee Assistance Programs including mental and physical health wellness support, confidential access to a wellbeing coach and discounts with a range of retailers;
• Opportunity to join and work in local communities through the ERM foundation.

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide.  Sustainability is what we do, and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business.  For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers.  We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM values that include Accountability, Caring for our People, Client Focus, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Transparency. 

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status or disability status.

Thank you for your interest in ERM!