Associate Director - Urban Planning (Greenfield)

Urbis

The Role

Overview

Lead greenfield urban planning services, manage teams, and drive business growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • market analysis
  • revenue targets
  • safety compliance
  • collaboration
  • staff coaching
  • urban planning

Tasks

-Keep abreast of market developments and industry trends affecting the business and devise strategies to respond; -Achieve revenue targets that comprise both Personal Fees and Work Under Management, through strong service delivery and project management; -Contribute to the creation of a safe workplace and complying with all workplace health safety (WHS) policies and procedures, reporting any identified hazards, near misses and incidents; -Proactively identify opportunities to engage and work collaboratively with colleagues from other disciplines and Business Units across Victoria and the broader firm on cross-disciplinary projects; -Nurture and developing individual staff members, through effective coaching and mentoring; -Provide an expert range of services including advice relating to land use, development capability, due diligence assessments, masterplans, PSPs and the approval process and management; -Provide advanced statutory and strategic urban planning principles and methods and the ability to apply them, including advice relating to land use, development capability, due diligence assessments, master plans and the approval process and management; -Provide with others, technical and management support to the Planning team (and staff members) on a day-to-day basis, ensuring committed projects are, and remain, commercially viable; -Contribute to the continuous improvement of workplace health & safety (WHS), and promoting compliance by others; and

Requirements

  • team management
  • urban planning
  • project management
  • consultancy experience

What You Bring

-Proven ability to manage and develop team members -Tertiary qualifications in Regional and Urban/Town Planning or a related discipline -Proven track record of managing projects -Relevant experience, consultancy or government environment

Benefits

-Active mentorship by the best in the business, development of career goals and support in achieving them. -Investment in ongoing training with all employees provided with an annual training budget. -Salary continuance insurance, a generous parental leave policy, health & wellbeing programs and much more. -Monthly morning teas and regular social events to celebrate professional and personal wins.

The Company

About Urbis

-Assists in shaping cities by offering innovative solutions in planning, design, and policy development. -Works with public and private sector clients, transforming projects that impact communities. -Focuses on sustainable design, contributing to high-profile developments across Australia. -Typical projects include city master planning, urban regeneration, transport infrastructure, and environmental assessments. -Reputation for delivering complex, multidisciplinary projects, bringing together expert teams across various sectors. -Strong presence across Australia, with offices in multiple major cities.

Sector Specialisms

Industrial

Energy & Renewables

Infrastructure

Residential

Commercial

Retail

Government

Education

Health & Aged Care

Mixed use

Tourism & Leisure

Digital & Innovation