You've built strong technical credibility. Now you're looking for greater influence.

This is an opportunity to join a well-established national environmental planning and advisory business where you'll shape major infrastructure and energy projects, strengthen key client relationships and play a leading role in growing the NSW planning capability.

You'll work alongside one of Australia's largest specialist environmental teams, delivering complex planning and approvals across Transport, Utilities, Energy, Renewables and Government projects. Beyond project delivery, you'll help shape strategy, mentor emerging professionals and contribute to the long-term direction of the business.

What's On Offer

- Build a Capability - Play a genuine role in growing and shaping the NSW planning team, with a clear pathway into broader leadership.
- Lead Complex Projects - Work across nationally significant Infrastructure, Transport, Utilities, Energy and Renewable projects with a diverse client base.
- Influence Beyond Delivery - Advise senior clients, shape approval strategies, support business development and contribute to strategic decision making.
- National Technical Platform - Join a highly regarded multidisciplinary business with access to experienced planners, environmental specialists and technical experts across Australia.
- Autonomy & Ownership - Lead projects, build client relationships and make commercial decisions with the backing of an experienced leadership team.




- Long-Term Career Growth - A genuine opportunity to progress into capability leadership while remaining closely connected to technically challenging work.

What You'll Be Doing

- Lead environmental planning and approvals across major Infrastructure, Transport, Utilities, Energy and Government projects, including EIS, REF, SSD, SSI, Development Applications and strategic planning advice.
- Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams while managing clients, project delivery, budgets and regulatory approvals.
- Strengthen existing client relationships, contribute to current opportunities and mentor planners as the NSW capability continues to grow.

What Will Make You Successful

- Strong experience delivering environmental planning and approvals within NSW, ideally across infrastructure, transport, utilities, energy or environmental advisory projects.
- Knowledge of NSW planning legislation and environmental approvals, with the ability to lead complex projects, engage senior stakeholders and provide commercially pragmatic advice.
- If you're currently operating as a Principal Planner, Senior Environmental Planner, Planning & Assessment Manager, Technical Lead or Senior Environmental Consultant ready for greater influence, we'd welcome a confidential discussion.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to influence more than your own projects.

You will join a respected national business with an established client base, collaborate with some of Australia's leading environmental professionals and play a genuine role in building the future of the NSW planning capability.

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📌 Principal Planning Lead - Environmental (New South Wales)
🏢 HRG: Telecommunications, Technology, Renewables
📍 New South Wales