Position Description

About JEP Environment & Planning

JEP Environment & Planning (JEP) is a specialist infrastructure and planning firm with expertise in seeking planning approvals for major projects in waste, recycling, commercial developments, industrial developments, advanced manufacturing, energy and sustainability infrastructure.

Our staff are experts in planning, environmental licensing and sustainability infrastructure, with experience working in industry, local, state and federal government. Our team is made up of planners, engineers, architects, scientists, compliance and environmental management specialists.

Since establishment in 2016, JEP has established a reputation as the leading firm for facilitating infrastructure planning approvals, EPA licensing and supporting industry to comply with increasingly complex planning and environmental laws.

Our firm is different. We take the time to understand complex projects. This helps us to guide proponents efficiently through the planning, regulatory and approvals system. We ask regulators the important questions and we take time to identify key regulatory issues that need to be addressed in a planning application.

Securing planning approvals for projects in many cases can be complex and needs careful planning, with input needed by technical experts, stakeholder and community engagement and strong project management. We work closely with our clients to ensure that proposals are well designed, structured and executed to maximise your success in the approvals process.

Our infrastructure and planning services include guidance on best practice environmental and engineering design, site selection, scoping of key environmental issues requiring assessment, environmental impact assessment, project management of specialist investigations, environmental licensing, negotiation with regulators, environmental compliance and post-approval support.

We work closely with stakeholders and communities to address key matters that need to be considered in planning submissions, including understanding the environmental, social and economic risks and benefits to help build community consensus and project success.

Our team supports clients right through the post-approval phase, including the development of post-approval management plans, agency approval of management plans, construction certificates and occupation certificates.

We work with regulators to ensure your development commences operations as soon as possible. We also conduct independent environmental audits and compliance reviews to ensure that your development is being operated and managed in accordance with consent conditions and all planning and environmental laws.

Purpose of the position

JEP’s mission is to assist our clients to seek planning approvals for major projects in waste, recycling, commercial developments, industrial developments, advanced manufacturing, energy and sustainability infrastructure.

The position of Environmental Planner has a core focus in supporting planning applications and facilitating planning approvals in consultation with Councils and the State Planning Authorities.

The position will also involve the project management and coordination of many different specialists as required to support our planning applications.

In addition, the Environmental Planner will support and undertake duties in any of the following areas:

Planning approvals, design and development

- Site identification

- Planning feasibility assessments

- Scoping investigations

- Environmental impact assessment and investigations

- Review and project management the preparation of architectural plans

- Engineering and process design

- Planning approvals for local, regional, designed and state-significant developments

- Operational reviews and best practice

- Technology reviews and due diligence investigations

Licensing and environmental management

- Environmental management plans

- Environmental management systems

- Pollution incident response management plans

- EPA licensing

- Support in dealing with EPA and responding to EPA matters

- Resource recovery order and exemption applications

- EPA licence reviews

- EPA licence variations

Strategy and community consultation

- Waste management plans and strategies – for business, industry and local government

- Business case analysis and business planning

- Economic analysis of projects infrastructure and programs

- Evaluation of projects, infrastructure and programs

- Community consultation, stakeholder analysis and engagement





- Government grants and reporting

Planning and environmental compliance

- Advice on environmental laws

- Advice on planning laws

- Internal planning and environmental compliance audits

- Independent environmental audits

- Pollution incidents and liaison with regulatory authorities

- Australian Packaging Covenant

- Product Stewardship and supply chain responsibility

- Construction certificates

- Occupation certificates

- Post-approval management plans

Nature and scope of position

The Environmental Planner will undertake the following duties under the general direction of the Director and Principal Consultant or Senior Consultant. Work performed includes:

1) Prepare planning applications

- Contribute to and lead the preparation of planning applications for clients within agreed parameters.

- Prepare specialist technical briefs, seek quotations from specialists, assess quotations and recommend to management and/or clients for approval to assist in preparing planning applications.

- Prepare high quality planning reports and submissions.

2) Preparation of proposals and tender submissions

- Contribute to the development, preparation and submission of proposals and tender submissions that meet the brief set out by clients, either written or verbal.

- Liaise with the JEP team to seek advice and guidance in the preparation of project strategy, project plans, project methodology and project budgeting to ensure that high quality proposals and tender submissions are prepared.

- Liaise with clients as necessary to seek clarifications on their needs and use this guidance to prepare competitive submissions.

3) Representative Duties

- Fulfil representative duties, where required, to meet any necessary internal or external commitments of JEP.

4) Briefings and Other Communication

- Prepare and provide project updates for clients and liaise with clients as needed.

- Prepare briefings, advice and correspondence for consideration by the JEP Director, clients or staff/contractors as needed in respect of any issue or project.

- Contribute to communication within and between other businesses we collaborate with to ensure that external communication channels are appropriate, efficient and effective.

5) Generic Responsibilities

- Meet all JEP requirements as stated in its policies and procedures and in the use of its systems.

- Understand and apply the principles and legislative requirements of best practice environmental planning, environment management and Work Health and Safety;

- Understand and apply JEP’s Code of Conduct and maintain confidentiality and ethics requirements.

Challenges/Problem Solving

The Environmental Planner will face the following challenges:

- Keep up to date on the ever-changing nature of government policy and regulation as it applies to the NSW planning and environmental protection system.

- Maintain very good levels of communication and working relationships with specialist consultants we engage to support our planning applications (e.g. engineers, contaminated site specialists, air quality specialists, noise specialists, traffic specialists, biodiversity specialists, building consultants, private certifiers etc.).

- Contributing to strengthened relationships with key stakeholder groups in industry and government.

- Maintaining effective relationships across the planning and environment portfolio of government to assist in achieving our client’s objectives.

- Developing strategies to assist in achieving planning and regulatory approvals in an efficient and effective manner for our clients.

- Problem solving will often be complex and require sensitivity to a large range of issues.

- The need to keep abreast of a wide range of government agency views, both current and emerging, and exercise considerable judgement as to how to handle issues which may be raised in meetings and forums.

Decision Making

Decisions about project delivery or recent opportunities will routinely be made in consultation with the Director.

Liaison with other staff, consultant specialists and contractors will be required in the preparation and delivery of planning applications.

The Environmental Planner, however,



will have considerable autonomy in conducting projects for clients within agreed parameters. The occupants will frequently be required to make decisions about how to respond to issues that may arise in a range of forums. The occupants will need to be self-starters who can deliver outcomes with limited day-to-day supervision.

Communication

The Environmental Planner is required to liaise directly with clients and officers in local government, state government and industry on a day-to-day basis. This will mainly involve contact with the following. This will include:

- The Director of JEP, staff and consultant specialists.

- Relevant NSW government agencies at operational contact officer level.

- Relevant industry associations and individual companies as needed to support the delivery of projects.

- Business and industry.

- Local Councils, Local Government and State Government Agencies.

- Environment and community groups (including information provision and community consultation).

Key accountabilities

The key accountabilities for the position are:

- Contributing to the delivery of the corporate objectives of JEP.

- Undertaking or coordinating key projects for clients to a standard.

- Liaising with clients and key stakeholders to ensure the smooth delivery of projects.

- Evaluating and preparing reports for client projects.

- Developing and/or managing project budgets, as appropriate and ensuring that resources are used effectively.

- Establishing and monitoring networks among a wide range of stakeholders.

- Representing JEP at conferences and professional forums and convening and conducting forums to raise the JEP profile and brand;

- Preparing briefings, advice and correspondence for consideration by the Director in relation to client projects.

- Implement Equity, Customer Service, ethical practices, confidentiality and Work Health and Safety policies and principles in all aspects of work in accordance with sound management practices.

- Develop and implement strategies to improve work practices and the work environment. Ensure ethics in policies practices and procedures to preserve the professional integrity of the workplace.

Knowledge, skills and experience

The position of Environmental Planner for JEP will require excellent knowledge and demonstrated skills and experience in the following areas:

- Thorough knowledge of NSW government policy relating to environmental planning, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, waste management and resource recovery.

- Thorough understanding and experience in conducting and preparing environmental impact statements, statement of environmental effects, review of environmental factors and managing technical specialists.

- Good understanding of post-approval processes, including processes required to seek construction certificates, occupation certificates, post approval management plans and licensing.

- Knowledge of processes involved in establishing networks and stakeholder groups to support the effective delivery of complex planning applications.

- Good understanding of environmental issues, waste management and resource recovery, environmental planning and ecologically sustainable development principles.

- Demonstrated skills and experience in project development, project management, project evaluation and in managing or coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams.

- High-level written/oral communication, presentation, negotiation conflict resolution and organisational skills.

- Experience in briefing, coordinating and managing the work of consultant specialists.

- Demonstrated capacity to implement ethical practice and confidentiality. Demonstrated capacity to implement best practice Work Health and Safety.

Conditions and compensation package

This is a full-time position, located in North Sydney, NSW. Attendance at the office is required, though work from home can be negotiated.

The position is subject to the Professional Employees Award 2020 published by the Fair Work Commission. The package includes superannuation and statutory leave entitlements. Salary sacrifice arrangements can also be provided. A performance bonus scheme is also available to help reward and recognise excellent performance.

Training and development will be provided, with support from leading industry specialists in Australian in waste management infrastructure, planning and environmental compliance.

More information about JEP Environment & Planning

Please refer to our web site, http://www.jacksonenvironment.com.au.

📌 Environmental Planner (North Sydney)
🏢 JEP Environment & Planning
📍 North Sydney