Town Planner – Graduate to Intermediate Level

Why Martens?

Are you looking to join a growing, vibrant and well established multidisciplinary professional engineering consulting firm? Are you searching for opportunities to develop your town planning knowledge and skills and applying these to achieve high quality outcomes in a wide range of projects?

Martens & Associates, established since 1989, is a well established multidisciplinary professional consulting firm that provides a full range of civil, geotechnical and environmental engineering and town planning services. Our business is built on the quality of our staff and our flexible, friendly and supportive work environment. We believe that the skills, capability and enthusiasm of our people give us our competitive advantage.

About The Role

We are seeking a talented graduate to intermediate level Town Planner to become a valued member of our busy multidisciplinary engineering office based in Hornsby, NSW.

This role presents an excellent opportunity for a willing and enthusiastic new or recent graduate wanting to build their town planning experience. It is also suitable for an experienced practitioner wishing to build on their existing career and progress it to the next level.

It involves working from our Hornsby office on a wide range of projects and includes providing support to engineers, project managers and directors to:

• Prepare planning reports including Statements of Environmental Effects, Environmental Impact Statements and Review of Environmental Factors.
• Prepare and lodge development applications, planning proposals, modification applications and building information certificate applications.
• Provide planning advice documents including project approvals strategy, land use characterisation, development capability, and due diligence assessments.
• Liaise with and respond to client, consultant and Council queries.

Competitive salary on offer, negotiable on the basis of experience.

About You

We are seeking candidates that take pride in their work, have a positive attitude, are punctual, reliable, hardworking and able to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.

It is essential for the applicants to have:

• Degree in Town Planning or closely related field, preferably from a university in NSW.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the NSW planning framework and approvals system.
• Good written and verbal communication and proficient report and business writing skills in English.
• The ability to work in a culturally diverse and multidisciplinary team environment.
• Positive and proactive attitude and be motivated, team player, organised and eager to learn.
• High level of skills in MS Office, particularly in MS Word and Outlook.
• Full time Australian work rights.

Any of the following experiences and qualities will be considered favourable:

• Local (NSW) experience in statutory town planning, either in local government sector or in private consultancy.
• Experience in multidisciplinary consultancy, especially in land development and planning proposal projects in NSW.
• Experience in environmental planning in NSW including Water Management Act matters and Land Contamination.
• Ability to liaise, engage and coordinate with project stakeholders and negotiate with authorities.
• Experience with GIS software packages (QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.).
• NSW full driver licence.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this opportunity and meet the above requirements, please apply:

• Preferably, through this post.
• Alternatively, by sending an email to careers@martens.com.au with [TownPlan260907] and your full name in the email subject.

Please provide your cover letter, and resume (with all relevant academic transcripts to date and contactable work referees), as part of your application.

We encourage direct applications (preferably not via recruiters).

Mo Shahrokhian / Soroush Ziaee