Company DescriptionWork with us. Change the world. We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.Leading the change toward a sustainable and equitable future.Our environmental practice helps industries and governments fulfill their responsibilities to the people they support, as well as the planet that support us all. We provide advisory and technical services to enable you to achieve compliance, manage impacts and reduce or even eliminate risks.Our services help clients anticipate and manage the environmental impact at each stage of the project: planning and obtaining permits for new facilities; decommissioning, clean-up and closure of contaminated sites and surplus operations facilities; restoration for reuse; addressing critical climate – change issues; protection or restoration of habitats and water quality and the preservation of culture resource.We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world. #Work180Job DescriptionDue to continued success and a strong pipeline of work, our North Queensland Environment Business is growing, and we have an exciting opportunity for a proven environmental planner. Take the next step in your career and join our close-knit and high performing Townsville based team. Work amongst experienced peers and engage with our clients, whilst also connecting with our larger industry-leading Environment business in Australia and New Zealand, collaborating to deliver solutions to some of our largest client’s most complex problems within the Northern Queensland region and beyond.If you are looking to take the next step in your career, or you are coming from another city to establish yourself in Townsville, AECOM will support you in deepening your technical expertise and growth potential whilst allowing you to enjoy the benefits of this great city. Enjoy postcard perfect beaches, iconic national parks, unique wildlife and plenty of sunshine whilst being right by the Great Barrier Reef. Townsville is the perfect location for a change of lifestyle or a new adventure!What will a day in this role look like:Deliver best practice environmental impact assessment and strategic advisory services for all phases of our client’s projects from strategic business case, planning approvals, through construction to operation.Lead and coordinate a range of projects, organising resources, budgets and timelines.Prepare reports, proposals & tender documents.Develop effective relationships with our clients, in-house design teams and technical specialists to ensure projects are delivered successfully.QualificationsThe following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered. What are we looking for from you? Knowledge of Queensland and Commonwealth environmental and planning legislationEnvironmental Impact Assessment experience and delivery of Environmental Impact StatementsRelevant tertiary qualificationsAn ability to think on your feet, see challenges as opportunities to innovate, collaborate and grow.Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.Additional Information#LI-KC1AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.About AECOMAECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM. Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.