Senior Urban Planner

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Urban Planner for our Urbanism & Planning team, based out of Melbourne. The successful candidate will be keen to work in a collaborative environment with a team of urban planners, urban designers, landscape architects and architects, as well as all our cross-business line technical specialists, in our ANZ Urbanism & Planning team, which forms part of AECOMs Buildings and Places team.

This role is an excellent opportunity for someone who is wanting to accelerate their career and grow their technical and professional skills across a range of development and infrastructure projects.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Lead various planning projects and provide support to our directors and project managers in preparing high-quality planning reports, due diligence assessments, and approval documentation for major infrastructure projects. Ensure projects run to schedule and budget and deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.
• Contribute to the development and coordination of planning assessments for large-scale transport and energy projects, including airports and other complex developments.
• Undertake research, policy reviews, and analysis to inform project planning strategies, approval pathways, and compliance with statutory planning requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across AECOM to support delivery of planning inputs on major project approvals, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with client and regulatory expectations.
• In your client-facing role, deliver high-quality project outcomes and support directors in generating future business for the broader planning team. Actively participate in the development of high-quality fee proposals and bids.
• Mentor junior planners within the team, aiding with their professional and technical development.

Qualifications

The 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.

The qualities that help you thrive:

• Degree in Town or Urban Planning (or a closely related discipline) with approximately 4–5 years of professional urban or environmental planning experience, ideally gained within a consultancy.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the preparation of planning assessments, due diligence reports, and development applications for large-scale transport, energy, or infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to contribute effectively within multi-disciplinary project teams, collaborating with engineers, environmental scientists, and design professionals to deliver high-quality planning outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing clear, concise reports and liaising confidently with clients, stakeholders, and approval authorities.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, with working knowledge of GIS or other spatial tools considered advantageous.

Additional Information

Why you’ll love working with us:

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year         
• Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
• Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

Applications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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About AECOM

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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.