Planning Manager - South Island
SLR Consulting
Date: 10 hours ago
City: Christchurch, Canterbury
Contract type: Full time
About The Business And The Role
Do you believe you can make the world a better place?
SLR’s purpose is Making Sustainability Happen, which we achieve by having a team of experts who partner with our clients to tackle some of the world’s most complex sustainability challenges.
SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With over 1,000 staff in Asia Pacific and close to 200 of those staff spanning the length of Aotearoa we provide consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific issues to a diverse and growing base of business, regulatory and governmental clients. We celebrate a ‘One Team Culture’, where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results.
A rare opportunity has come up for a new South Island Planning Manager to join our national Planning team of approximately 60 planners. While we are open to suggestions, our preference is for this role to be based out of our Christchurch office. You will provide inspirational and empowering leadership across our Christchurch and Dunedin Planning Teams enabling our people to focus on achieving excellent client outcomes to make sustainability happen. Key focuses will be to strategically grow high performing planning teams across the South Island, including growing our existing planning teams in Christchurch and Dunedin, developing and expanding our planning presence in Nelson and supporting the expansion of new regional planning teams elsewhere across the South Island; business development to ensure our business and team continue to grow and thrive across the South Island; as well as technical excellence to ensure our teams deliver technically excellent work to our clients.
Responsibilities
As the South Island Planning Manager, you will be responsible for the following:
We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. SLR supports flexible working arrangements as we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.
You can find a comprehensive list here.
Next Steps
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.
Do you believe you can make the world a better place?
SLR’s purpose is Making Sustainability Happen, which we achieve by having a team of experts who partner with our clients to tackle some of the world’s most complex sustainability challenges.
SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With over 1,000 staff in Asia Pacific and close to 200 of those staff spanning the length of Aotearoa we provide consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific issues to a diverse and growing base of business, regulatory and governmental clients. We celebrate a ‘One Team Culture’, where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results.
A rare opportunity has come up for a new South Island Planning Manager to join our national Planning team of approximately 60 planners. While we are open to suggestions, our preference is for this role to be based out of our Christchurch office. You will provide inspirational and empowering leadership across our Christchurch and Dunedin Planning Teams enabling our people to focus on achieving excellent client outcomes to make sustainability happen. Key focuses will be to strategically grow high performing planning teams across the South Island, including growing our existing planning teams in Christchurch and Dunedin, developing and expanding our planning presence in Nelson and supporting the expansion of new regional planning teams elsewhere across the South Island; business development to ensure our business and team continue to grow and thrive across the South Island; as well as technical excellence to ensure our teams deliver technically excellent work to our clients.
Responsibilities
As the South Island Planning Manager, you will be responsible for the following:
- Whilst reporting the Planning Technical Discipline Manager you will manage a team of 6 consultants across our Christchurch and Dunedin offices
- Mentor and lead staff in identifying areas for their own personal career development
- Lead the delivery of projects to time and budget
- Consistently achieving financial targets for the South Island Planning Team
- Proactive collaboration with your team ensuring we are constantly meeting and exceeding performance target
- Contribute to the growth and development of the Planning Team and workstream across the South Island leveraging your established connections and network keeping in line with SLR’S purpose and values
- Assisting with the identification and recruitment of new professional staff in conjunction with the Planning Technical Discipline Manager
- Typically, 15+ years’ experience in planning and resource management
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in resource management planning
- Experienced leader, leading leaders and a high performing team
- Commercially savvy and has a following in the industry that consistently leads to significant repeat, advocacy or new business
- Ability to build long-lasting trusted relationships
- Consistently achieves targets and supports professional development
- Effective communication with colleagues and clients
We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. SLR supports flexible working arrangements as we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.
You can find a comprehensive list here.
Next Steps
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.
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