Partner – NSW Environmental Planning and Approvals (Renewables)
ERM Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
About ERM Australia & New Zealand
ERM established a presence in Australia in **** and has since grown to offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Newcastle and Canberra. Offices have been strategically located to service our key clients across a range of sectors. The breadth of our experience enables us to provide full life-cycle services to our clients, both at the corporate level and facilities level, providing insight into our client's organisations that few of our competitors can rival. Our team includes professionals whose expertise is called on at a regional and global level, which provides the opportunity to bring international best-practice methodologies and approaches to local clients through first-hand experience.
Role Overview
As part of our continued growth, ERM offers an exciting career-defining opportunity as a Partner, focused on Project Planning and Approvals in Sydney, NSW. We seek an outstanding professional who combines strong consulting, technical, delivery and client skills to help ERM foster and expand a network of excellent client relationships by driving outcomes that create tangible value for our clients. This role involves selling and delivering high-quality technical services, recruiting and developing the next generation of leaders, and further advancing our reputation for the management and delivery of capital projects for our clients.
Responsibilities
Support clients in environmental approvals and impact assessments for renewable energy, mining, infrastructure and/or industrial sector clients.
Lead and manage an approvals and planning team to secure major project approvals for clients in the renewable, mining, infrastructure and industrial space.
Lead environmental assessment projects and related approvals management in support of ERM clients' capital project delivery.
Build, grow and manage a high-performance team, serving as a leader and mentor to consultants; identify emerging talent and help them reach their full potential.
Support the growth and development of ERM's Capital Project Delivery service area and collaborate with colleagues across the nation and globe.
Drive innovation within the technical community to stay ahead of client needs and differentiate ERM in the market.
Work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment to build ERM's business, and lead client and technical teams.
Meet business financial targets: project budgets, schedules, client satisfaction, and internal/contract requirements.
Partner with Account Directors to actively develop commercial strategies to pursue and win new business opportunities that result in significant revenue growth.
Qualifications
Relevant tertiary qualifications.
15+ years of experience in environmental planning and approvals, impact assessment, working within WA and Commonwealth legislative requirements.
High degree of technical competence in environmental planning and approvals, due diligence, land use planning, post-approval management and broad knowledge of best practices in renewables, infrastructure and industrial sectors.
Solid experience building sustaining relationships with major clients.
Authorisation to work in Australia.
In-depth understanding of project approvals challenges and existing relationships that can be leveraged into new business.
Business acumen to understand business risk and challenges and recognise corporate opportunities.
Demonstrable track record in delivering multimillion-dollar sales results annually, including successfully winning large and strategic projects.
Who We Are
As the world's leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is at the core of our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision sustainably by living our ERM values: Accountability, Caring for our People, Client Focus, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Transparency.
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