Senior Planner – Tauranga

Senior Planner
  
Stratum teams up with Remedy Resourcing
  
An amazing opportunity in Tauranga:
Do you want to be at a forward thinking multi-disciplinary consultancy?
Do you need to see real growth in your career and have this reflected in the future opportunities that working for an established Bay of Plenty consultancy can provide?
Have you been a number before and want to add real value with a visual on real-time results?
Remedy Resourcing have teamed up with Stratum Consultants, to recruit for this exciting Senior Planner role in their Tauranga office, where they look after their staff and encourage your career aspirations.
  
  
The Company:

As a New Zealand employee-owned business of 50+ staff, based throughout Tauranga, Rotorua and Te Puke offices with Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Resource Management Planners, and Surveyors, this crew has a fun and friendly culture with a dedicated high performing team, who enjoy what they do.

There is an engaged and accessible leadership team who will support your professional growth, and who recognise people as the companies’ biggest asset through their actions. The 36-hour working week where Fridays are knocked off at 12 noon, flexible work arrangements, and other wellness initiatives create a better work life experience for staff. 

This business believes in balancing hard work with fun. Regular social events, sporting and fitness events, and end-of-year functions are just a few ways they foster a vibrant and enjoyable workplace.
This is a tight-knit team, an extension of the family.
Come be a part of the family that values experience, community, and camaraderie.

The Role:
  
Stratum is a boutique/mid-tier, Bay of Plenty multi-disciplinary consulting engineers who have an immediate requirement for a Senior Planner to join their business.
The position involves taking the lead in company projects by providing planning and resource management advice and working collaboratively with Surveyors, Geotechnical and Civil Engineers to produce quality outcomes for their clients.
The planning team work with a wide variety of clients, and the projects are equally diverse, with commercial, industrial, rural and residential developments of varying sizes and complexities. 
  
You will be experienced with resource management including all aspects of the consenting process and will be comfortable liaising with regional and local government authorities, clients and other stakeholders. 
As an experienced Planner, you will build relationships and be active in the local market contributing to identification and securing of new work.
The role will be based in the Tauranga office, with most of your work being in the Bay of Plenty area.  And let’s not forget the legendary lifestyle and climate this area offers!
  
  
About You:

Maybe you’re thinking of your next career move. You’ve been working for a consultancy where you’re lost somewhere in the middle? Join a great sized company where you not only have a voice, but you’re respected, and your ideas will be listened to.
  
What are we looking for?

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• A minimum of 5+ years of New Zealand based experience
• Hold or eligible for full NZPI membership 
• Proven track record in the consulting environment 
• Strong project management skills 
• Experience in land development and subdivision processes
• Strong client relationship and communication skills
• In-depth knowledge of legislative and planning frameworks
• Effective and efficient report and application writing skills
• Team player that thrives in a collaborative environment.

  
Benefits

• 36-hour working week policy that means everyone finishes at 12 noon on Friday!
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Professional memberships and continued professional development
• A supportive working environment
• Exposure to a wide range of projects
• A flexible working culture with opportunities to help maintain work/life balance
• Health insurance, fruit baskets and team sport participation
• An active and fun social club 
• Long Service recognition
• Part of a workplace who actively demonstrate their compassion and commitment to our community through participation, sponsorship together. 

  
  
For a confidential discussion contact Jordan Manfield of Remedy Resourcing New Zealand on 0275613200 / jordan@remedyresourcing.com