Planning Team Leader / Subdivision & Development

About Eliot Sinclair

With more than 90 years of experience, Eliot Sinclair has built a strong reputation for delivering practical, innovative solutions across planning, engineering, surveying, urban design and environmental services. Their multidisciplinary approach enables teams to work collaboratively on a diverse range of projects that help shape communities throughout New Zealand.
As the Christchurch planning team continues to grow, an opportunity has arisen for an experienced Planning Team Leader to provide technical leadership, mentor developing planners and help drive the continued success of the team.

The Opportunity

This role goes well beyond traditional resource consenting. You'll work across a broad range of planning projects while providing leadership, mentoring and technical guidance within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.
Working alongside planners, engineers, surveyors, urban designers and landscape architects, you'll deliver practical planning solutions for a wide range of private sector clients.
Your work will include:

• Subdivision and land development projects
• Private plan changes
• Resource consent applications
• Fast Track Approvals and evolving Resource Management legislation
• District and Regional Council consenting
• Strategic planning advice for development projects

You'll also play an important role in mentoring junior planners, supporting team development and helping drive the planning team's continued growth.

About You

We're looking for an experienced planner with strong consultancy or development-focused planning experience who enjoys working on technically challenging projects and building lasting client relationships.
You'll ideally bring:

• Seven or more years' New Zealand planning experience
• Strong land use, subdivision and development planning expertise
• Experience delivering private plan changes
• Knowledge of Fast Track Approvals and the evolving Resource Management framework
• Regional Council consenting experience would be highly regarded
• Full NZPI membership
• Excellent communication and report writing skills
• A proactive, commercially minded and solutions-focused approach
• A passion for mentoring others and contributing to a positive team culture

This opportunity is best suited to planners with strong development and consultancy experience. Applicants whose experience has been predominantly in policy planning are unlikely to be successful.

Why Join Eliot Sinclair?

• Diverse and technically interesting planning projects
• Strong pipeline of private sector development work
• Collaborative multidisciplinary environment
• Flexible working arrangements
• Life and health insurance
• Ongoing professional development
• A supportive culture built on collaboration, knowledge sharing and practical solutions
• The opportunity to help shape the future direction of the planning team

If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical planning expertise with leadership and mentoring while working on meaningful development projects, I would like to talk to you.

Apply Now

For a confidential discussion, please contact Stephen Smith on 021 664 367 from Harper Smith Recruitment or email a copy of your CV to . All enquiries and applications for this role are going exclusively to Harper Smith Recruitment and are treated in strict confidence.

Under no circumstances does Harper Smith Recruitment provide information either written or verbally on any candidate to any client without prior approval from the candidate.

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