Intermediate/Senior Planner

We are seeking expressions of interest for an intermediate/Senior planner at a dynamic Company based out of Christchurch, but servicing New Zealand. We accept a diverse workload, focusing primarily on residential and subdivision resource consents and planning advice while also expanding into the rural/regional sector. We are a small team with a clear vision of advocating for our clients while maintaining positive and productive processes with local authorities nationwide. Communication and people skills are especially important as we also emphasise building and maintaining relationships with all we work with.

We are a fast growing firm needing independent team members with excellent problem solving skills, initiative and the ability to think outside of the box. The expectation at LG Consulting is personal and professional excellence, confidence in decision making and taking responsibility for our mistakes.

RequirementsMinimum of 5 years planning experience, preferably being a combination of public and private sectorsKnowledge of resource consents processes for construction and subdivision projects, regional and rural experience would also be useful as we are expanding in this directionhearing experience would be highly favouredA focus on problem solving and thinking outside of the boxExperience in collaborating with clients, consultants, and councilStrong work ethic and desire to focus on personal/professional excellence and ongoing developmentConfident enough to push back and strongly advocate for our clientsAbility to self manage and be independent, take initiative and be comfortable to self reflect and discuss mistakesExcellent communication and people skills, ability to achieve goals while respecting everyone we work with.

Understanding of the RMA and desire to learn and master any changes that may occur moving forwardWe are looking for a very specific candidate and I am happy to wait until we find someone who is the right fit to help me expand LG.