Intern Town Planner

INTERN TOWN PLANNER

$60k based on experience and skills

• Well established and growing company.
• Opportunity for diverse and long term career progression.
• Flexible friendly and supportive work environment with training program.

Exciting opportunity for an intern/graduate to intermediate Town Planner to join Martens & Associates team of motivated professionals and work on a wide range of projects. The position is based in Hornsby in Sydneys north.

WHY MARTENS

Are you looking to join a growing vibrant and well established multidisciplinary professional consulting firm Are you searching for opportunities to develop your town planning knowledge and skills and applying these to achieve high quality outcomes in a wide range of projects

Martens & Associates established since 1989 is a well established multidisciplinary professional consulting firm that provides a full range of civil geotechnical and environmental engineering and town planning services. Our business is built on the quality of our staff and our flexible friendly and supportive work environment. We believe that the skills capability and enthusiasm of our people give us our competitive advantage.

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are seeking a talented intern / graduate to intermediate level Town Planner to join our busy multidisciplinary engineering office based in Hornsby NSW.

The position presents an excellent opportunity to be exposed to town planning services in a busy professional engineering consultancy with a wide range of projects. It is also an excellent opportunity to start a career with successful interns offered an opportunity for continued employment.

The intern position will provide the successful candidate exposure to town planning work on a wide range of projects to support engineers project managers and directors to:

• Prepare planning reports including SEE EIS and REF.
• Prepare and lodge development applications planning proposals modification applications and building information certificate applications.
• Provide planning advice including project approvals strategy land use characterisation development capability and due diligence assessments.
• Liaise with and respond to client consultant and Council queries.

Internships are offered on a 6 month full time basis. On successful completion of internships opportunities may exist for continued full time employment while finalising studies.

ABOUT YOU

We are seeking candidates that take pride in their work have a positive attitude are punctual reliable hardworking and able to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.

It is ESSENTIAL for the applicants to:

• Be graduated from or enrolled in the later part of a town planning degree (or a closely related field) from a university in NSW.
• Principle knowledge of the NSW planning framework and approvals system.
• Good written and verbal communication and proficient report and business writing skills in English.
• The ability to work in a culturally diverse and multidisciplinary team environment.
• Positive and proactive attitude and be motivated team player organised and eager to learn.
• High level of skills in MS Office particularly in MS Word and Outlook.

It is FAVOURABLE for the applicants to have any of the following experiences and qualities:

• Local (NSW) experience in statutory town planning either in local government sector or in private consultancy.
• Experience in multidisciplinary consultancy especially in land development and planning proposal projects in NSW.
• Experience in environmental planning in NSW including Water Management Act matters and Land Contamination.
• Ability to liaise engage and coordinate with project stakeholders and negotiate with authorities.
• Experience with GIS software packages (QGIS ArcGIS etc.).
• NSW full driver licence.

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: All candidates considered including international students.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are interested in this opportunity and meet the above requirements please apply:

• Preferably through this post.
• Alternatively by sending an email to with InternTownPlan251021 and your full name in the email subject.

Please provide your cover letter attn Mo Shahrokhian and your resume (with all relevant academic transcripts to date and contactable work referees) as part of your application.