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Planning & Environment at Beca

Beca’s Planning & Environment team helps clients design and deliver projects that create lasting environmental, social and community value. We integrate planning, approvals, environmental assessment, ecology, heritage, sustainability and environmental management expertise to guide projects from concept to consent and beyond.

Our teams support major initiatives across energy transition, water security, transport and social infrastructure, manufacturing, and defence right across Australia and the Pacific. If you want to influence meaningful outcomes at scale, this is the place to do it.

The Opportunity

This is a new senior leadership role to champion and deliver Heritage (Aboriginal, Historical and Built) services across Beca’s markets in Australia, with initial focus regions being NSW , and Victoria . As a senior member of our Planning & Environment section, you will help shape strategy, grow capability across environmental, heritage and social disciplines, and take a key client leadership role for relevant clients. This newly created and fast-growing section is focused on helping our clients create measurable environmental, social and community benefits.

As the technical lead for heritage in the business, you will set best practice archaeological, cultural heritage and stakeholder engagement methods, aligned with national/international standards. As well as providing advice to relevant team members to integrate heritage benefits into project design, impact assessment, and approvals.

A key focus of the role will be in the Energy and Water sectors where you will:-

• Develop and nurture positive relationships key energy and water clients and:

• Lead account planning and pursuit strategies.

• Advise and prepare scopes for clients that address delivery and approvals risks.

• Lead bid strategy, value propositions, pricing and pitches to clients.

• Build cross-Tasman collaboration with Beca’s New Zealand team for project pursuits and delivery across Australia and the Pacific.

• Build discipline tools, templates and training for consistent high-quality delivery.

• Provide technical verification and lead the delivery of heritage projects. This includes overseeing project teams, planning and delivery of fieldwork, managing budgets and timelines, and ensuring that project goals are met.

• Engaging with clients to understand their project requirements, provide expert advice on heritage and archaeological matters, and develop tailored solutions that meet client needs while adhering to regulatory requirements and best practices.

• Effective stakeholder engagement with both internal and external stakeholders relevant to the role.

• Presenting technical findings and relaying information to non-technical persons, including clients and community.

• Well-versed in heritage and archaeological legislation, regulations, and guidelines, and apply this knowledge to assess significance, develop conservation strategies, and mitigate impacts on heritage and archaeological values.

• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior staff, helping to develop their skills and expertise in heritage and archaeological management and consultancy.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A degree in Cultural Heritage Management, Archaeology, Anthropology or related field

• Recognised senior expertise in heritage in Australia. Experience in a consultancy environment and leading heritage matters for major environmental impact assessments (ideally in Energy and/or Water markets)

• Knowledge of relevant State and Commonwealth heritage legislation and associated regulations and guidelines, with experience in NSW and/or Victoria. Current Victorian accreditation would be desirable.

• Demonstrate technical leadership experience, including mentoring, discipline management, project management and team coordination

• Interest and experience with client relationship management

• Australian Drivers licence (ideally with 4WD experience).

What We Offer

A career with Beca will provide you with:

Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.

Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive, and you can bring your whole self to work. You may also have the chance to take advantage of our unique shareholder opportunities, sharing in our collective success.

Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.

Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning and professional development through our company training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to unlock your career potential.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

Who is Beca? Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to make everyday better. Our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care – sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients.

At Beca we make everyday better for our clients, our people and our community and your involvement makes it possible. Our size and agility mean you’re not just on the fringes; you’re making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.

As a people-focused business, we understand that work-life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it’s not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us. This is why we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.

Ready to make the move? / Apply now If you want to make every day better, apply online today! If you have any questions, you can find out more about our people and projects by visiting www.beca.com