Principal Planner (AO7)

Your team – Development Services

Development Services uses the wide-ranging powers of the Economic Development Act 2012 to deliver housing, commercial and industrial development outcomes for Queensland. You will be part of a connected, accountable, impactful and nimble team that is working to enable transformative developments across the State with pace and scale.

Development Services comprises a mix of planning, urban design, built form, engineering and commercial professionals responsible for the identification and implementation of the state’s PDAs and Accelerated Development Opportunity sites and precincts.

Working closely with EDQ’s Housing Supply and Delivery team and industry, Development Services will enable new housing, commercial and mixed-use development across Queensland through planning, development approvals and a significant infrastructure funding program to ensure the right infrastructure is delivered in the right place, at the right time to accelerate the supply of development ready land.

Your contribution

As a Principal Planner you will:

• Provide specialist and complex strategic or statutory land use planning advice and services to facilitate outcomes.
• Prepare and present high quality professional written information, interpretations, briefings, presentations and reports.
• Work with stakeholders to facilitate timely and high-quality strategic or statutory land use planning outcomes.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of communication and negotiation strategies in complex stakeholder engagement processes.
• Assess, evaluate, analyse and provide recommendations on strategic and complex land use planning and development assessment matters.
• Prepare advice with respect to the Economic Development Act 2012 and other relevant strategic land use planning related policy instruments.
• Develop and implement business processes improvements relevant to work practices.
• Coach and mentor colleagues within own area of expertise to promote team knowledge.
• Drive collaboration within multidisciplinary teams and communities of practice.