Associate Urban Designer

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Introduction:
About Spiire

At Spiire, our purpose is simple: to better the communities we live and work within, create opportunities for our staff and clients and deliver value to all stakeholders.

We are an integrated team of passionate civil engineers, landscape architects, construction consultants, surveyors, town planners, urban designers and water engineers, providing specialist services to the property and infrastructure sectors.

With over 350 employees across our Bendigo, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Geelong, Ballarat, Shepparton, Gippsland and Albury and Wodonga offices, we are one of Australia’s largest employee-owned property and infrastructure consultants, supporting local development projects with local expertise and a trusted advisor to the industry for more than 40 years.

Hello - Kia Ora - 你好 - Wominjeka - Yaama.

No matter how you say it, we’re glad you’re here!

Description:
The Opportunity

We are seeking an Associate Urban Designer to join our Melbourne team here at Spiire. As an Associate, you'll be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that brings ideas to life. Urban Designers are an integral part of our delivery team and come from diverse backgrounds of experience. In this role, you will enjoy the benefits that come with working in a close-knit, Melbourne-based team that loves to share ideas, learn from each other, and achieve great results.

Here's what you'll get to do:
Manage projects or parts of projects from tenders and fee proposals through to design delivery, taking responsibility for the quality of work
Facilitate multi-disciplinary workshops with engineers, surveyors, town planners, landscape architects, traffic engineers, marketing teams and the client.
Delivering packages of work for large-scale greenfield masterplanned communities around Australia
Preparing Urban Design Frameworks for town centres
Providing advocacy and strategic land use advice
Due Diligence for site acquisition purposes
Providing mentoring and support to junior team members

About You

We're looking for someone who's not just qualified, but curious, creative, and community-minded. You share our passion for excellent urban design outcomes, seek to expand your design skills, and love sharing knowledge with others. You have experience managing medium to large-scale projects and love working within a multidisciplinary consultancy where your work is integrated with others. You will have experience in land development or infrastructure projects, and can demonstrate the following:

A keen interest in working in a multidisciplinary consultancy where you work with engineers, landscape architects and surveyors to see projects come to life
Ability to lead, with good influencing, motivating and delegation skills
Competent workshop facilitation skills and the confidence to lead and manage meetings to ensure effective outcomes
Previous experience in urban design within a greenfield environment will be highly regarded.
A tertiary qualification in urban design, planning, architecture or other relevant study

The Culture

At Spiire, we believe our culture is our difference. As a successful and growing employee-owned business, we recognise and reward the contributions of our people and provide real opportunities and pathways for career progression. We’ve built a vibrant team culture and an inspiring environment for our people to grow as we grow.

Here's a snapshot of what's waiting for you:
Access to our Health and Wellbeing program: financial, emotional, and nutritional support.
An awesome CBD office location that emanates our value of fun! Includes a breakfast bar, table tennis, a wellbeing room and a monthly Friday happy hour.
An extension of leave benefits, including study leave, volunteer days, additional purchased leave, and an attractive parental leave policy.
Inclusion and diversity events and initiatives, running clubs and bring your kids to work day.
Secondment opportunities across offices and working on integrated projects.
Supportive leaders and clear pathways for career progression.
A fun, inclusive environment that makes coming to work rewarding.
Regular morning teas & lunches, team social and office events.

If this sounds like your next move, we’d love to hear from you. If you have any questions about this role or the recruitment process, please contact Spiire.Careers@spiire.com.au

Apply now, or discover more about who we are and what we do at www.spiire.com.au

Spiire is committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone can thrive. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with disability, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, and individuals from all diverse backgrounds. If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the recruitment process, please contact us confidentially.