Environmental Planning and Delivery Team Leader

Overview Lead a specialist environmental planning team based in either Wellington or Christchurch. The role requires experience with the Resource Management Act (RMA), consenting, and infrastructure delivery, and focuses on improving team throughput, risk‑based decision‑making, and environmental performance. Responsibilities Lead and develop a national environmental advisory team, working closely with field delivery, construction, and project groups to embed strong planning and consenting practice into day‑to‑day delivery. Drive environmental planning decisions for maintenance, operational, and base capital works across the National Grid, identifying risks and effects early and translating them into practical delivery solutions. Ensure environmental requirements are understood, proportionate, and embedded in operational decisions, balancing outcomes with safety, cost, programme, and stakeholder needs. Build a high‑performing team, uplifting environmental capability and ensuring environmental considerations are integrated from planning through completion. Influence operational, project, field, contractor, council, iwi, and internal stakeholders to balance environmental, regulatory, safety, cost, and programme considerations. Qualifications Tertiary qualification in Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Resource Management, or a related discipline. Strong knowledge of New Zealand planning and consenting frameworks, including the Resource Management Act and practical implementation of statutory approvals. Experience applying planning, consenting or environmental requirements in infrastructure, utilities, construction, maintenance, operations, regulatory or another complex delivery environment. Evidence of risk‑based prioritisation, process improvement, triage, throughput uplift, or moving a team from compliance‑led activity to outcome‑led performance. People leadership, coaching or technical leadership experience, including setting expectations, building capability, managing workload, and maintaining accountability. Ability to confidently influence operational, project, field, contractor, council, iwi or internal stakeholders where environmental, regulatory, safety, cost and programme considerations need to be balanced. Experience in any of the following areas is an advantage: Electricity or linear infrastructure Critical assets or outage‑driven delivery Service‑provider models Construction/site environmental controls Environmental screening tools, GIS/spatial tools, assurance or data‑led decision‑making Benefits Transpower offers a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits, supporting and recognising our people across the organisation. Company Overview Transpower’s core purpose is to empower the energy future for New Zealand by delivering a net‑zero carbon economy while maintaining a reliable and secure electricity system. The National Grid consists of over 12,000 kilometres of transmission lines and more than 170 substations that transport electricity from generation to local distribution companies and major industrial users. Environment Group The Environment Group supports responsible infrastructure delivery across Aotearoa, minimising impacts on land, water, ecology, and archaeology while enabling the safe and efficient delivery of essential grid infrastructure. About the Team Our three teams work together to support responsible infrastructure delivery. This position leads a team that works nationally, with field delivery, construction and project teams to integrate strong planning and consenting practice. #J-18808-Ljbffr