Manager: Environment and Planning at Aurecon

Just imagine your future with us…

• At Aurecon we see the future through a very different lens. Do you?
• Innovation, eminence and digital offerings are at the heart of everything we do.  We are excited about the future and want to be the ones who help shape it.
• Are you driven by the opportunity to work on challenging, diverse and complex projects around the world and to learn from the best? We are.
• Diversity is at the core of everything we do. We work together to create a culture based on respect, trust and inclusiveness. Our differences are what fuel our creativity.
• We embrace flexible working environments and are always open to discussing each employee’s individual needs to ensure we stimulate productivity, balance and joy within the work environment at Aurecon.

What will you do?

In this position you will join our Environmental and Planning business unit in Cape Town, and you will be exposed to world class projects managing a team of excellent and performance driven individuals that will enable you to build your career path into a well-rounded and experienced specialist in Environment and Planning.

We know the work we do is vital in assisting our world’s economic development and, it’s the technical expertise and the depth of knowledge of our people that really sets us apart. Here are the key things you will do to ‘bring ideas to life’.

• Contribute to the leadership and growth of the Environment and Planning Unit with specific emphasis on the environmental service line which will include developing and fostering relationships with key and global clients.
• Contribute to the growth and diversity of the global Environment and Planning competency and taking full responsibility for the compliance to company policies and procedures, legislative requirements and act as a role model for Aurecon’s values and behaviors.
• Technical leadership of the environmental service line, including project management, financial management, resource management and management of technical and commercial risk.
• Assisting other leaders in the Unit to grow an Environmental & Advisory services business to meet our clients’ needs and expectations.
• Business development locally and within Africa in conjunction with the relevant Client Engagement Teams.
• Attending to team functionality and project financial control.
• Responsible for the full project leader functions on large, complex environmental projects across Africa.
• Should demonstrate solid commercial ability and insight, to support an ability to draw strong conclusions from a body of supporting analysis.
• Should demonstrate a concern for the development of others and an ability to impart useful skills and knowledge within the relevant span of management.
• Able to perform all management tasks in respect of an entire project and, in particular, the day to day management and control of research, analysis and synthesis, towards meeting project deliverables and milestones.
• Project reporting and review that is accurate, and feedback to senior management.
• Preparing bid documents on a regular basis and technical mentorship and career development support to the team.

We know today’s complex challenges can only be solved through bringing together diverse teams of people from across our business, to ensure that we create opportunities for employees to apply their skills and creativity to projects in multiple geographies and markets.

What can you bring to the team?

Firstly, you will share our genuine passion for re-imaging our world and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future.  You will also need a Post Graduate qualification (preferably a Masters) in Environmental Sciences or equivalent fields with a minimum of 8 years’ experience with at least 5 years of that being in a senior role managing projects. Energy, Oil & Gas and/ or Mining sector experience would be desirable.

We value that each of our team members brings something different to Aurecon. We look for people who have had a broad range of experiences throughout their career and can demonstrate how they have worked as part of a team to bring ideas to life. Does that sound like you?

About us

Aurecon is an engineering and advisory company, but not as you know it! For a start, our clients’ challenges and ideas drive what we do. Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we co-create innovative solutions with our clients to some of the world’s most complex challenges. And through a range of unique creative processes and skills, we work to re-imagine, shape and design a better future. We listen deeply and intently, which helps us see opportunities, possibilities and potential that others can’t.

Want to know more?

• If you are intrigued or excited by what you have read, then we want to hear from you. Apply now!