Environmental Planner – North Island

Applications for this position close on 16 December 2019

Location: Gisborne or Bulls

Ernslaw One is a significant forest owner and manager in New Zealand and is looking for an Environmental Planner to join us to support our North Island operations.

About the team
Our newly established Environmental Planning and Performance team is responsible for:

  • Ensuring that all regulatory approvals are obtained for forestry activities
  • Ensuring staff and contractors understand and meet or exceed their environmental obligations
  • Engaging with external stakeholders including Councils, iwi and consultants
  • Ensuring that our Environmental Management System delivers

About the opportunity
We are seeking an experienced environmental professional to join us preferably in our Bulls or Gisborne Regional Office. As our Environmental Planner you will be a self-starter and work alongside a range of teams including harvest engineering and planning, forest managers and GIS to ensure all consents, permitted activity approvals, heritage authorities, consultation and other environmental requirements are obtained on time.

You will also:

  • Work closely with operational staff to provide advice, assess, collate and transfer planning information into relevant applications
  • Monitor compliance against approvals, internal policy and industry good practice guidelines
  • Assist with the coordination of our eco-certification
  • Engage with regulators to ensure environmental standards are reasonable, achievable and delivering.
  • Assist with the coordination and reporting of our monitoring programmes including freshwater and biodiversity
  • Represent the company at relevant industry fora

To be considered you will have:

  • A tertiary qualification in Resource Management/Environmental Planning or similar equivalent
  • At least 2 years’ experience working with relevant legislation, particularly the RMA and the Heritage NZ Pouhere Taonga Act
  • An understanding of environmental and regulatory compliance
  • An inherent ability to foster positive relationships with a broad range of people and groups
  • A desire to identify opportunities and drive continuous business improvement
  • A full driver’s license and the ability to work alone in forest environments

Why work for Ernslaw One?
As our Environmental Planner you will be a part of a fresh team with the mandate to take environmental planning and performance to a new level. On offer is a competitive salary package that includes life and health insurance, a company vehicle and the opportunity for professional development.

Ernslaw One Ltd is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy environment and will require the successful applicant to undertake a pre-employment medical, drug and alcohol assessment, and random screening thereafter.

A position description and application form are available by emailing environmentalplanner@ernslaw.co.nz. A letter of application with a CV should be submitted by Monday 16th December 2019 to environmentalplanner@ernslaw.co.nz

For further information please contact James Sinclair, Manager, Environmental Planning and Performance on 0272267123.