Summary

We are looking for a Principal Environmental Planner with a bit of spark and drive, keen to work client side in the renewable energy industry in Lightsource bp’s in-house Planning Team. You will lead on all planning aspects of a project’s life cycle, from initial site selection, planning application preparation, local authority liaison, stakeholder engagement, pre and post construction work.

We encourage close collaboration across teams and you will work closely with other internal teams, including business development, design, construction, asset management and structured finance.

You will also be part of the wider global environmental planning community at Lightsource bp, with the prospect to get involved in company level initiatives that interest you.

Responsibilities of the Role

- Comprehensive working knowledge of the federal, state and local planning systems across Australian jurisdictions, proactively providing guidance on this to other team members and other teams.
- Experience in planning (7+ years) – ideally with in house or consultancy experience.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, and an ability to build relationships and trust with a wide variety of stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Commercial acumen and entrepreneurial values.
- Ability to manage complex project issues, managing time, setting priorities and organising the complex logistics of planning activities and outputs.
- Experience in ground mount solar PV, wind and/or other renewable energy/infrastructure projects, including BESS.
- Solid understanding of the project development life cycle from early stage to COD.

Why you’ll make a great member of the team

Experience & Knowledge Required

- Comprehensive working knowledge of the federal, state and local planning systems across Australian jurisdictions, proactively providing guidance on this to other team members and other teams.
- Experience in planning (7+ years) – ideally with in house or consultancy experience.
- Commercial acumen and entrepreneurial values.




- Ability to manage complex project issues, managing time, setting priorities and organising the complex logistics of planning activities and outputs.
- Experience in ground mount solar PV, wind and/or other renewable energy/infrastructure projects, including BESS.
- Solid understanding of the project development life cycle from early stage to COD.

Skills Required

- Excellent technical, project management and communication skills with experience working with multi-disciplinary project teams.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, and an ability to build relationships and trust with a wide variety of stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Driven with a hands-on proactive approach to business, and the ability to be flexible and adapt rapidly.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel.
- Fluent English.

Education Required

- Degree level planning qualification, or equivalent, required.
- MPIA an advantage.

Why you’ll want to work for us

Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.

Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.

Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible.

Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.

Be inspired: Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.

Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.

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📌 Principal Environmental Planner (India)
🏢 Lightsource BP
📍 India