Planner

An opportunity to join one of Perth’s leading urban planning and design firms in an environment that supports you to exceed your potential.

Join our team at Taylor Burrell Barnett, a unique private planning and design consultancy where you can make a real difference as a Town Planner.

As a planner at Taylor Burrell Barnett, you will be provided with the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working directly with our clients on a diverse range of projects. You’ll be collaborating with a team of imaginative and pioneering planning and design experts, working towards delivering inspired environments where communities prosper and thrive.

About the role, the responsibilities and experience required:

Aside from the opportunity to work with public and private sector clients on exciting projects, we offer you the ability to define your own career direction.

We provide you with a diversity of work and projects to help you discover your passion for planning. You’ll be motivated by learning about our past legacy projects, and driven by the possibility of creating a future legacy in WA.

At Taylor Burrell Barnett, we're committed to your professional growth. You’ll have the opportunity to work on a variety of tasks, from statutory and strategic planning to urban design projects. We also encourage you to build client relationships and hone your presentation skills through various opportunities. Every day looks different when you work with us.

To be considered for this role you should have tertiary qualifications in Urban and Regional Planning, and be able to demonstrate relevant experience in areas such as:

• Planning support tasks, including research and literature reviews, collating information, drafting correspondence and reports,
• Assisting project leads to prepare, lodge, monitor and follow up on various planning documents,
• Reviewing updated policies and guidelines associated with the preparation of planning advice,
• Undertaking planning due diligence investigations and summarising these outcomes for clients under the guidance of senior planning staff,
• Liaising with co-consultants, project managers, government agencies and clients,
• Arranging project meetings, preparing agendas and meeting minutes; and
• Applying your basic knowledge of the State and Local Government Planning Framework to a range of planning tasks.

Most importantly, you should be excited by the prospect of working in a collaborative environment, where delivering exceptional client experiences is highly valued.

What we offer:

We take a proactive approach to your professional development, and our diverse and industry-renowned leadership team are committed to mentoring the next generation of leaders. With us, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities via our ‘Culture of Learning’ program along with a dedicated professional development plan and budget to spend in a way that best supports your career growth.

We are passionate about our work culture. So much so that we’ve crafted the ‘TBBWay’ to cultivate a culture that values our people, gives clients’ the best experience and makes sure TBB is a great place to work. And this is backed up by our last team survey findings with 100% of our team stating TBB is a better place to work than others.

What does a great place to work look like? Picture flexible working, incentive rewards, mentoring, involvement in industry events and committees, ergonomic workstations, social events, milestone bonus payments, and a gift day off right around Christmas. This, along with a competitive salary, and the free barista style coffee on offer, makes TBB a great place to work.

Salary will be proportionate with experience. If you would like more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Gemma Maughan on 08 9226 4276.

We are looking to fill this role as soon as possible and will be interviewing all suitable candidates as applications are received. To apply, click submit or email your CV and covering letter addressing the position requirements to

Join our team of imaginative and pioneering experts, working together to shape places that are truly exceptional.