Job Description

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

As a Regulatory Advisor, you will be responsible for conducting environmental due diligence and obtaining the necessary approvals to support network deployment and maintenance activities.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure Land Access processes that are part of the end-to-end delivery of all Fibre Orders across the business are met
• Ensure regulatory (environmental approvals) have been considered and that the fibre installations are legally permitted
• Develop and implement opportunities to improve agreements/licence execution throughput and process flow, while continually seeking to review and update processes
• Provide advice relating to land access matters, with reference to the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth).
• Implement, maintain and monitor an Environmental Management System (EMS)
• Maintain Monthly/Quarterly reporting of activities and initiatives.

What You Bring

• Tertiary qualifications in either Environmental management or Property management
• Experience dealing with property matters relating to leasing and objections to LAANs issued would be highly advantageous
• Prior experience supporting rollouts of infrastructure, (e.g. Telstra, NBN) and/or Property Management experience
• Exposure to working commercially within a regulated framework, preferably with experience in working with different levels of jurisdiction (Commonwealth, State and others).
• A broad understanding of environmental planning processes nationally.
• An understanding of state-based telco construction works.

The good stuff….

• Competitive remuneration and colleague discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and outstanding shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U’s industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through colleague-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170. We're here to help.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity