Sector Lead – Infrastructure, Transport & Utilities

• Lead strategic delivery of major projects across NSW
• Shape sector strategy, revenue growth, client relationships and market positioning
• Develop high-performing teams and deliver meaningful environmental outcomes.

About Niche

Niche is the largest privately-owned specialist biodiversity and heritage consultancy in Australia. With a strong focus on delivering high-quality services and empowering our people to achieve sustainable outcomes, we work closely with clients across diverse industries to navigate their environmental and social challenges. These include important projects supporting Australia’s transition to clean, renewable energy, and delivering nature positive, landscape scale natural capital strategy. With a team of over 200 people, and growing, Niche isn’t only a great workplace, it’s a connected and inclusive community of incredible thinkers and doers, constantly innovating, learning and excelling at what they do.

About The Opportunity

This is a newly created senior leadership opportunity for an experienced ecology leader to shape the strategic direction, growth and performance of Niche’s Infrastructure, Transport & Utilities sector within the Ecology business. As Sector Lead, you will bring together market leadership, client relationship management, technical governance and commercial accountability to drive sustainable sector growth and excellence. You will play a key role in strengthening client partnerships, growing revenue and profitability, and building Niche’s reputation as a trusted ecology partner on complex infrastructure, transport, water and energy projects across NSW. Working closely with the Ecology and Commercial teams, you will help identify new opportunities, guide sector priorities and support high-quality, ethical and compliant service delivery. This is a role for someone who wants to influence the market, support strong commercial outcomes and help shape how ecology is considered in major infrastructure decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead sector strategy in partnership with the Commercial team, aligned to Niche’s commercial strategy and strategic growth priorities.
• Drive sustainable business development by identifying priority markets, emerging trends, client needs and opportunities for growth across infrastructure, transport, water and energy.
• Build, manage and strengthen key client relationships, positioning Niche to win new and repeat work at the right value and margin.
• Lead proposal strategy and preparation for complex, high-profile tenders and pursuits.
• Provide strategic leadership and governance across complex project portfolios, supporting quality, consistency, risk management and strong client outcomes.
• Take commercial accountability for sector performance, including revenue, profitability, utilisation, forecasting, pricing discipline and margin management.
• Lead, mentor and develop a geographically dispersed ecology team, fostering collaboration, accountability, engagement and future capability.
• Champion safe, ethical and compliant work practices, modelling Niche’s values and supporting a healthy, environmentally and socially responsible workplace.
• Represent Niche as a visible and credible industry leader, using your professional networks to strengthen market reputation and support growth.

About You

You are an established ecology or environmental consulting leader with deep expertise in at least one environmental sector and the confidence to operate at a senior, market-facing level. You combine strategic thinking, commercial judgement, technical credibility and people leadership, with a genuine motivation to shape better environmental outcomes through your work.

• Strong experience in NSW ecology or environmental consulting, ideally with exposure to major infrastructure, transport, water or energy projects.
• Deep expertise in the relevant environmental sector, with the ability to interpret and explain complex technical issues clearly to clients, stakeholders and teams.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategy, drive sector growth and contribute to strong commercial performance, including revenue and P&L outcomes.
• A strong track record delivering large, complex and high-value projects across a diverse portfolio.
• Significant experience in stakeholder management, client relationship management and business development, supported by established sector networks.
• Proven senior leadership capability, including leading, mentoring and developing teams, coaching junior employees and motivating others to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• A collaborative, values-led style and the organisational skills to work across teams, balance priorities and deliver practical, high-quality outcomes.

Why Join Niche

Our people say they love being part of a great team, where they feel a strong sense of belonging. That’s what drives us to support and help each other to do our best work. When you join our community, you can expect:

• Flexible work arrangements to support a work-life balance, including additional paid Life Leave to support your healthy wellbeing, development and personal fulfilment.
• An inclusive community of experts, advisors and mentors at your fingertips to support your growth and learning.
• Collaborative, supportive work environment to help you to do the best work of your career and continue to grow.
• Groups and social events to facilitate making meaningful connections.
• Interesting and impactful work that leaves a lasting legacy.
• A competitive salary based on skills and experience.

How to Apply 

 If this sounds like a great fit, please submit your application including a resume and cover letter.

We do not accept Agency representations.

Niche is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified candidates of all differences to apply. We also recognise the same recruitment process doesn’t fit all, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, simply let us know at the time you apply.  Applicants are required to have the right to work in Australia to be considered for this opportunity.