Environmental Approvals Specialist — 12-Month Contract

Gladstone Ports Corporation; Queensland; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gladstone Ports Corporation is seeking an Approvals Specialist on a 12-month maximum term contract to support planning and environmental approvals across operations, maintenance programs and development projects. You will collaborate with project teams, regulators and consultants to identify requirements early and progress approval pathways efficiently.

Success requires strong technical knowledge, attention to detail and the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders in a complex port

Qualifications

• Experience understanding planning and environmental approval processes and regulatory frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience preparing, reviewing and coordinating approval documentation.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Sound professional judgement and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Identify statutory planning and environmental approval requirements for operations, maintenance and projects.
• Prepare permit applications, development applications, referrals and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate specialist studies (environmental, heritage, tenure, engineering, stakeholder engagement).
• Maintain approvals registers, condition trackers and governance records.
• Provide guidance on approval requirements, risks, constraints and timeframes to project teams.
• Assist in planning by identifying approval sequencing, critical path requirements and interfaces.
• Prepare reports, briefing notes and governance papers on approvals matters.
• Coordinate consultants to support approval delivery outcomes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of approvals systems and governance frameworks.

Skills

Planning knowledge

Environmental approvals

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation coordination

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Planning/Environmental Science/Environmental Engineering

Job description

Gladstone Ports Corporation is seeking an Approvals Specialist on a 12-month maximum term contract to support planning and environmental approvals across operations, maintenance programs and development projects. You will collaborate with project teams, regulators and consultants to identify requirements early and progress approval pathways efficiently.

Success requires strong technical knowledge, attention to detail and the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders in a complex port