Environmental Lead: Construction Compliance & Sustainability

Seeds Renewables; Queensland; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCIONA seeks an Environmental Manager to lead environmental compliance, approvals, and sustainability on a major construction project in Australia. You will manage the Environmental Management Plan, coordinate inspections, and drive a culture of environmental excellence across activities.

You will work with regulators, clients, and subcontractors to ensure approvals and permits are maintained, while training teams and mitigating risks to minimise project impacts.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Sustainability, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and ongoing management of the project's Environmental Management Plan.
• Ensure compliance with environmental approvals, licences, permits, contractual requirements, and relevant legislation.
• Coordinate environmental inspections, monitoring programs, audits, testing, and reporting activities.
• Manage environmental risks, incidents, non-conformances, and corrective actions to ensure continuous improvement.
• Obtain and maintain required environmental approvals, including licence applications, consistency assessments, out-of-hours approvals, and early works permits.
• Develop and implement erosion and sediment control measures and other environmental management initiatives.
• Liaise with environmental authorities, clients, consultants, subcontractors, and project stakeholders to ensure compliance obligations are met.
• Deliver environmental training, coaching, and mentoring to project personnel and subcontractors.
• Support design and construction teams by identifying environmental requirements and practical solutions that minimise project impacts.
• Maintain environmental management system certification requirements and provide regular performance reporting to project leadership.

Skills

Environmental management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Planning & organizing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science/Management/Sustainability

Job description

ACCIONA seeks an Environmental Manager to lead environmental compliance, approvals, and sustainability on a major construction project in Australia. You will manage the Environmental Management Plan, coordinate inspections, and drive a culture of environmental excellence across activities.

You will work with regulators, clients, and subcontractors to ensure approvals and permits are maintained, while training teams and mitigating risks to minimise project impacts.