Environmental Officer

Veolia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly discretionary bonus

Job summary

Veolia ANZ is seeking an Environmental Officer to join our team at the Hampton Park site in Melbourne. This full-time permanent role supports delivery of environmental objectives through monitoring and compliance across three landfills, providing environmental knowledge and solutions.

You will take preventive action to ensure regulatory compliance, drive best practice monitoring, and support incident responses, with opportunities for career progression and a yearly discretionary bonus.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role with exposure to environmental monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and regulations (Environment Protection Act 2017).
• Proven ability to analyse reports and data.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Ensure site knowledge of licence conditions and responsibilities through incident reporting and training.
• Manage ongoing environmental monitoring (collection, analysis and reporting).
• Identify, investigate and mitigate environmental and compliance events across operations.
• Manage site environmental management plans to ensure compliance.
• Prepare and submit reports and correspondence required by agencies to meet requirements.
• Obtain and deliver environmental approvals and amendments in line with legislation.

Skills

Environmental monitoring

Regulatory knowledge

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Job description

Veolia ANZ is seeking an Environmental Officer to join our team based at our Hampton Park site in Melbourne (3976) on a full-time permanent basis. In this role you will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of Veolia business and environmental objectives through environmental monitoring and compliance across three landfills. You will work as an active member to provide environmental knowledge, support and solutions. This includes taking preventative actions that ensure compliance with environmental obligations and drive best practice environmental monitoring and compliance outcomes and consistency across operational sites.

What's on offer

• Join a multi-national organisation that is striving for Ecological Transformation
• Career progression opportunities available
• Opportunity to play a key role in ensuring Veolia meets its environmental obligations
• Diverse and autonomous role
• Eligibility for a yearly discretionary bonus

What you'll be responsible for

• Ensure site management knowledge of licence and approval conditions and responsibilities is well understood through incident reporting, delivery of environmental training and support to ongoing change initiatives
• Manage ongoing environmental monitoring (collection, analysis and reporting) in accordance with legislative responsibilities
• Identification, investigation and mitigation of environmental and compliance events across operations
• Manage site environmental management plans to ensure compliance
• Prepare and submit reports and correspondence required by local, state and federal agencies to meet legislative requirements.
• Obtain and deliver environmental approvals and amendments in line with legislative requirements
• Respond to environmental incidents and manage the corresponding regulator interactions

What you'll need to be successful

• Experience in a similar role with exposure to environmental monitoring
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and regulations particularly the Environment Protection Act 2017
• Proven ability to analyse reports and data
• Strong attention to detail

Why Veolia?

Veolia ANZ values employees and their health and wellbeing. All of our employees are entitled to:

• Employee share plan where employees have the opportunity to purchase discounted Veolia shares
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Assure which covers mental health, nutrition, financial, legal, coaching and career transition support
• You will also have access to corporate discounts, Fitness Passport, as well as eligibility to volunteer at one of Veolia's partnered volunteer organisations

At Veolia we value diversity, equality and inclusion, we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect.

Veterans are encouraged to visit our Veterans at Veolia webpage to discover what we can offer.

We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Our environmental solutions help customers preserve and renew our natural resources, creating a better future for our planet. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to build your career, and a more sustainable world.

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