Lead to Senior Environmental Consultant - Contaminated Land

Emerge Associates; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer program

Professional development

Work-life balance

Diverse projects

Work from home arrangements

Social events & celebrations

Overtime/TOIL

Job summary

Emerge Associates seeks a Lead to Senior Environmental Consultant with expertise in contaminated land to join our Subiaco team. You will mentor staff, manage complex projects, and develop client relationships while shaping our contaminated land and water services offerings.

This role offers hybrid work options and opportunities to lead high-profile projects. Ideal candidates bring strong technical knowledge, business development capability, and a collaborative leadership mindset to advance our

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science or related discipline.
• Contaminated land management experience; consulting preferred.
• Ability to lead and manage projects and deliver technical outcomes.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Mentoring and developing others.
• Stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Australian working rights.
• Experience with groundwater modelling, landfill gas, asbestos management.
• Field investigations and monitoring programs.
• Proficiency in GIS and modelling software.
• Established client relationships or track record in business development.

Responsibilities

• Provide contaminated land assessment and management expertise.
• Lead and mentor junior staff.
• Develop and maintain client relationships.
• Oversee project delivery and quality outcomes.
• Contribute to growth of the contaminated land team.
• Collaborate with Directors and Principal Consultants.

Skills

Contaminated land

Project leadership

Report writing

GIS

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Mentoring

Problem solving

Field investigations

Business development

Team development

Australian working rights

Groundwater modelling

Asbestos remediation

Education

Engineering degree

Environmental Science degree

Tools

GIS

Modelling software

Environmental software

Job description

Lead to Senior Environmental Consultant - Contaminated Land

Take responsibility. Build your capability. Have experienced people behind you.

About The Role

Are you an experienced professional with between 5 and 15 years professional experience looking to step into a senior role? Do you bring strong technical expertise, commercial acumen, and a genuine interest in mentoring others and shaping team growth?

Emerge Associates, a leading environmental consulting firm, is seeking a talented Lead to Senior Environmental Consultant to join it’s team in Subiaco, WA. Based in our Subiaco office with flexible hybrid working arrangements, you will play a key role in providing expertise in contaminated land assessment and management, as well as acid sulfate soils investigation and remediation. This opportunity is available in our Perth office, with the scope of the role tailored to your experience.

This role is ideal for a technically strong consultant who enjoys mentoring others, building client relationships and contributing to the continued growth of a high-performing team.

Working closely with our Directors and Principal Consultants, you will play a key role in project delivery, client relationships, and the ongoing growth and direction of the contaminated land team. You will be supported to influence outcomes, develop people, and help shape the future of our water services offering.

That support means working together on complex contaminated land management issues, discussing project approaches, reviewing work and providing constructive feedback. It means having people to test your thinking with, learn from and turn to when a project becomes difficult. We want you to develop the technical capability, judgement and confidence to take on greater responsibility—not simply be given more work.

What You Will Bring

To be considered, you must have proven contaminated land experience under the Contaminated Sites Act. Prior consulting experience will be considered favourably but is not essential.

• A degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related discipline
• Demonstrable experience in contaminated land management (consulting experience highly regarded) including both fieldwork implementation and technical report writing
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and deliver high-quality technical outcomes
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking capability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A proactive leadership mindset, with a genuine interest in mentoring and developing others
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills
• High professional and ethical standards
• Full Australian working rights.
• Experience in groundwater modelling or hydrogeological assessment
• Experience with landfill gas investigation and risk assessment
• Experience with asbestos containing material management and remediation
• Experience in field investigations and monitoring programs
• Proficiency in GIS and relevant modelling software
• Established client relationships or a track record in business development.

What We Offer

• Workplace giving and volunteering opportunities
• Opportunities for professional development, including training and mentoring
• A supportive and inclusive work environment that values work-life balance
• The chance to work on a diverse range of high-profile projects with a respected environmental consultancy
• A flexible work environment including work from home arrangements
• Regular social events, and paid mid-year and end of year office celebrations
• Paid overtime and/ or TOIL

About Us

Emerge Associates is an established, employee-owned environmental and landscape architecture consultancy. Since our founding in 2010, we have built a reputation for delivering “Tier 1” outcomes through a nimble, client-focused approach.

With over 80 staff across Perth, Margaret River, and Melbourne, we provide integrated services across hydrology, environmental planning, contaminated sites, ecology, bushfire, sustainability, and more.

Our continued success is driven by

• Technical excellence and practical solutions
• Strong client relationships across private and government sectors
• A genuine commitment to developing our people

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