Principal Environmental Consultant - Contaminated Sites

ALRA | Australia’s Leading Recruitment Agency; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 185,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

ALRA | Australia’s Leading Recruitment Agency is seeking a Principal Environmental Consultant in Contaminated Land in Brisbane. This delivery-focused role offers a high-end salary and the opportunity to lead major infrastructure projects, with potential for team ownership and future leadership paths.

The role is based in Brisbane, with a strong pipeline of billion-dollar projects, and a path to escalate into broader discipline leadership as the Queensland operation expands.

Qualifications

• Extensive contaminated land consulting experience, ideally 18+ years.
• Strong technical delivery and project leadership across complex remediation.
• Confidence managing senior client relationships and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex contaminated land investigations, remediation and major infrastructure projects.
• Oversee technical delivery, project management and senior report reviews.
• Work alongside Environmental Auditors, Hydrogeologists and Water Resources specialists.
• Mentor consultants and guide project teams, with scope to build your own team.

Skills

Contaminated land

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Mentoring teams

Job description

• $185,000–$190,000 + super, up to $250,000 + super for the right person
• Billion-dollar CLM infrastructure programs like the G2BU
• Join as a Principal or bring your team. Future leadership option as Discipline Lead.

As a Principal Environmental Consultant in Contaminated Land, join a global consultancy that's come out stronger following a major restructure, with some seriously impressive project wins to show for it.

Leadership recognised things weren't operating as they should, made the necessary changes, and the results are now rolling in. Billion-dollar infrastructure projects, complex industrial remediation and a substantial forward pipeline of work.

They're growing across all levels. You can join as a delivery-focused Principal, potentially bring your own team (as they need both an Associate & Senior as well), or position yourself for future Contaminated Land discipline leadership as the Queensland operation expands.

The Role

This is primarily a technical delivery position. The work is already there, so you won't be expected to arrive with a substantial client book. As always though, BD is a nice to have at the Principal level.

• Major works like the G2BU project & a MEGA remediation work.
• Lead complex contaminated land investigations, remediation and major infrastructure projects.
• Oversee technical delivery, project management and senior report reviews.
• Work alongside Environmental Auditors, Hydrogeologists and Water Resources specialists.
• Mentor consultants and guide project teams, with scope to build your own team.

The Team

Based in the Brisbane head office, you'll join a national contaminated land group of approximately 55, including 25 across Queensland.

The business now has the structure, specialist resources and project pipeline to support its next phase of growth. There's potential to progress into broader discipline leadership, but equally room for someone who simply wants to deliver great projects.

Experience

• Extensive contaminated land consulting experience, ideally 18+ years.
• Strong technical delivery and project leadership across complex remediation.
• Confidence managing senior client relationships and mentoring teams.

$185,000–$190,000 + super for the technical role

Up to $250,000 + super considered for broader commercial, operational and leadership capability.

Peter Dakers