Principal Environmental Engineer

INPEX Australia Talent Community; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent Perth-based role

Flexible working

Competitive remuneration

Career development

Employee benefits

Job summary

INPEX is seeking a Principal Environmental Engineer in Perth to lead environmental engineering across our operations and development activities. You will partner with multidisciplinary teams to support performance, manage risk, ensure regulatory compliance and deliver sustainable business outcomes.

This senior technical role involves acting as the subject matter expert, providing technical advice, and influencing key business decisions.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental or Chemical Engineering.
• Experience in energy, resources, infrastructure environments.
• Ability to provide technical advisory in operations/projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide environmental engineering leadership across operations and projects.
• Lead environmental studies, assessments and technical programs.
• Support environmental risk management and regulatory compliance activities.
• Collaborate with internal teams, contractors and consultants to drive outcomes.
• Influence decisions with technical environmental leadership.

Skills

Environmental engineering

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Technical advisory

Problem solving

Education

Bachelors in Environmental/Chemical Eng

Job description

At INPEX, our energy is helping to shape a brighter future.

We're seeking a Principal Environmental Engineer to join our HSE team in Perth and provide environmental engineering leadership across our operations and development activities.

In this senior technical role, you'll act as the environmental engineering subject matter expert across INPEX Australia, partnering with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to support environmental performance, manage risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and deliver sustainable business outcomes.

What you'll be doing

• Providing environmental engineering expertise across operations and projects.
• Leading environmental engineering studies, assessments and technical programs.
• Supporting environmental risk management and regulatory compliance activities.
• Assessing environmental impacts associated with design and operational changes.
• Collaborating with internal teams, contractors and consultants to drive best-practice environmental outcomes.
• Influencing key business decisions through technical advice and environmental leadership.

What we're looking for

We're interested in hearing from professionals with:

• Environmental engineering experience within energy, resources, infrastructure or other complex industrial environments.
• Knowledge of environmental regulatory frameworks and environmental risk management principles.
• Experience providing technical advice within operational and/or project environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline.

Why INPEX?

• Permanent Perth-based opportunity.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Competitive remuneration and performance incentives.
• Career development and leadership opportunities.
• Industry-leading employee benefits.
• The opportunity to influence environmental outcomes across a diverse energy portfolio.

Occasional travel to onshore and offshore facilities will be required.

If you're looking to apply your environmental engineering expertise in a collaborative, high-performing environment, we'd love to hear from you.