Senior Environmental Consultant

ARC Environmental Pty Ltd; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working life

Hybrid work 50/50

Professional memberships paid for

Leave purchasing option

Job summary

ARC Environmental Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant to lead contaminated land projects from Melbourne office with a strong focus on client engagement and technical reporting.

The role involves coordinating teams for field programs, delivering high-quality assessments, and contributing to proposals while maintaining ARC Environmental’s health and safety culture. Flexible work options are available with the Melbourne office as a base.

Qualifications

• Degree in environmental engineering or science.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in contaminated land consulting or industry role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of current regulations, guidelines and trends in contaminated land management.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental assessments including site investigations and remediation planning.
• Coordinate project teams and field programs to deliver on time and within budget.
• Provide high-quality technical reports and guidance to staff.
• Develop and expand client relationships and contribute to proposals.

Skills

Environmental engineering

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

Project coordination

Education

Environmental degree

Job description

With a growing business, we are looking to appoint an experienced Senior Environmental Consultant, to join our team.

The successful candidate will be predominantly office-based and jump straight into managing existing >$100K contaminated land projects, coordinating teams for field programs and writing deliverables.

Our team comprises a group of enthusiastic and engaged professionals delivering interesting, varied contaminated land and environmental risk projects. Our work is diverse across industrial facilities EPA compliance, land development, local government and downstream petroleum. There is ample time for professional support and mentoring, and we encourage staff to complete industry provided training. Ideally you want to contribute to the continued growth and culture of the business with your own network of industry contacts.

Key Responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Manage and contribute to environmental assessments including Preliminary and Detailed Site Investigations, remediation planning, landfill gas risk assessment, investigation of soil, vapour and groundwater quality
• Work closely with clients and contractors to address challenging environmental issues
• Manage and contribute to the overall delivery of projects on or ahead of schedule, including actively directing project staff to manage schedule, costs, revenue, risks and variations
• Provide an experienced level of technical report writing
• Provide guidance and transfer of knowledge to project staff
• Provide contribution to proposals, panel submissions and develop/expand client relationships
• Ensure ARC Environmental’s health and safety culture is upheld

About You

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications/experience:

• Have a degree in environmental engineering or science
• Have a minimum of 5 years relevant working experience in a contaminated land consulting or industry role
• Be an excellent communicator (both written and verbal) with the ability to work cohesively within a team environment
• Have a firm understanding of current industry regulations, guidelines and trends related to contaminated land management and environmental risks
• Have started to develop a network of contacts across clients, regulators, suppliers and other consultants

Why ARC Environmental

ARC Environmental is a growing specialist environmental consultancy delivering tailored solutions in contaminated land management, environmental risk management and hazardous materials. We work with a number of well-known businesses and governmental clients who repeatedly come to ARC Environmental to solve their environmental issues.

We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects, to provide pragmatic advice and to get the best possible outcome for our clients.

We work flexibly (WFH about 50%) and have an office located in Melbourne CBD.

What We Can Offer You

• An attractive package awaits the successful candidate
• Flexible working life including the possibility to work part-time for the right candidate, and the ability to mix working from home with working in the office
• An opportunity to manage your own projects and clients
• Professional development: we are proactive in engaging our staff with internal and external training
• Ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Novated vehicle leasing options
• Professional Memberships paid for by the company

ARC Environmental is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.