Environmental Scientist – Impact Assessment in Townsville, Australia

Company Description

Leading the change toward a sustainable and equitable future

Our Environment group in Townsville is a tight-knit team, part of a broader group across Northern Territory and Queensland, with a focus on helping industries and governments fulfill their responsibilities to the people they support, as well as the planet that support us all.

You will work together with diverse disciplines and experts in Remediation, EIA, Air Quality, GIS, Ecology, Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, throughout Northern Territory and Queensland, and across the globe.

Job Description

Join a global team while enjoying Townville’s tropical beaches!

Life in Townsville balances professional achievement with a rich, relaxed lifestyle. The city boasts beautiful beaches, a tropical climate, and a vibrant cultural scene, offering plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and leisure. AECOM promotes a collaborative and supportive work culture, ensuring that your experience in Townsville is both professionally rewarding and personally enjoyable.

Join us in Townsville to be part of a team dedicated to driving excellence and innovation in one of Queensland’s most exciting regions, with dominant growth sectors in Energy, Transport, Defence, Health and Education.

We are happy to provide relocation support to make this a smooth transition for you and your family and assist you in joining our global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

What will a day in this role might look like:

• Manage timely and high-quality environmental impact assessments, constraints analyses, strategic assessments, and environmental management plans.

• Lead a range of projects across various industries such as Energy, Transport and Water.

• Assist in the organisation of resources, budgets, and timelines for the management of projects.

• Mentor junior members of the team.

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

What are we looking for from you?

• Ideally, approx. 5 – 15 years relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline

• Environmental impact assessment experience across a number of market sectors

• You will be a strong team player, influencer, and, most importantly, a real collaborator

• Confidence in translating technical information into accessible language in your written work and other communications.

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Additional Information

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10104362

Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd