Summary
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Sydney
Type
full-time
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About this role
Just imagine a future with us...
Aurecon is a design, engineering and advisory company, but not as you know it!
Drawing on our deep pool of technical and advisory expertise, we co-create innovative solutions with our clients to some of the world's most complex challenges. And through a range of unique creative processes and skills, we work to re-imagine, shape and design a better future.
What will you do?
Aurecon’s New South Wales Environment and Planning team have a strong capability from project planning and feasibility to construction on a wide range of projects across both New South Wales and Australia. You will play an integral part in a team that ‘bring ideas to life’ for our clients across the built environment, Defence, transport, energy and government sectors.
Our current committed and projected workload provides a unique and specific opportunity a Contaminated Land Consultant, Scientist or Engineer to join the team in our Sydney or Newcastle office. The role offers diverse, interesting and challenging work with the opportunity to make your mark in a consulting environment.
Here are the key things you will do:
- Lead fieldwork campaigns including soil, groundwater and surface water sampling, supervision of drilling, test pitting and groundwater well installation.
- Manage field programs including contractor engagement, premobilisation and safety planning.
- Develop Sampling Analysis and Quality Plans, Preliminary Site Investigations, Detailed Site Investigations and Remediation Action Plans for peer and senior review.
- Develop reports to exceptional technical and editorial standard and work collaboratively with the team to meet client expectations.
- Support State Significant Development/State Significant Infrastructure projects through developing specialists reports for Environmental Impact Statements/Review of Environmental Factors.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to graduate team members.
- Prepare high quality analysis and technical reports to ASC NEPM and NSW EPA requirements.
- Collaborate with inter-disciplinary teams; liaise with clients and regulators.
- Proposal and project management inputs to the contaminated land team projects.
What can you bring to the team?
You’ll have a genuine passion for re-imagining problems and continuous learning to help shape the future. We are looking for an Environmental Consultant with 1-3 years’ experience in contaminated land to join our team. The role would include a mixture of office and field-based tasks. To be successful in these roles, you will have:
- Tertiary degree in environmental engineering or science disciplines.
- Relevant experience in undertaking contaminated land and/or groundwater investigations:
- Understanding of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and National Environment Protection Measures and other current and emerging NSW EPA legislation, standards and guidelines for contaminated land.
- Familiarity with the NSW EPA Auditor scheme
- A desire to deliver exceptional client experiences.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Current driver’s licence.
How we support your growth
At Aurecon, no two career journeys are the same. We offer a collaborative culture, meaningful learning experiences, and the flexibility to shape your own career path. We value diversity, foster belonging, and ensure every voice is heard. You will be supported with the tools, mentoring, and opportunities needed to reach your full potential.
What we offer
- A diverse and interesting range of projects, technical challenges and clients
- Work with other like-minded technical specialists who are leaders in their area of practice
- Development pathways, mentoring, and personalised growth support
- Extended parental leave and cultural leave flexibility
- Wellbeing programs for you and your loved ones
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
Who we are
At Aurecon, we are relentlessly client focused, we collaborate across disciplines to solve complex challenges, we are insatiably curious, and we put quality and technical excellence at the centre of everything we do. With over 7,000 professionals across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, we work together to create positive impact for generations to come.
Other facts
About Aurecon
Aurecon is a design, engineering and advisory company. Our purpose is bringing ideas to life, to imagine and co-create with our clients a better future for people and the planet.
Our culture of Believe it. Say it. Do it. reflects our deep commitment to our clients and each other to build trust and create a better future together.
We are a team who place eminence, digital and innovation at the core of all we do.
Our strength lies in how we bring together our design, engineering and advisory capabilities to provide our clients with integrated solutions across the entire asset lifecycle. From shape and plan – design and deliver – operate and optimise – to close and transform.
Aurecon designers, engineers, scientists and advisors work with our clients across markets and asset types, to tackle some of the world’s most complex challenges.
We are an owner managed company with a strong presence across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
To learn more about what we have been up to visit our newsroom (aurecongroup.com/about/latest-news), or take a glimpse into the future on our Just Imagine blog (justimagine.aurecongroup.com).
What you'll do
- The role involves leading fieldwork campaigns such as soil and groundwater sampling, managing field programs, and developing key contaminated land documents like Site Investigations and Remediation Action Plans. Additionally, the consultant will support major infrastructure projects by developing specialist reports for Environmental Impact Statements and providing coaching to graduates.
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