Environmental Geoscientist

**Company Description**
Work with us. Change the world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We are looking for Contaminated Land Consultant / Environmental Geoscientist / Hydrogeologist to join our team.

The role involves working on a broad range of challenging contaminated land and groundwater projects in a range of sectors, with a mix of fieldwork and office work. You will be given the opportunity to work on a wide range of client sites, collaborating with internal teams and subcontractors and clients.

Within the Contaminated Land sector, you will work on varying projects completing Preliminary Site Investigations (PSIs), development of Sample and Analysis Quality Plans (SAQPs), completion of Detailed Site Investigations (DSIs), Groundwater Monitoring Events (GMEs), Underground Petroleum Storage System (UPSS) upgrades and remediation supervision. The roles will include completing site investigation and collection of environmental samples, supervision of subcontractors, responsibility for safety and quality, data management and reporting.

Within the Upstream Oil & Gas sector across Queensland and New South Wales, you will be executing various hydrogeological projects including but not limited to; bore assessments, aquifer test campaigns, drilling programs, and GMEs. You will have the opportunity to manage a diverse range of subcontractors, including drilling contractors, wireline contractors and pumping test contractors.

**Leading the change toward a sustainable and equitable future**

Our environmental practice helps industries and governments fulfill their responsibilities to the people they support, as well as the planet that support us all. We provide advisory and technical services to enable you to achieve compliance, manage impacts and reduce or even eliminate risks.

Our services help clients anticipate and manage the environmental impact at each stage of the project: planning and obtaining permits for new facilities; decommissioning, clean-up and closure of contaminates sites and surplus operations facilities; restoration for reuse; addressing critical climate - change issues; protection or restoration of habitats and water quality and the preservation of culture resource.
**Job Description** What will a day in this role look like**:

- Oversee project-level health and safety, conduct desktop reviews, prepare environmental reports, and manage safety and environmental compliance on-site.
- Plan, schedule, and manage site works, including subcontractor coordination, site contamination, and hydrogeological investigations in various locations.
- Collect and manage environmental samples, perform data analysis, and interpret results using relevant software tools.
- Act as Site Manager, ensuring safety protocols are followed, maintaining site documentation, and logging geological data to required standards.
- Office based tasks include assisting in project management tasks, project controls and financial tracking, as wells as technical report writing and management of deliverables.

**Qualifications**

**What are we looking for from you?**
- Tertiary qualification in environmental science, geoscience, geology, engineering, or hydrogeology.
- Minimum 2+ years’ experience in contaminated land management and/or hydrogeology, with a focus on safety and subcontractor management.
- Strong skills in data management using industry-standard tools and project/proposal management.
- Willingness to work remotely on client sites; a valid driver’s license is essential.

**Additional Information**
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**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

**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