Associate Director Environmental Scientist

What will your legacy be? Are you excited to be part of the renewable energy transition, or keen to influence city shaping projects or passionate about delivering environmental solutions on some of Australia’s most significant projects? If so, we would love to hear from you

With our incredibly strong project pipeline of truly transformational energy and transport projects we are seeking a Principal Environmental Scientist/ Planner or an Associate Director Environmental Scientist / Planner to join our Sydney Environmental Impact Assessment team.

We are a passionate team of environmental impact assessors working within an organisation creating meaningful change both in Australia and around the globe. Our team is made up of twenty-four environmental impact assessors and we are looking for a senior professional to join us and lead environmental impact assessments for projects across renewable energy, transmission, transport (road/rail/ports/air), water, and industrial sectors.

Our team in Sydney is connected to our colleagues across Australia and New Zealand, and globally across the world, which allows our team members to take up opportunities to work on exciting projects in a variety of regions on both a short term and long-term basis.

We take our Sustainable Legacies goals very seriously and continuously strive for a positive, lasting impact on people and our planet. To achieve our Sustainable Legacies Strategy, we have embedded environmental, social and governance principles into everything that we do whether that be through improving social outcomes, achieving net zero, enhancing governance or embedding sustainable development and resilience across our work.

Our enviable EIS portfolio includes the first offshore wind farm EIS in Australia; longest road tunnel EIS in Australia and the first place based EIS for an infrastructure project in NSW.

About the role

This position will provide opportunities for a senior professional to advance their career by leading high profile, major infrastructure assessment projects. You will be working in a genuinely flexible environment, amongst a team of peers and alongside our clients, while using your extensive planning approvals knowledge to develop junior and mid-level team members.

Minimum Requirements

We are looking for an experienced, senior environmental approvals professional who can lead the delivery of timely, high-quality environmental impact assessments, constraints analyses, strategic assessments and environmental management plans and assist in the organisation of resources, budgets, and timelines for the management of these projects.

**For this senior position in our team we require someone with**:
+ Proven ability to lead the growth and development of teams and individuals

+ Demonstrated strong communication, influencing and leadership skills

+ A drive to mentor junior and mid-level consulting staff to develop their skill sets in the environmental planning and approvals technical area.

+ Ability to identify individuals with high potential and work with them so that they can quickly progress in their careers at AECOM

+ Proven ability to network and influence at peer levels

+ Industry recognition as a leader in specialist discipline with well-established industry networks

+ Proven ability to develop new client relationships and expand existing relationships through timely delivery of projects, value for money and quality service

+ A high level of technical competence in environmental planning and approvals, due diligence and land use planning

+ A firm grasp of the key environmental issues associated with renewables, transmission, and transport infrastructure projects

+ Extensive experience leading and managing environmental assessment and environmental impact statement projects

+ Superior project management and project delivery skills, including time management and organisational skills

+ Extensive consulting experience, with demonstrated technical, commercial and delivery acumen

Preferred Qualifications

+ A bachelor’s degree (with post graduate qualifications preferred) in an appropriate discipline such as environmental science, environmental planning, town planning and/or environmental engineering

+ REAP Certification, or who is eligible for REAP certification and currently seeking REAP certification

What We Offer

We will give you 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. We will encourage you to grow and develop your career