Environmental/sustainability Advisor

Job No: 495896

Work type:Full Time

Location:Regional NQ, Brisbane

Categories:Health, Safety, Environment, Quality

Advertised:21 Jun 2025 E. Australia Standard Time

Applications close:27 Jul 2025 E. Australia Standard Time

**About BMD**

BMD is Australia’s leading integrated engineering, construction and urban development business. As the largest privately owned civil contractor in Australia, BMD is at the forefront of excellence and its footprint expands globally to the Philippines and United Kingdom. With a commitment to long-term relationships and collaborative contracting setting us apart and through a team of over 2000 skilled professionals, BMD specialises in transformative infrastructure across diverse sectors.

**About the Role**

As our Environmental Advisor, you are passionate about driving environmental innovation and using data to identify opportunities for improvement. You are a strong communicator and work collaboratively with the project team and external stakeholders to promote best practices in environmental compliance. With your strong understanding of environmental management and sustainability principles within the construction industry, you will:

- Evaluate compliance against contractual requirements and environmental requirements and articulate this to the project team
- Develop, implement, and maintain environmental plans, strategies, and procedures
- Assess and maintain performance of environmental assessments and reporting
- Manage and coordinate project environmental auditing requirements under the project’s Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP), Environmental Performance Requirements (EPRs), and contractual obligations
- Coordinate the production and update of EMP’s, including the Environmental Strategy, CEMP, and EPR Plans
- Manage internal and external audits such as Company Audits (Business Unit, ISO 14001, etc.)
- Evaluate compliance against project contractual and environmental requirements, articulating your findings in meetings, audits, and management presentations.
- Degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in Environmental Science/ Engineering or related discipline
- 2+ years in civil construction in environmental management (Principal Contractor side preferred)
- Prior experience on major civil projects (Transport, Water, Defence) highly regarded
- Proven track record in delivering IS ratings for infrastructure projects, particularly in construction or civil engineering sectors
- Experience in ISCA documentation preparation, submission processes, and stakeholder engagement throughout rating assessments
- Knowledge of ISCA criteria across Planning, Design, Construction, and Operation phases

**Benefits**
We believe our people do their best work when they feel supported — personally and professionally. That’s why we offer benefits that go beyond the basics:

- **grow your career** with specialised learning and development programs
- **be recognised** at our annual employee awards event and through our Thrive reward and recognition platform
- **prioritise wellbeing** with mental health support and discounted gym access
- **support your family** with paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers and flexible work arrangements available
- **access perks** with novated leasing, specialised Power Perks and discounts with hundreds of retailers.

**Diversity and inclusion**

We recognise that we are strengthened by diversity, and we embrace differences as an equal opportunity employer providing a flexible and inclusive workplace.

**So, join our team, be yourself and help us power futures and create legacies.