Environmental Advisor

**Your career with UGL can be long, diverse, challenging and rewarding.**

We work on challenging and exciting projects that shape the way we evolve, adapt, and transform the industries we work in. We rally together, drawing on the diverse skills across our teams and create environments where great ideas are heard.

**The Opportunity**

Working on the Gippsland Line Upgrade project in Gippsland/ Morwell-Bunyip. Meals and accommodation paid for if required, otherwise the first station is 1 hour’s drive from Melbourne CBD. Perfect opportunity if you enjoy 100% project and site-based work. Interesting works due to the environment impact to local area. The project is over 150km of track with expose to many local fauna and flora

**Key responsibilities include**
- Regular site surveillance inspection to ensure that Environmental obligations are implemented and maintained.
- Regular field monitoring activities for water quality, noise, vibration and dust emissions.
- Ensure that environmental aspects are identified, risks assessed and control measures planned and implemented in consultation with relevant employees (WMSs & JSEAs).
- Promptly advise senior management of any issues that could be deleterious to the natural or built environments.
- Advise construction personnel of the project and legal obligations in accordance with construction environmental management plan and associated documents.
- Ensure all activities are performed in compliance with the requirements of the relevant specifications, codes and standards, which form part of the contract and environmental legal obligations.
- Ensure that all personnel are inducted and trained and aware of their roles and responsibilities relating to environmental management and compliance.
- Assess and allocate priorities as necessary & advise the project director promptly

**Requirements to be successful**
- Self-confident and ability to persuade, convince or impress others in order to gain their commitment and co-operation to a course of action.
- Understanding of core environmental principles and regulations
- Solid communication skills, both verbal and written
- Tertiary qualification in Environmental Science or equivalent

**What makes you right for UGL**
- Ability to provide a safe, supportive, and positive workplace
- Empower a united and collaborative culture
- Deliver technical excellence and create efficient, innovative solutions
- Genuine concern for safety

**Benefits**
- Diverse opportunities to grow, back yourself and achieve
- Access to flexible working arrangements and 16 weeks paid primary parental leave options
- Staff discount program across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health & wellbeing, leisure, salary packaging and more
- Be supported to pursue educational and leadership development opportunities
- Access endless career options and pathways, because UGL backs our own with a preference to promote from within. We are also a member of the CIMIC Group, one of the world leading international contractors.
- UGL is well-known and respected for providing end-to-end engineering, construction, and maintenance services within, rail and transport, communications and technology systems, oil and gas, power, renewables and resources, water, and defence markets. UGL partners with some of the world largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprises, and public institutions. _
- At UGL, we value diversity in the backgrounds, ideas, work styles and perspectives of our team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply. _
- Please note that relevant screening checks may be conducted as part of the recruitment process. These may include a national criminal history check and for you to undergo pre-employment medical assessment including drug and alcohol screen._

**Discipline**: Environmental Advisor

**Primary Location**: Australia-VIC-Latrobe Valley

**Work Type**: Full-time