Environment Lead

Environment Lead

**Country**:Australia**Position Location**:Perth, Australia**Contract Type**:Permanent**Work Pattern**:Full Time**Sector**:Advisory**Discipline**:Environment**Job Ref**:771**Recruiter Contact**:Sophia Kostarakis**Mott MacDonald**
We are a global engineering, management and development consultancy focused on improving society by considering social outcomes in all we do. We are an employee-owned company that offers a range of opportunities to work with expert practitioners on expansive and innovative construction projects.
- **Your career in detail**
We are seeking an experienced Environment Approvals Lead with significant experience in renewable energy and transport to work in our Perth Office with State-based, National, and Global virtual teams to support major multi-disciplinary programs and projects within Western Australia. You’ll be working on significant projects that shape the communities in which we live. Building connections across our networks of international experts, you will bring this knowledge to our clients and to their projects.**About You**
You bring an extensive career span working on major infrastructure projects throughout concept, design & construction with proven project management skills, and tertiary qualifications relevant to environmental management, engineering, sustainability, planning, science, or related field. Your other specialist skills and experience include:
- Experience in leading, preparing and navigating environmental approvals and processes, including engagement with a wide range of stakeholders within Western Australia.
- Have excellent client relationships and experience in converting relationships and opportunities into projects.
- Experience in energy projects such as renewables, transmission and distribution, and/or hydrogen desirable
- Experience in emerging sustainability areas such as regenerative design, circular economy, climate change adaptation and resilience is an advantage.
- Experience in mine closure, rehabilitation or reuse is an advantage
- Experience in project management of multi-disciplinary assessment teams and sub-consultants.

This is an exciting opportunity to create, develop, and lead projects in Western Australia. Your role will see you win work across technical and commercial aspects of our Energy, Defence, Transport, Water and other areas of our business. This will be key in developing our capability across our Environment and Society Portfolio with specialist skills such as EIA, planning and approvals, strategic assessments and potentially climate resilience, circular economy, nature based solutions, regenerative outcomes and more. #LI-SK1**Equality, diversity and inclusion**
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
- **Agile working**
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
- **More about Mott MacDonald**
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
- Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
- A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
- Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence