Environmental and Sustainability Advisor

1 month ago


Adelaide, Australia McConnell Dowell Constructors Full time

McConnell Dowell Diona Joint Venture (MDJV) are seeking a motivated Environmental & Sustainability Advisor to join our growing team.
MDJV is one of three Major Framework Partners working together with our client to deliver a $1.6bn Capital Delivery Program to improve water and sewerage services for South Australians. You’ll join a highly skilled and dynamic team who care about your development and career progression, understand work-life-balance and enjoy celebrating success. The role of the Environmental & Sustainability Advisor is to support the delivery of project environmental and sustainability requirements, objectives and targets & Promote environmental awareness with project personnel and build a strong environmental culture.

Responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Obtain relevant approvals for permits, permissions and approvals for access or works that affect the environment.  
  • Ensuring environmental legal compliance are always met.
  • Ensure that environmentally acceptable working methods and practices are implemented to enable operations to be carried out without environmental harm.
  • Report, investigate and implement corrective and/or preventive actions resulting from identification of environmental hazards and incidents within the agreed timescale.
  • Ensure MCD Corporate and Project environmental and sustainability KPIs are achieved.
  • Provide support to Framework outputs for environmental incident investigations,including reporting and close out of corrective actions.
  • Provide staff and workers with adequate environmental knowledge, skills and behaviours to work in an environmentally responsible manner at all times.
  • Provide technical environmental advice to onsite H&S Advisors, crews and Framework staff.
  • Follow all relevant health and safety procedures and requirements at all times.
  • Environmental site inspections carried out weekly and recorde

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

  • Tertiary qualification in a relevant environmental field and minimum of two (2) years of
  • experience in a civil construction environment.
  • Clear and concise communication skills.
  • Promotes and encourages a culture of environmental and safety awareness, sets a positive
  • example for all site personnel and is a team player.
  • Implementation and monitoring of environmental management plans and site
  • environmental controls.
  • Ensuring construction compliance against licenses, permits, management plans and
  • legislation.
  • Undertake scheduled monitoring and reporting requirements accurately and efficiently.
  • Competent user of in-house software, with working knowledge of wider applications.

Don’t tick all the boxes but you’re still excited about this opportunity?
We’re dedicated to building a diverse workplace, so we also look at applicants with great transferable skills from similar industries.

If that's you, we encourage you to still apply as you may just be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.

About Us
McConnell Dowell – Creative Construction
Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.
From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Why join us?
The work you’ll do will have a tangible positive impact on people’s lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and professional goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that. Because when you grow, we all grow.

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but small enough for you to have an influence on how we do things.

So, join us, be you, and help us create better together. Apply now
We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all backgrounds and experiences are encouraged to apply. 

Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for Australia.

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.



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