Senior Associate Environmental Consultant

Location: Melbourne, AU Category: Environmental Science Job ID: ANZ0005KM

Your Impact:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

When it comes to environmental consulting, we see the world as our greatest resource. That’s why clients trust Jacobs to help solve their most complex environmental challenges and opportunities. We partner with government agencies, private sector companies and leading environmental organisations to deliver proven industry expertise on new and existing infrastructure, sustainability and environmental health and safety initiatives around the globe.

With a strong pipeline of work in Australia, we currently have an exciting opportunity in for a Senior Associate Environmental Management Consultant to join our team. 

Our current and emerging projects span a variety of sectors including renewables, energy and water, transport infrastructure, and Defence. We are assisting our clients with services ranging from environmental management plans and systems, due diligence and governance, and response to regulatory requirements including approvals, permits and licences. This solid pipeline provides our team with tremendous career opportunities, signature projects and a diversity of invigorating work. With in-house teams at Jacobs who can address  all environmental, planning and spatial disciplines as well as other technical/engineering teams – our people have plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth.

We are looking for a motivated and collaborative individual with extensive experience in environmental management, who can coordinate and manage large multidisciplinary project teams and deliver complex projects. You will be a “people person” and be able to demonstrate how collaboration and communication has driven your career forward. Recent experience with successful approvals (e.g. EES, EIS, or permit applications) would be highly regarded.

The successful candidate will play a key role contributing to the growth and successful performance of our Environmental Management services across ANZ. You will also have opportunities to draw on our international networks and work collaboratively with our ANZ colleagues.

Here’s what you’ll need:

You are a remarkable leader in the environmental field, valued by your peers and clients for your strategic technical advice, project delivery and client focus. An outstanding networker, people come to you for your help in solving challenges. You have extensive experience (15 years) – across sectors, project size and project life cycle – enabling you to provide a range of solutions to clients. A creative and innovative thinker, you will see opportunities to do things better, bringing value to clients and to the business. You are self-motivated and have substantial experience in the provision of health, safety and environmental advisory services, and demonstrated delivery of EESs (or equivalent), environmental risk assessments, feasibility studies and management of large multidisciplinary projects. Skills and requirements for the role include:

•        Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant discipline
•        Exceptional understanding and up-to-date working knowledge of environmental legislation across multiple jurisdictions
•        Proven Project Management experience in the delivery of large multi-disciplinary projects, as Project Director and Project Manager
•        Well-developed commercial acumen and business development skills
•        Leadership within project teams across all disciplines and leadership within the business
•        Strong engagement and communication expertise to liaise with relevant authorities and key stakeholders
•        Extensive experience in the development and successful delivery of complex environmental/sustainability strategies and outcomes
•        Knowledge of the current and leading industry standards to manage environmental risks
•        Proven submissions of technically-reviewed specialist reports for statutory approvals
•        Mentoring, guidance and support to junior staff
•        Outstanding client relationships and industry links to generate new business opportunities
•        Expert subject matter knowledge and experience in at least three of the following sectors: transport, Defence, renewables (wind, solar, hydro, batteries), waste management, power and energy, water sector, construction environmental management.

If you are seeking to contribute to high profile projects that will lead to excellent career prospects within one of the highest ranked global engineering firms then we encourage you to apply. 

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We’re the 2023 winners of the Consult Australia People First Award for our suite of employee benefits that support all our employees in all stages of their personal and professional lives.

For the 6th consecutive year, we’ve been named an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia). In New Zealand, we’re a founding member of The Diversity Agenda and are committed to making our industry more inclusive and diverse. In Australia, our Reconciliation journey continues to be a considerable focus across all levels of the Jacobs community as we progress our Innovate level Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

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We’re an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application.