Environmental Scientist – Aecom

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Auditor Assistant (Contaminated Sites) to join our highly regarded and dynamic Geoscience and Remediation Services team based in Melbourne.

Our environment team helps private and public sector clients in Victoria, Australia and around the world deliver for their stakeholders while achieving compliance, promoting resilience and reducing, eliminating, impacts and risks to our communities and our natural environment. The role includes the opportunity to work with AECOM’s Environmental Auditors (Contaminated Land) for large clients, technically interesting and complex sites, and to develop and utilise experience in a wide range technical disciplines across Victoria and further afield.

As an Environmental Auditor Assistant (Contaminated Sites), you will play a significant role in managing and delivering excellent quality work for our clients and will support the growth of the contaminated land business by developing and enhancing client relationships and winning work. You will work with a great team of environmental engineers, scientists, geologists, hydrologists and hydrogeologists, providing oversight and support for a wide range of Audit projects.

This role will offer flexibility for part or full-time work, and opportunities for involvement in direct contaminated land consulting works including site assessment, contamination management, and remediation projects.

Your responsibilities may include, but will not be limited to:

• Review of environmental assessment reports, management plans, remediation planning and validation reports, and other technical documents and reports relating to management of contaminated land

• Preparation of site audit notifications, scopes and reports

• Conducting site inspections to observe site conditions and fieldwork programs (occasional)

• Participation and presentation of information in meetings with clients, regulatory personnel and other relevant stakeholders

• Proposal and tender preparation

• Project management, including planning, budgeting, financial management, scheduling, quality reviews, communication with relevant project stakeholders

• Regular communication with the Audit team, clients, consultants and other relevant project stakeholders

Qualifications

Ideally, you will have:

• Appropriate tertiary qualification(s) in environmental science, geoscience, hydrology, soil science, environmental engineering or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated experience (>5 years) in a professional contaminated land consultancy setting, including knowledge in the areas of project management, field project design for assessment of soil, groundwater and/or soil vapour, operation and oversight, data management and interpretation, site remediation, and professional reporting and technical communications.

• Experience in Environmental Audits (Contaminated Land), either directly assisting auditing, or indirectly through supporting contaminated land assessments.

• Knowledge and application of State and National contaminated land guidance and regulations within Australia.

• Strong communication and management skills, and the ability to manage your own responsibilities and to effectively work with co-workers, other consultants, and clients.

• Experience in environmental, health and safety management and a commitment to ensuring that whatever works you’re undertaking are conducted safety and without risk to humans or the environment.

• Valid Victorian drivers’ licence and satisfactory driving record for business travel.

Additional Information

Benefits at AECOM

AECOM is a place where you can maximize your innovative thinking and collaborate with a diverse range of highly intelligent and talented people. It’s a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world’s most challenging, transformational, and iconic projects. Our aim is ensure that we employ innovative, advanced solutions to client sites and contaminants to achieve high quality, technically valid outcomes.

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer, and inclusion and diversity are embedded in our core values and are key drivers of our success. Our innovation is enhanced by our ability to draw from a wealth of different backgrounds and experiences. Our teams are made of diverse individuals who work collaboratively to deliver a better world.

As a leader in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, at AECOM, we prioritise and respond to environmental and net-zero mandates for ourselves and our clients, and support projects and programs that uplift communities and create positive social impact.

We provide a welcoming and stimulating work environment and offer many benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing, including:

• Professional and technical development opportunities, including mentoring, training and career pathway opportunities.

• Technically challenging projects across a wide variety of clients and environmental disciplines.

• Access to global knowledge and experience in specialised areas through AECOM’s Technical Practice Groups.

• Support for flexible work arrangements, including variable start and finish times, working from home, part-time and job share options, and Working From Home Tool Kits for home office set up.

• Leave options and support, including Paid Parental and Partner Leave, purchase of additional leave, and salary packaging.

• State of the art, modern and contemporary offices.

• Corporate Employee discounts from up to 400 retailers.

• Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations, health insurance discounts.

• Employee stock purchase plans.

• Professional memberships.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

ReqID: J10080136
Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid