Principal Environmental Scientist – Iap

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

At AECOM, we tailor the position description to work for you and your priorities – we believe in creating an environment where you can be your best self, thus this opportunity is open to full time or part time employment.

Our Canberra team is growing! As a result of strong project pipeline, and with an increase in our long-term major projects across the ACT and NSW, AECOM’s Environmental group in Canberra has an opportunity for a ‘Principal Environmental Planner / Scientist’ with experience in Impact Assessment, to join our team.

Our environment team comprises a diverse range of specialties: including impact assessment, climate change resilience, communications, heritage, contaminated land and construction environmental management. We are renowned for delivering best practice environmental impact assessment and strategic advisory services for all phases of our clients’ infrastructure projects from strategic business case, planning approvals, through construction to operation.

The Role

You will play a key role in leading project teams and managing successful delivery with our clients, developing and enhancing internal and external relationships while maintaining a focus on business development opportunities.

This role will provide an excellent opportunity for you to lead and coordinate a range of projects extending from high profile, technically complex major infrastructure, in both urban and regional contexts, to strategically important asset improvements across a full suite of sectors including:

• Transport (public transport, active transport (cycleways), road, heavy/light rail, marine)

• Renewable energy (solar, wind, biofuels, battery)

• Water utilities

• Power

• Defence

• Social infrastructure

• Urban renewal, placemaking and activation precincts

• Mining

• Oil and gas and industry

Qualifications

As a ‘Principal Environmental Planner / Scientist’, you will be engaged, and excited by project delivery and the successful integration of varied specialist and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.

Ideally you will:

• Have strong environmental impact assessment experience across a number of market sectors and a good industry reputation.

• Utilise your project management/coordination skills, commercial acumen and emotional intelligence to develop and maintain positive peer and client relationships, and effectively manage resources, timelines, quality and budgets.

• Be a strong team player, influencer, and most importantly, a real collaborator.

• Be a good communicator with proven technical knowledge and a strong client focus. A bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline such as environmental science, environmental planning, town planning and/or environmental engineering.

• A professional member of relevant professional body

Additional Information

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. 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.

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.

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.

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: J10064776
Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid