Senior Environmental Scientist - Environment

• Global engineering consultancy offering genuine career growth opportunities
• High performing team/complex projects and sustainable design
• Friendly, flexible and collaborative working environment

About SMEC

Delivering exceptional outcomes starts with having exceptional people.

SMEC provides unique opportunities to work on iconic industry projects with experienced colleagues and leadership teams. Our diverse workforce of professionals are highly respected experts in their fields. Challenging boundaries, they look beyond the project scope to help shape a better future.

Leveraging our 70-year history, we provide technical expertise and advanced engineering services to resolve complex challenges within road, rail, airports, hydropower, solar, environmental services greenfield communities, geotechnics and tunnelling.

Infrastructure

At SMEC, we understand that our continued success is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide.

The Role

Our high-performing Environment Team is growing with a wide range of interesting projects and sustainable design.  We are a large multidisciplinary company with iconic projects across renewables, environmental studies, dams & hydropower, solar power projects, energy transition and in-land rail.   

We have a number of career growth opportunities within our Contaminated Land team based in Sydney.  

• Senior Scientist/Engineer Scientist (7+ years)
• Associate Scientist/Engineer (10+ years)

Key responsibilities will include;

• Leading and managing contaminated land assessments including data management and reporting
• Supporting junior team members through technical reviews and technical guidance
• Project management
• Supporting large multi-disciplinary projects and opportunities
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients and key stakeholders

Suitable applicants will have/be:

• A minimum 7 years of relevant experience
• CEnVP (general/contam) preferred but not essential
• Degree qualified in Environmental Science, geology, engineering, or related field
• Willingness to work in a multidisciplinary environment, share knowledge and learn from others
• Demonstrated project and time management skills
• Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with both internal & external clients and stakeholders
• Experience of delivering technical projects within a large multi-disciplinary technical services consultancy in a design, specialist services and project management capacity.
• The ability to submit technical reports to a high standard requiring minimal correction; and provide final review of reports

What we offer:

• Flexible work arrangement to support work/life balance
• Ethical client base
• Opportunity to work alongside and be mentored by industry leaders
• Professional Development Programs from graduates to leaders through mixture of inhouse programs and external courses as well as tertiary education financial assistance
• Dynamic career pathways and opportunities to work on projects nationally and internationally
• Purchased additional annual leave
• Generous paid parental leave (primary and secondary)
• Wellbeing benefits

How to apply

All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click on the "Apply Now" link below and follow the prompts.

For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Helen Kruimel, [email protected] or phone on 0460 410 225

All recruitment activities go through our Recruitment & Talent function and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!