Senior Environment & Sustainability Advisor (National Lead)
DownerCouncil of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaDescription
Join Downer’s Environment & Sustainability team for ANZ working with the Energy & Utilities group as a Senior Advisor, Environment & Sustainability where you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping environmental and sustainable outcomes across Australia.
Reporting to the Environment & Sustainability Manager, you’ll provide expert guidance on environmental strategy and compliance, supporting pre-contracts, bids, tenders, and the delivery of major projects. Your work will span diverse sectors including transmission lines, substations, renewables, BESS, telecommunications, water infrastructure, and energy networks.
This is a unique opportunity to influence projects at every stage - driving best practice, supporting operational teams, and ensuring environmental compliance and sustainability is embedded in everything we do. You’ll also enjoy variety and exposure across the country, with occasional travel (approx. 1 or 2 days per month) to project sites to conduct inspections, audits and compliance activities.
- Lead impactful sustainability initiatives across critical infrastructure projects
- Work across multiple sectors shaping Australia’s energy future
- Collaborate with, expert team committed to innovation and excellence
Your Responsibilities
What You Will Bring
Benefits Of Working with Downer
Grow your career with us, we are passionate about giving our people opportunities to grow through personal and professional development and continuous learning :
Be part of a team that cares, we foster a work environment built on support that is flexible around our employee’s wellbeing needs :
Why Downer?
As a trusted name in infrastructure, transport, facilities management, and construction, Downer is committed to delivering projects that create a lasting, positive legacy. We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve, and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.
As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.
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