Principal Environmental Consultant Approvals

About the role

SLR Consulting APAC is an employee-driven international environmental and sustainability consultancy with a recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With over 1100 staff across 23 technical disciplines in APAC we offer consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific issues to a diverse and growing base of business regulatory and governmental clients.

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Principal Environmental Consultant to join our Environmental Assessment Closure and Management (EAC&M) team based in Brisbane. Our team provides a wide range of services including project management impact assessment management plans due diligence and approvals across a range of sectors.

This role has a strong focus on the linear infrastructure sector especially in the Roads Highways and Rail infrastructures. Our Brisbane EAC&M team is diverse well regarded and based in modern offices on Eagle Street with views of the river and surrounding bridges.

As a specialist in linear infrastructure approvals with strong experience in TMR you will bring 15 years of experience from consulting government or industry. You will balance project delivery with mentoring team members and building client relationships across the region. You will also collaborate with the APAC EAC&M group and other technical teams within our multidisciplinary business.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Technical leadership & delivery: Providing advice on best practice impact assessment State and Federal approval requirements and environmental management leading and contributing to multidisciplinary project delivery across sectors and producing clear concise and high-quality reports.

• Stakeholder engagement & collaboration: Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and internal teams as well as working closely with other disciplines across the business.

• Team and business contribution: Supporting team business planning and growth initiatives reviewing technical work and mentoring more junior members and undertaking occasional fieldwork as required.

Experience

We are looking for:

• Qualifications and core experience: A degree in Environmental Science Engineering or a related field with at least 15 years of experience in impact assessment and management for State and Federal approvals.

• Sector and technical expertise: Strong experience in linear infrastructure approvals including TMR and QR projects and demonstrated knowledge of environmental legislation policies and guidelines (including the TMR Environmental Process Manual).

• Leadership and commercial capability: Proven success in the infrastructure sector including business development and client management and experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex projects.

• Personal attributes: Strong attention to detail and excellent written & verbal communication skills and Australian citizenship or current full working rights in Australia.

Our Benefits

We are most proud of our diverse friendly and expert team who work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients.

Whether youre enjoying our flexible hybrid work environment needing support studying whilst working or at that time in your life where a supportive and generous parental leave scheme is key Our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps

If joining a global leader in environmental consulting with a well-established team locally in Brisbane is attractive to you apply now with a copy of your CV and brief cover letter.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1