Advisor – Natural Resource Management
The Advisor – Natural Resource Management is responsible for reducing the environmental and legislative risks associated with vegetation and wildlife
Summary about this job
Conservation, Parks & Wildlife
Company: V/Line Corporation
Location: Bendigo, Goldfields & Macedon Ranges
Work type: Contract/Temp
Salary: n\a
Phone: +61-8-2101-7270
Fax: +61-2-7344-5986
E-mail: n\a
Site: n\a
Detail information about job Advisor – Natural Resource Management. Terms and conditions vacancy
V/Line, Victoria's largest regional passenger transport operator, has a proud history of serving its communities and customers through rail and coach services. As part of a constantly evolving industry, V/Line is responsible for over 80 train stations and maintenance of approximately 4,200 kilometres of rail track across Victoria. The organisation is committed to maintaining a high focus on safety and delivering excellent customer service, continually striving to improve the overall customer experience.
The Advisor – Natural Resource Management is responsible for reducing the environmental and legislative risks associated with vegetation and wildlife within the rail reserve.
Reporting to the Civil Maintenance Supervisor, key responsibilities include identifying appropriate controls to minimise impacts associated with rail maintenance and projects, provision of advice on the management of invasive plant and animal species, preparing FFG and EPBC referrals and managing environmental permits, providing technical advice to external and internal stakeholders on natural resource management, liaising with external stakeholders on issues relating to vegetation management, investigating any incidents relating to natural resource management and improving, updating and maintaining V/Lines’ information on protected vegetation and wildlife.
The successful candidate will hold a tertiary qualification in Ecology, Botany, Natural Resource Management or related discipline and have relevant practical experience in an environmental field including extensive knowledge of Victorian plant and animal species and associated permitting requirements as well as a sound understanding of treatments for the control of pest plant and animal species.
Excellent MS Excel and MS Word skills would be advantageous. Your outstanding time management and communication (written and verbal), contractor management skills, along with your commitment to providing a safety conscious work environment will see you excel in this role. Working autonomously in a large team environment you will have the ability to prioritise and manage competing workloads with short turnaround times.
This position provides a combination of both office and field work. Regional travel is required as is the ability to spend one to two nights away from home as required.
The salary for this position will be commensurate with experience.
The selection process may include aptitude assessments, a behavioural event interview, national probity (police) check and medical examination in line with the National Standard for Health Assessment for Rail Safety Workers. Please note that all candidates will be notified of the outcome of their application but unsuccessful candidates will not be provided with specific feedback.
To apply for this position, please click ‘Apply for this Position' below.
No agency enquiries.