Environmental Scientist / Project Manager

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Detail information about job Environmental Scientist / Project Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Diverse and technically complex projects to work on
• Global Technical community in-house
• Established and inclusive team of professionals, well regarded in industry

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Environmental Engineer/Scientist with a strong interest in project management to join our dynamic Perth Contaminated Sites team on a full-time basis.
 
You will support technical Principals with project and commercial management, planning, co-ordination, and monitoring of multiple complex medium to large scale projects at any one time, ensuring that project and client commitments are met. You will be involved in a variety of technically challenging projects and have access to leading industry experts to mentor and guide you with the opportunity to learn from accredited contaminated sites auditors, industry leaders in risk assessment, toxicology and contaminant hydrogeology.
 
Your responsibilities may involve:

• Environmental assessment, planning and design including baseline environmental investigations, impact assessments, environmental hazard identification and/or risk assessment, landfill and landfill gas, investigation of soil and groundwater quality;
• Managing project controls activities including budgets, programmes, progress tracking, and variation management;
• Working with technical leads to develop project scopes;
• Preparing geotechnical reports, proposals and other deliverables;
• Interpreting geotechnical data, performing analysis and drawing recommendations;
• Managing and liaising with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to clients regulatory authorities, technical experts, contractors and sub-contractors;
• Managing and administering engineering contracts to drive on time, financially managed contractually sound outcomes;
• Managing project resources, financial, technical and delivery milestones ensuring on time and on budget delivery;
• Demonstrating excellence in the application, ensuring projects comply and are delivered in accordance with Golder Project Management systems (including project audits); processes, methods, techniques and tools; and
• Ensuring our health and safety culture is upheld and actively encouraging safety awareness and environmental responsibility at all times.

To be successful, you will have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or a related discipline.With several years industry experience, you will have demonstrated experience leading project teams in delivering a range of contaminated sites projects and dealing with a variety of clients. Working in a dynamic environment, it is expected that you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to liaise with a diverse group of people across disciplines.  and substantial project controls/project management experience. Previous consulting experience will be favourable.
 
Our staff benefit from:

• option to own shares in our 100% privately owned company;
• career development opportunities across multiple disciplines;
• work/life balance initiatives such as additional annual leave and birthday leave;
• corporate fitness programs and subsidised gym memberships;
• field staff eligibility for over time;
• global technical networks; and 
• strong health and safety culture.

Golder is a highly-specialised employee-owned global firm providing consulting, design, and construction services in the areas of earth, environment, and energy, across multiple industry sectors. We are a community of people of varied skills and backgrounds with the expertise to drive our industry forward working in an environment that offers challenge and reward, where we build lifelong relationships through collaboration and a pursuit of shared success. Our projects span the globe and our passion for technical excellence and innovation enables us to do the best work possible.
 
We care about our people – we operate with integrity and embrace diversity. Our ownership structure affords us the opportunity to invest in our careers and take pride in something we truly own.
 
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply for this role and all applications received will be considered strictly on merit.
 
Please note: Golder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.