Job Description

Title:

Environmental Scientist

Who are we?

KBR’s Infrastructure Services Australia business works with customers across the nation to deliver projects that create a better, more sustainable, and technology-enabled future for all Australians. Through trusted partnerships with our customers, our best and brightest deliver innovative solutions across the transport, water and environment, buildings, defence infrastructure and program management and construction consultancy markets.

We are a team of over 1400 diverse, flexible, adaptable, and highly skilled people who provide a wide range of professional consulting services to the private and public sector. Our high-performing teams are digitally connected and geographically diversified to match the changing characteristics of our principal markets and have the expertise to serve our clients’ requirements through the full project lifecycle.

We are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset that drives innovation within our business, for our customers and stakeholders.

Thanks to our position within a multidisciplinary organisation, our team is able to provide services for a diverse range of clients and projects of varying scales in different environmental settings across Australia. Our team also has the advantage of inhouse industry leaders and highly skilled professionals who are dedicated to assisting you to develop your skills through our technical development program giving you the support you need to follow your own career path.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has opened for an Environmental Scientist/Planner with consulting experience to join the Queensland Environment Group.

It is a fantastic time to join the KBR team as we continue to develop a strong pipeline of diverse, interesting projects for a range of clients across the country.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide input to environmental tasks including development of environmental impact assessments, environmental approval applications, EMPs, and other environmental studies and management plans
• Undertake technical and field tasks for a range of environmental disciplines including soil, surface water, groundwater, sediments, water quality and ecology in both terrestrial and marine environments
• Provide environmental input, advice and expertise on studies and engineering projects
• Produce high quality professional deliverables
• Develop environmental solutions in collaboration with other internal/external professionals
• Contribute to proposals and securing new work
• Apply relevant Commonwealth, State and Local legislation, policies and guidelines.

Requirements

• Graduate or postgraduate qualifications in environmental science, planning or other relevant discipline.
• A minimum of 4 - 7 years’ experience in environmental consulting
• Proven capability in professional technical writing in a consulting environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel to carryout field assessments in remote areas

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At KBR, we value you – here’s how.

While our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we’re committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

Benefits include:

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• 20 Days of annual leave per year + the ability to accrue an additional 8 hours every 4 weeks (33 days in total)
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
• Salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees
• Life/Health insurance discounts
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Personal career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities
• Great office environment with fantastic facilities
• Access to health benefits programs

Help shape tomorrow by applying today!

Our people are the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to creating work environments in which every member of our team of teams feels safe, supported, respected, trusted and valued, and where each person is given opportunities to belong, connect and grow.

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