Address- Global engineering consultancy with great career opportunities
- Opportunity to work on a variety of interesting projects
- Friendly, flexible working environment across the business
About SMEC
SMEC provides unique opportunities to work on iconic industry projects with experienced colleagues and leadership teams. We support and empower employees to drive innovation initiatives within a well-established and growing organisation.
Infrastructure
At SMEC, we understand that our continued success within the infrastructure market is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide.
The role
Our Environmental business is growing with a wide range of interesting projects and sustainable design. We are a large multidisciplinary company with iconic projects across renewables, environmental studies, dam & hydropower, solar power projects, energy transition, transportation and in-land rail.
We are actively seeking a dynamic and driven Aquatic Ecologist to become an integral part of our Environment team in Southeast Queensland team based in Brisbane. The position can be adapted to the successful applicant's level of experience; however, we are seeking a minimum of three year's post-graduate experience in the consulting field.
The Aquatic Ecologist will support high quality projects from our growing QLD portfolio and collaborate across some of our national projects.
Your key responsibilities may include:
- Supporting environmental studies such as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA/ EIS)
- Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan (EMMP), Baseline studies or specific technical studies that feed into these
- Project management
- Undertaking high quality, transparent and reproducible data analysis
- Assisting in the preparation of high-quality technical reports, tenders, proposals, or publications
- Leading/supporting multidisciplinary field work in areas such as strategic water assessments, biosecurity and receiving water risk assessments, benthic habitat mapping, waterway assessments, water and sediment sampling and general state and federal approval applications
Ideal applicants will have/be:
- Bachelor's Degree (or Post-graduate Degree) in Marine / Freshwater / Biological Sciences
- A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in consulting
- Ability to research and prepare documentation with conclusions to support recommendations
- Experience in primary data collection and interpretation in marine or freshwater environments (e.g. subtidal/intertidal marine ecology, experimental design, statistical analysis).
- A specialisation in marine/freshwater ecology, water quality or general experience across these disciplines
- A track record in technical report writing is essential
- Demonstrable experience in conducting statistical analysis of data
- Self-motivated with the ability to work well in a team environment
- Knowledge of environmental and approvals legislations, including but not limited to Water Act (Qld), NC Act (Qld), Planning Act (Qld) and EPBC Act
- Willingness to travel for field work in remote areas
Desirable:
- Post-graduate qualifications in Marine / Freshwater / Biological Sciences
- Experience from industries including mining, oil and gas, construction and utilities
- Experience in presenting technical and discipline-specific information to non-technical audiences
- Relevant qualifications (including AusRIVAS or Certified ENV practitioner (EIANZ))
What we offer:
- Flexible/work from home (WFH) options
- Dynamic career pathways and "SMEC" Adventures
- Professional Development Programs from graduates to leaders
- Mentoring by industry leaders
- Tertiary Education Assistance
- Purchased additional annual leave
- Generous paid parental leave (primary and secondary)
- Wellbeing benefits
- Active social club and events
SMEC is proud to have been recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) in Australia as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality. This citation recognises our active and ongoing commitment to achieving gender equality across our business, and recently we have worked to drive key improvements in flexible work practices, parental leave policies and learning and development programs.
How to apply
All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click on the "Apply Now" link below and follow the prompts.
For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact or phone on 0460 410 ***
To find out more about SMEC, please visit our website at http://www.smec.com/en_au
All recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function and currently, this role doesn't require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.
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