Principal Consultant - Contaminated Land

Who we are

RED OHMS Group is a leading consultancy servicing the resources, oil/gas, construction, manufacturing, agriculture, education, infrastructure, and federal/state/local government sectors across Australia. We specialise in providing occupational hygiene, environment, and hazardous materials services, training, support, and solutions for our clients. 

The opportunity

Due to an increase in demand from our existing client base, we have a unique opportunity for a Principal Consultant, Scientist or Engineer specialising in Contaminated Land management to join the team in our Brisbane or Sydney office. The role offers diverse, interesting, and challenging work with the opportunity to make your mark in a consulting environment – you will work with our clients to provide pragmatic advice and achieve practical and efficient outcomes. 

Key responsibilities of the position include the following: 

• Develop our Contaminated Land management capability
• Recruit and train Contaminated Land management professionals to grow our east coast Contaminated Land team.
• Undertake field programs including premobilisation and safety planning.
• Develop standard operating procedures.
• Develop sampling and analysis quality plans. 
• Conduct fieldwork campaigns including soil, groundwater and surface water sampling, supervision of drilling, test pitting, and groundwater well installation.
• Provide high quality analysis and reporting to meet regulatory requirements.
• Develop reports to exceptional technical and editorial standards.
• Work collaboratively with the team to meet client expectations.
• Proposal and project lead for the Contaminated Land team.

To be successful in this position you will have:

• Substantial industry experience in Contaminated Land management. 
• A Degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Environment, or Science. 
• A strong scientific or engineering background in Contaminated Land and understanding of scientific and engineering principles. 
• CEnvP-Sc accreditation will be favourable. 
• Desire to work across various industries and develop and grow our Contaminated Land business.
• Experience with client relationship management.
• Proven understanding of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and National Environment Protection Measures and other current and emerging NSW and QLD legislation, standards, and guidelines for Contaminated Land.
• A strong professional work ethic and commitment to the health and safety of yourself, your team, subcontractors, and clients.
• Current driver’s licence.

For enquiries on the role or the recruitment process, please email Emma ******@redohmsgroup.com.au.

What we offer

There are many aspects of our lives that are important, so we offer benefits to enable your work to enhance your life. These include: 

• A workplace that’s not just diverse but fun and supportive. 
• The chance to shape and influence a supportive workplace culture in a rapidly growing organisation. 
• A work environment where safety is the top priority. 
• Learning and development opportunities for personal growth. 
• Wellbeing support for you and your family. 

Our mission is to protect people’s health and safety by partnering with clients to understand their risks and how to manage them.   

Our business is unique, which means we offer interesting, challenging, and diverse career opportunities.  

Our values are important to us, so to be successful, you will have to share them:  

• We look after each other.
• We work with integrity and respect.
• We take accountability for our actions.

We work smart, are committed, and keen to succeed. If this sounds like you and you are looking for the chance to work for a company where the health, safety and wellbeing of team members is paramount, we would like to hear from you!  

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.  We don’t discriminate based on gender, age, nationality, race, religion, sexuality, physical ability, or cultural background. 

Individuals with disabilities may request reasonable adjustments related to our recruiting process by contacting ******@redohmsgroup.com.au. 

If you are selected for a position, depending on your role, your employment may be conditional upon successful completion of background checks, a pre-employment medical review of physical fitness for the role, and drug screening.