Principal Environmental Engineer

About the job

We’re looking for a Principal Environmental Engineer to join our Brisbane team.

When you work for us, you get the chance to join nearly 50,000 people all driven by a common purpose – delivering a more sustainable world. We’re excited about the challenges ahead. If you ask us, there’s never been a more rewarding time to work in the energy, chemical and resources sectors.

We offer a flexible approach to working, because our people are safer, healthier, and more productive when they can balance work with life. That’s why we offer flexible and hybrid working options, so you can choose when, where and how you work.

Harnessing world-class technologies to offer a safer, cleaner, and more efficient future of mining, the Woodsmith Project is a new polyhalite fertiliser mine being developed in the North East of England with project office located in our Perth and Brisbane offices in Australia and the United Kingdom. With sustainability principles at the core of its design, it will set the standard for a new era. As a Principal Environmental Engineer, you will report to the Environmental Manager based in the UK and work closely with the Lead Environmental Engineer based in the UK.

Who we are

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.

Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of engineering and consulting to the last stages of installation and commissioning.

Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a Principal Environmental Engineer to join our team in Brisbane.

The role responsibilities include:

• Embedded into the project engineering team will act as an interface between Worley’s engineering design and Worley support to permitting.
• Having familiarised themselves with the project environmental permit conditions, constrains and controls will serve as the first port of call for the engineering teams in Australia for clarifications and question on daily basis.
• Participate in engineering review designs in Australia.
• Provide support to Worley permitting team by collecting and collating the right engineering documentation (drawings, reports, etc) required for the permitting purposes.
• Oversee compliance of the designs to commitments, constraints and controls.
• Where full compliance can't be achieved impact on permit is flagged with the Lead Environmental Engineer and Environmental Manager.

What you’ll have

• BSc or MSc in environmental sciences.
• Ability to understand and explain all project environmental permitting requirements.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Excellent knowledge in MS Office (word, excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of safety awareness.

Why you should apply

• Flexible work arrangements.
• Take advantage of our global on-line learning platform!
• Competitive rem & employee benefits.
• Enjoy a varied & challenging role.
• Career development opportunities beyond this role.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.

We’re building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there’s no barrier to your potential career success.