Environmental Discipline Manager

at  KBR

TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR CAREER AND JOIN A DIVERSE, HIGHLY SKILLED TEAM OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY SPECIALISTS.

We are renowned for working in partnership with our clients and partners to deliver exceptional outcomes based on our collaborative approach and our “One Team” values.
In Australia, KBR employs nearly 1200 people with offices in each state. Our track record, industry profile, and strong relationships with government and private industry have enabled us to grow significantly. This continued growth allows us to offer real opportunities for our staff in terms of career paths, technical development, and project exposure.

THE OPPORTUNITY

KBR is going through a period of growth with an existing strong pipeline of diverse, interesting projects for a range of clients across the country.
An exciting opportunity has opened to join KBR as a senior environmental practitioner and to manage our growing Environment & Planning Team in Brisbane. The team provides environmental assessment and planning services to KBR’s local and national infrastructure projects. The key market sectors include Defence, Water, and Transport. However, the Team is looking for someone to help build new clientele, to help develop and maintain a healthy local environmental practice.
This role will lead and manage this growing team. We seek a leader to continue to manage the team, hire new talent, develop existing staff, and bring in new work and clients to our business.
The Environment Team Manager reports to the Operations Manager for Queensland. The role has functional reporting responsibilities to Water, Transport, and Defence Market Sector Managers to support local and national project requirements.
The role is based in Brisbane, with limited travel interstate expected from time to time.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Graduate or postgraduate qualifications in environmental science, environmental engineering, or other relevant discipline
• Experience working within a consultancy environment
• Experience with managing teams
• Capabilities in authoring professional reports and deliverables
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrate HSE leadership behaviours in our projects, discussions, and forums
• Ensure that KBR HSE and Quality Policies are understood and implemented in projects
• Consistently behave in a manner that reflects KBR values
• Recognise and celebrate examples of staff demonstrating KBR’s Values.
• Provide input into engineering and design services tenders, including resource loading and activity schedules
• Formulate and implement strategic relationships with organisations that will assist KBR in expanding the Environment business.
• Promote KBR’s environmental expertise in the marketplace such as by providing technical papers at conferences
• Actively maintain a technical reputation and relationships in relevant industry sectors;