Opportunities available across Australia, including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and select regional offices.
Just imagine a future with us…
Aurecon is a design, engineering and advisory company, but not as you know it!
Drawing on our deep pool of technical and advisory expertise, we co-create innovative solutions with our clients to some of the world’s most complex challenges. And through a range of unique creative processes and skills, we work to re-imagine, shape and design a better future.
What will you do?
Aurecon’s New South Wales Environment and Planning team have a strong capability from project planning and feasibility to construction on a wide range of projects across both New South Wales and Australia. You will play an integral part in a team that ‘bring ideas to life’ for our clients across the built environment, Defence, transport, energy and government sectors.

Our current committed and projected workload provides a unique and specific opportunity for one or more Senior Contaminated Land Consultants, Scientists or Engineers to join the team in our Sydney or Newcastle office. The role offers diverse, interesting and challenging work with the opportunity to make your mark in a consulting environment. Here are the key things you will do:

• Design, manage and deliver large, contaminated land projects
• Develop Sampling Analysis and Quality Plans, Preliminary Site Investigations, Detailed Site Investigations and Remediation Action Plans.
• Support State Significant Development/State Significant Infrastructure projects through developing specialists reports for Environmental Impact Statements/Review of Environmental Factors.
• Manage field programs including contractor engagement, premobilisation and safety planning.
• Lead fieldwork campaigns including soil, groundwater and surface water sampling, supervision of drilling, test pitting and groundwater well installation.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to graduate team members.
• Prepare high quality analysis and technical reports to ASC NEPM and NSW EPA requirements.
• Develop reports to exceptional technical and editorial standard and work collaboratively with the team to meet client expectations.
• Collaborate with inter-disciplinary teams; liaise with clients and regulators.
• Proposal and project management support to the contaminated land team.

What can you bring to the team?

You’ll have a genuine passion for re-imagining problems and continuous learning to help shape the future. We are looking for a Senior Environmental Consultant with the 5-10 years’ experience in contaminated land to join our team. The role would include a mixture of office and field-based tasks. To be successful in these roles, you will have:

• Tertiary degree in environmental engineering or science disciplines.
• Relevant experience in undertaking contaminated land and/or groundwater investigations:
• Understanding of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and National Environment Protection Measures and other current and emerging NSW EPA legislation, standards and guidelines for contaminated land.
• Familiarity with the NSW EPA Auditor scheme
• A desire to deliver exceptional client experiences.
• Ability to train and mentor Graduate and Junior staff
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Current driver’s licence.

How will your future be shaped by us?
Joining Aurecon means you’ll be at the award-winning edge of innovation and sustainability. AFR ranked us Top 5 among sustainability leaders and Top 3 of all innovative companies in professional services. One Consult awarded us an innovative design award. Plus, we were Consult Australia’s large firm of the year.
You really can bring your whole self to work and be confident your voice will be heard. We don’t just claim we’re inclusive and innovative, as proven by the independent awards and accreditations we’ve gained. We’ve been recognised for our innovation culture, gender equality and our LGBTI+ inclusion. Plus, we have a robust Reconciliation Action Plan – our fourth edition since 2014.
On a personal level you’ll have access to flexible work hours, remote work, working holidays, part-time and job share options. When it comes to your development you’ll be supported on every step of your career journey with mentoring, leadership training and our Career Hub. Outside of work, you’ll be further supported with competitive paid parental leave, cultural public holiday swaps, plus wellbeing support programmes. Ready to bring ideas to life? Apply to join us
We have exciting opportunities available across Australia, including in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and our regional offices in Mackay, Gladstone, and Cairns

Our current committed and projected workload provides a unique and specific opportunity for one or more Senior Contaminated Land Consultants, Scientists or Engineers to join the team in our Sydney or Newcastle office. The role offers diverse, interesting and challenging work with the opportunity to make your mark in a consulting environment. Here are the key things you will do:

• Design, manage and deliver large, contaminated land projects
• Develop Sampling Analysis and Quality Plans, Preliminary Site Investigations, Detailed Site Investigations and Remediation Action Plans.
• Support State Significant Development/State Significant Infrastructure projects through developing specialists reports for Environmental Impact Statements/Review of Environmental Factors.
• Manage field programs including contractor engagement, premobilisation and safety planning.
• Lead fieldwork campaigns including soil, groundwater and surface water sampling, supervision of drilling, test pitting and groundwater well installation.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to graduate team members.
• Prepare high quality analysis and technical reports to ASC NEPM and NSW EPA requirements.
• Develop reports to exceptional technical and editorial standard and work collaboratively with the team to meet client expectations.
• Collaborate with inter-disciplinary teams; liaise with clients and regulators.
• Proposal and project management support to the contaminated land team

You’ll have a genuine passion for re-imagining problems and continuous learning to help shape the future. We are looking for a Senior Environmental Consultant with the 5-10 years’ experience in contaminated land to join our team. The role would include a mixture of office and field-based tasks. To be successful in these roles, you will have:

• Tertiary degree in environmental engineering or science disciplines.
• Relevant experience in undertaking contaminated land and/or groundwater investigations:
• Understanding of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and National Environment Protection Measures and other current and emerging NSW EPA legislation, standards and guidelines for contaminated land.
• Familiarity with the NSW EPA Auditor scheme
• A desire to deliver exceptional client experiences.
• Ability to train and mentor Graduate and Junior staff
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Current driver’s licence