Are you looking for a home for the best years of your career? A place where you can contribute to a dynamic innovative firm, tackle challenging project work, and collaborate with industry-recognized professionals? Geosyntec is the place for you! 

Geosyntec Consultants is a world leader in bringing innovative solutions to land contamination problems. We are engineers, scientists, innovators. Our local operations are a strong female led environment with offices across both the east and west coasts and project sites all over Australia and NZ.

Geosyntec Consultants is a world leader in bringing innovative solutions to land contamination problems and mine sites. We are internationally known for our technical leadership, broad experience and exceptional client service.  Learn by visiting www.geosyntec.com.

Due to recent expansion in the Australian operations, we are seeking an Emerging Leader – Environmental Engineering or Hydrogeology in our Melbourne office.  Our team provides a strong supportive environment for you to grow into an established industry leader, supported by other female and male established industry leaders. This person will have a strong track record of delivering quality products to large clients and managing technical work. You will play a key development and management role in the growth of Geosyntec within Australia. This is a unique opportunity to establish and build a practice, with significant technical and executive support with an internationally respected, employee-owned firm. 

The role requires the opportunity to work on a variety of challenging technical projects and leverage your existing knowledge and experience to help Geosyntec expand its current practices and capabilities.  You must lead by example by demonstrating and promoting a team philosophy, to work together toward a common goal to achieve exceptional results for our clients.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical responsibility for scoping, performing, and delivering multiple concurrent project assignments while following Geosyntec’s risk and quality management systems;
• Designing and providing oversight of site investigations, contamination assessments including tailings storage facilities, groundwater investigations, conceptual site model development, rehabilitation and remediation feasibility assessment, remediation options assessment, remediation design and implementation, and data collection to support human health and ecological risk assessments;
• Technical direction of site investigation and remediation or rehabilitation projects, including environmental data evaluation and mapping, visualisation, regulatory agency interactions, and reporting;
• Remedy evaluation, selection, design, implementation, and reporting and/or risk assessment, problem formulation, toxicology/exposure assessment and risk characterisation;
• Delegating assignments with overall responsibility for completion of tasks within budgetary, schedule, and other internal and external constraints;
• Support the business development efforts aimed at increasing brand recognition, increasing client portfolios, and establishing Geosyntec as the “go-to” consultancy in the region for challenging environmental problems; and
• Recruitment of other talented individuals to build the practice.

Collaboration and mentoring are cornerstones of Geosyntec’s culture. We operate under a sell-manage-do culture, and so we expect that you’d work on challenging technical projects while leveraging your existing knowledge and experience to help Geosyntec expand its current practices and capabilities through business development and client management. You may also be asked to take on project management responsibilities, along with staff management and mentoring tasks. 

Geosyntec provides professional development opportunities including in-house seminars, webinars, and mentoring, that allow our professionals to build the technical and business skills necessary to become successful consultants.  We encourage our professionals to continually develop their interests and skills with technical, business development and leadership programs available. 

Other benefits include:

• Brand new office space with easy access to public transport
• Fun office environment (with free cookies!)
• Hybrid work model
• Bonus pool
• Participation at global training sessions
• Social activities
• Membership to industry associations

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Tertiary degree in geology, environmental science, environmental engineering or related field. (required)
• Advanced degree in geology, environmental science, environmental engineering or related field. (preferred)
• 5 + years of relevant work experience, the majority within Australia, in challenging and demanding positions; or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• 10 to 15 years of relevant experience (preferred)
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements related to environmental investigation and remediation. (required)
• Current and valid work authorisation for Australia and a valid Australian driver’s licence and satisfactory diving record for business travel. (required)

Culture/EEO Statement

Geosyntec strives to hire and retain the best and brightest people in their fields. We look for exceptional interpersonal skills, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities, plus the passion for excellence and quality.

Geosyntec is a great place to build a career. If you're looking for an exciting place to work, a place with challenging and rewarding projects, and a place that has been nationally recognised for its employees' quality of life, technical expertise, and business success, then Geosyntec may be the place for you. You can learn more about careers and employment at Geosyntec by visiting http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/

Geosyntec offers excellent compensation packages commensurate with experience, along with a comprehensive employee benefits package.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Geosyntec will not be engaging the services of recruitment agencies.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Accessibility: If you have a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation related to applying for employment, please contact Human Resources at hr@geosyntec.com.