Senior Environmental Approvals / Environmental Planning Consultant

As part of the continued growth of our services in the energy and resources sectors, ERM has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Environmental Approvals Specialist / Environmental Planning Consultant to join our team in Brisbane. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in supporting decarbonization efforts and helping drive forward the development of large scale renewable energy projects. This is an excellent opportunity for professional consultants looking to advance their career with a global leader.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading and/ or supporting a wide variety of environmental approvals for the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. Environmental approvals will cover Commonwealth, State and local jurisdictions as applicable.
• Collaborating with other ERM national and global practitioners to execute projects. Participate on teams composed of multi-disciplinary professionals from multiple offices around the global ERM organization.
• Developing skills including technical skills, project experience, and general consulting and decision-making skills.
• Contributing to proposal development, including development of technical scopes and cost estimates in accordance with ERM’s policies and processes.
• When required, directing and monitoring project management activities related to projects, including task delegation and direction, subcontractor management, health & safety protocol management, monitoring of commercial performance, quality review of deliverables, and interaction with clients.
• Working with other global ERM resources to deepen relationships with ERM key clients to expand ERM’s profile and market share in the global mining as well as future energies' markets (through a combination of excellence in technical delivery and business development support).

Requirements:

• Bachelors in environmental planning or science, or related discipline.
• 3 + years of relevant infrastructure and/or energy industry experience including environmental approvals/ permitting and/or management. Consulting industry experience highly desirable.
• Experience with and an understanding of the environmental / planning approvals process applicable to QLD projects, therefore a working knowledge of the Planning Act 2016, Vegetation Management Act 199, Nature Conservation Act 1992 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the affiliated relevant regulator guidance.
• Experience in managing approvals for infrastructure projects, with experience in the renewables sector desirable.
• Strong knowledge of project management and experience working as part of an integrated team.
• Critical thinking skills – i.e. able to synthesize large amounts of data into meaningful outcomes.
• Excellent report writing, data collation and management/presentation skills.
• Motivated to proactively contribute to a team environment, share knowledge, skills and idea.

Our Employee Benefits:

• Structured career development, including access to mentoring and collaboration opportunities with industry leading technical experts, certified environmental practitioners and in-house Site Auditors. 
• Discretionary performance bonuses and incentives.
• Fieldwork allowances, including local and works away from home.
• Professional memberships, including paid annual membership to a relevant professional organisation;
• Wellness ‘You’ Day, access to 1 ‘wellness day’ per quarter, in addition to annual leave;
• Access to purchased additional leave;
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Continuous training and development including support for external training;
• Access to a wide variety of local, interstate and international projects.
• Employee Assistance Programs including mental and physical health wellness support, confidential access to a wellbeing coach and discounts with a range of retailers.
• Opportunity to join and work in local communities through the ERM foundation

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do, and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM values that include Accountability, Caring for our People, Client Focus, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Transparency. 

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ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status or disability status.

Thank you for your interest in ERM.