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AECOM Director – Impact Assessment & Permitting in Perth, Australia
Company Description
Change the world for good.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
Our IAP Technical Practice covers a range of service offerings within the Environment Business Line including obtaining Statutory Environmental Approvals, undertaking environmental constraints analysis, auditing, environmental compliance and environmental impact assessment. The IAP team is also responsible for implementing marine and terrestrial field surveys required to inform EIA process.
Leading the change toward a sustainable and equitable future
Our environmental practice helps industries and governments fulfill their responsibilities to the people they support, as well as the planet that support us all. We provide advisory and technical services to enable you to achieve compliance, manage impacts and reduce or even eliminate risks. This role will build on our capacity to provide services to a strong pipeline of projects across Western Australia. We provide environmental impact assessment services to Energy, Transport, Mining and Defence market sectors, and have an exciting backlog of renewables and energy transition projects.
Our services help clients anticipate and manage the environmental impact at each stage of the project: planning and obtaining permits for new facilities; decommissioning, clean-up and closure of contaminates sites and surplus operations facilities; restoration for reuse; addressing critical climate – change issues; protection or restoration of habitats and water quality and the preservation of culture resource.
We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Job Description
What will a day in this role look like:
Our WA Environment Business has a fantastic career opportunity for a Director to join our Impact Assessment and Permitting (IAP) Team in Perth. Reporting to the Work Group Lead, this role will see you providing technical leadership and oversight within our group across a broad range of market sectors including Energy, Transport, Mining and Defence.
Provide technical leadership and innovation, driving the strategic development and continued growth of our business.
Utilise strong client relationships and significant industry experience to support development and training of leading-edge technical skills.
Build the technical capability of our team, focusing on enhancing their skills and expertise.
Apply exceptional understanding of EIA at both State and Commonwealth levels and the specific environmental challenges presented by the different market sectors that AECOM works with.
Qualifications
The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.
What are we looking for from you?
Significant, relevant experience managing complex projects
Detailed understanding of Envinronmental Impact Assessment and experience in engaging with State and Commonwealth regulatory Authorities
Ability to critically review IAP deliverables and provide constructive feedback on technical accuracy and written quality
Strong focus on technical excellence and service delivery
Appropriate tertiary qualifications
Additional Information
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AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10112553
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ANZ
Career Area: Science
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd