Team Leader - Environmental Science

Company Description

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.

Job Description

What will a day in this role look like?

• Leading and delivering technical excellence on Geoscience & Remediation Services (GRS) projects such as closed landfill management, transport infrastructure, downstream oil and gas, regulatory peer review, due diligence, stormwater management throughout New Zealand and Australia.
• Coaching and mentoring GRS teams in Auckland and Hamilton; providing technical insight and support to early careers professionals.
• Client engagement; developing new clients, winning work, and supporting the continued growth of the GRS business.
• Actively participating in GRS leadership team meetings and providing input into strategic planning activities to ensure key objectives are achieved.
• Championing quality, consistency and collaboration across all platforms.

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.  

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, geology or earth science.
• A minimum of 10 years contaminated land experience within a consultancy, council, or similar environment.
• Solid experience in contaminated land management, environmental site assessments (preliminary and detailed site investigations) and remediation.
• Ability to scope and cost ground investigations in a commercial environment.
• Strong field experience and understanding of sampling and monitoring across a variety of media, including soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, soil vapour and ground gas.
• Ability to supervise field teams and subcontractors.
• Detailed understanding of relevant legislation and technical guidelines, and their practical application
• Willingness to travel, as required, across New Zealand.

Additional Information

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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 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, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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.