Environmental Scientist

7 days ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Beca Full time

**Environmental Scientist (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)**
- Shape Ōtautahi / Christchurch and surrounding Te Waipounamu / South Island Regions, providing environmental consultancy services to ‘make everyday better’
- Make an impact delivering transformational environmental projects, across infrastructure, three waters, iwi and urban planning and community related assets
- Develop your career working with, learning from, and being mentored by, industry leaders in a fun and collaborative culture

**Te kāinga rua | The opportunity**

Build your career delivering transformational environmental projects with a focus on land and groundwater contamination, while learning from leading technical environmental, sustainability and related experts. This role will enable you to take the next step in your career, building your technical understanding, working with clients, and leading projects that shape our taiao.

You will play a key role in our national Aotearoa Environmental and Sustainability team where you will be delivering projects primarily across Te Waipounamu South Island, as well as further afield. You will be joining a team known for our ability to provide high quality environmental consulting advice to a diverse range of clients such as Christchurch City Council, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Dunedin City Council, NZ Defence Force, and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, local Iwi, Rūnanga and Hapū and a number of other local authorities and agencies.

You will have plenty of scope for success in this role, with significant career development opportunities. We will provide you with exposure to complex projects and clients, give you the opportunity to learn from industry leaders and work in a nationwide environmental practice. In this role you will be part of a team of experts, working closely with our Community Shaping team including, ecologists, landscape architects and planners delivering projects for clients and the wider business.

**Ko wai koe | About you**

You will have a relevant tertiary qualification in an environmental discipline. While this position requires excellent technical skills in a broad range of environmental science related disciplines, you will have expertise in contaminated land aspects of environmental science, water quality and/or assessments of environmental effects.

You will bring with you:

- Field experience that includes undertaking field surveys and contaminated land and groundwater sampling
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, displayed by your ability to work with colleagues, clients, and contractors
- A high level of written skills, including a demonstrated ability to undertake scientific investigations, analysis, and reporting
- Experience in working with emerging contaminants and/or asbestos in soils is desirable, however not essential
- Working knowledge of the Resource Management Act (RMA), NES (Contamination) and an understanding of resource consent processes
- Ehara tāku toa i te toa takatahi, engari, he toa takatini _- My strength is not as an individual but as a team. We chose this whakataukī because it reflects joining a supportive and collective team that are strong and cohesive. We look forward to hearing from you

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