Professional Environmental Scientist

3 weeks ago


Christchurch, New Zealand AECOM Full time

Company Description
**Work with Us. Change the World.**

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

**Job Description**:
We are looking for an Environmental Scientist or Engineer that is a motivated, self-starter to join our Environment Business in Christchurch and play a key role in supporting a vast array of interesting and diverse projects both our NZ and Australia.

The AECOM Christchurch office is a perfect location to foster your passion for managing the environment where we work closely with various disciplines to work towards best outcomes for the environment. In the environment team we provide experience in everything from ecology, sustainability and resilience, planning, contaminated site investigation and remediation, environmental management and auditing, hydrology and hydrogeology, sediment, and erosion control, monitoring of rivers and streams, wastewaters and groundwaters.

Working on a diverse range of projects and as part of a close-knit, regional team, you will be given the opportunity to develop, shape and drive your career working for an international consultancy, whilst working in one of the most beautiful places in the country.

**What will a day in this role look like**:

- You will assist with the organization and completion of fieldwork and reporting/proposal preparation aspects of multiple concurrent projects ranging from contamination investigations to regulatory compliance monitoring.
- Work amongst a team of peers and alongside our clients and subcontractors, while learning first-hand from our in-house senior advisors and technical leaders.
- You will be involved in a range of environmental projects and site investigations, including the preparation of field plans, implement AECOMs Safety, Health and Environment Policies and Quality Control Policies.
- You will contribute to a range of projects sizes with opportunities to develop project management skills and will play an active role in project delivery and client management.

**Qualifications**:
**What are we looking for from you?**
- Experience in preliminary and detailed site investigations for soil, vapour, landfill gas, asbestos, surface water and/or groundwater.
- The role requires good communication skills and the ability to deliver technical excellence, as well as being able to comply with AECOM Safety, Health and Environment Policies.
- Experience in data management software (ESDAT / Equis / Leapfrog / Surfer), preparation of environmental reports and with Microsoft Office packages such as Word & Excel
- Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline such as environmental science, engineering, geology, or earth science.
- Current Full drivers license.

Additional Information

**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

**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 tran



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