
Principal Scientist/team Leader
6 days ago
Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**
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.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**
We will give you 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.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future.
**Job Description**:
AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Principal level professional to join our Geosciences and Remediation Services (GRS) Team in Auckland. As part of our larger and well-established Environment Group, you will take a key role in delivering excellence on projects covering closed landfill management, transport infrastructure, downstream oil and gas, regulatory peer review, due diligence, stormwater management, and much more.
This is a dual role with both technical and leadership elements.
For the technical element, you will utilise your science background and practical experience to help solve our clients’ problems. With exposure to projects across New Zealand and Australia, you will provide technical insight and support to our early career professionals. A strong focus on quality is a pre-requisite for this role.
The leadership element involves managing the local team in Auckland and Hamilton. As a member of the GRS leadership team, you will champion quality, consistency and collaboration in the work we do.
You will also play a key role in client engagement, developing new clients, winning work, and supporting the continued growth of the GRS business.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, geology or earth science.
Skills and Experience:
- A minimum of 10 years contaminated land experience with a consultancy, council, or similar environment.
- Strong 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 a variety of media, including soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, soil vapour and ground gas.
- Ability to supervise field teams and subcontractors.
- Strong organizational and communication skills with team members and clients.
- Strong report writing skills and technical review capabilities.
- Ability to be adaptable and flexible and contribute individually and within a team environment to the success of our projects.
- Confidence to make decisions and justify them.
- Willingness to travel, as required, across New Zealand.
Additional Information
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM 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.
AECOM provides
-
Principal Marine Scientist
2 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand RPS Group Full timeRPS is an established leader in delivering offshore and coastal marine environmental science projects, and are leaders in the offshore wind development sector. With 5,000 employees across 125 countries, we are a global organisation with a connected outlook and approach. Our project teams work across geographies to support our clients’ consenting and...
-
Principal Scientist/team Leader
2 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full timeCompany Description **At AECOM, we are delivering a better world.** 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. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas,...
-
Principal Scientist/team Leader
6 days ago
Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full time**Company Description** **At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.** 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. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people,...
-
Senior or Principal Environmental
7 days ago
Auckland City, New Zealand Stantec Full time**21328BR** **Requisition Number**: 21328BR **Description**: Are you genuinely passionate about making a difference within the community? Do you pride yourself on bringing your professional expertise to deliver sustainable projects that leave a lasting impression? At Stantec we do just that, we design with community in mind. Due to an internal promotion...
-
Principal Data Scientist
5 days ago
Auckland City, New Zealand Auckland Transport Full time**Lead the research, design, development of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence solutions**: - ** Ensure best practices in software engineering, machine learning solutions and work on multiple strategic projects**: - ** Permanent opportunity, hybrid working options** **Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity** Here at Auckland Transport, we are...
-
Chief Scientist
2 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full timeMō te tūnga | The role We are looking for an experienced administrative professional to support our Chief Scientist and the wider Chief Scientist group. This role would be based at our Mount Albert Science Centre in Auckland although a flexible working location may be considered. **In this role you will be responsible for**: - Providing executive...
-
Environmental Scientist
1 week ago
Auckland City, New Zealand 84 recruitment Full timeHighly reputable multi-disciplinary consultancy - Career progression pathway to shareholding - Professional memberships and mentorship **The company** A leading, New Zealand employee-owned consulting firm is seeking an Environmental Scientist to join their geo-environmental team. Renowned for their progressive, sustainability focussed approach to projects...
-
Microwave Engineer
2 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand Technical Recruitment Solutions Full time**The Company** **Variety of Product Applications**: With new solutions possible across a range of industry sectors globally, company stability and growth potential for the company and you are also a big tick. **Existing Industry Partnerships & Investment Backing**: The company have extensive industry partnerships locally and globally who are excited to...
-
Principal Engineer
7 days ago
Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full timeCompany Description **At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.** 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. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas,...
-
Principal Engineer
7 days ago
Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full timeCompany Description At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. 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. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas,...
-
Principal Engineer
5 days ago
Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full time**Company Description** **At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.** 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. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people,...
-
Principal Developer
1 week ago
Auckland City, New Zealand Axsys Full timeWe’re MYOB, a business management platform designed to unleash the potential of businesses across Australia and New Zealand! As the #originalstartup, our roots are in finance and accounting software, but today we are so much more. We help our Aussie and Kiwi customers unleash their full potential, giving them the tools to Start, Survive and Succeed: all in...
-
Principal Structural Engineer
2 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full timeAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented Principal Structural Engineer to become a valued and integral member of our Energy team in Auckland. You will be joining a well-respected geothermal power team who have a proven track record of providing high quality design and consultancy to our clients. This is an interesting and challenging role where you...
-
Principal Mechanical Designer
2 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full timeAs Principal Mechanical Designer you will thrive when providing leadership and mentoring to technical staff on complex, large scale, multidisciplinary projects that deliver high standard outcomes for AECOM clients. Day to day you will be managing and producing 2D and 3D CAD models, documentation and other technical work tasks to agreed schedule including...
-
Senior Environmental Scientist
4 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand Beca Full time**Senior Environmental Scientist (Water Quality)** - Develop your career as senior consultant, working alongside our clients to lead projects - Work with a passionate team with broad leadership and career development opportunities **Te whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity** Join Beca’s progressive and growing Water Quality team in this senior Environmental...
-
Principal Developer
3 weeks ago
Auckland City, New Zealand MYOB Full timeWe’re MYOB, a business management platform designed to unleash the potential of businesses across Australia and New Zealand! As the #originalstartup, our roots are in finance and accounting software, but today we are so much more. We help our Aussie and Kiwi customers unleash their full potential, giving them the tools to Start, Survive and Succeed: all in...
-
Pm Team Leader
2 weeks ago
Wellington City, New Zealand Team Global Express Full timeLocation: Wellington Full Time - Stable Team, Great Culture - A rare opportunity to lead this important branch function - Immerse yourself in our inclusive, diverse, and supportive company About Team Global Express NZ Team Global Express NZ delivers freight forwarding, end-to-end transport services, and comprehensive logistics solutions to customers...
-
Finance Team Leader
2 weeks ago
Wellington City, New Zealand Universal Business Team Full timeThe Company Our client, Arrow Uniforms specialise in the design, manufacture, and distribution of professional apparel across all major sectors including Healthcare, Corporate, Hospitality and Trade. With over 30 years in the business, Arrow Uniforms offer full uniform solutions including customised branding design, personalised online accounts, appro...
-
Environmental Scientist
1 week ago
Auckland City, New Zealand 84 recruitment Full timeAre you a passionate environmental scientist with a drive for positive change and a desire to take your career to new heights? Our client is a leading consultancy firm that is expanding their service line, and are on the lookout for a dedicated Senior Environmental Scientist to lead the charge into the future of environmental consulting. **About our...
-
Team Leader
2 weeks ago
Wellington City, New Zealand AECOM Full timeAt AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. 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. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and...