Environmental Scientist

**Environmental Scientist (Lower North Island)**
- Shape the lower North Island, providing environmental consultancy services to ‘make everyday better’, based in ideally in Palmerston North, or Wellington
- Make an impact working on and delivering transformational environmental projects, with broad environmental considerations across the Defence Estate works programme, infrastructure, three waters, iwi and buildings, 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 as well construction environmental risk management, 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 communities and environment.

You will play a key role in our national Environmental and Sustainability Advisory team where you will be delivering projects primarily across the lower North Island, and 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 the New Zealand Defence Force, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Kāinga Ora, industry organisations and several 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 challenging and complex projects and the chance to build relationships with clients and provide opportunities to learn from industry leaders and work in a nationwide environmental and sustainability practice. In this role you will be part of a broad team of experts in our Community Shaping business including, ecologists, sustainability professionals, designers, 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 technical skills in a broad range of environmental science related disciplines, you will have expertise in contaminated land aspects of environmental science, water quality, construction related environmental risk management and/or assessments of environmental effects. Due to several projects underway and in the pipeline, our preference is for the role to be based in Palmerston North or Wellington.
- Field experience that includes contaminated land and groundwater investigations
- 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 working with emerging contaminants and/or asbestos in soils is desirable, however not essential
- Strong understanding and focus on health and safety
- Working knowledge of the Resource Management Act (RMA), NES (Contamination) and an understanding of resource consent processes

**Ko wai mātou | About us