Principal Environmental Scientist - Contaminated Sites …, Adelaide

$200,000+ Base | Technical or Leadership Pathway Defence, T2D, Petroleum & Major Infrastructure Projects Shape the Role Around Your Strengths Principal Environmental Scientist, Contaminated Land
- this Adelaide opportunity is less about forcing you into a predefined role and more about building around what you’re actually good at. A growing contaminated land team needs another experienced senior operator to help support a strong pipeline of work across SA, NT and WA. The interesting part is the flexibility.
- Love technical delivery and client management? Lean into that.
- Prefer mentoring, scheduling and helping guide a junior-heavy team? That works too.
- Or combine both. You’ll step into a genuine 2IC-style position helping free up senior leadership to focus on growth, clients and strategy while you help drive delivery internally. The Role
- Technical delivery and review of complex contaminated sites projects
- Client liaison and proposal writing across key accounts
- Mentoring and supporting a CLM team of 12
- Defence, petroleum, renewables and civil infrastructure project exposure
- Major projects including T2D Tunnels and Australian Naval Infrastructure
- Flexible role structure depending on whether you prefer technical leadership, people leadership or both This is not a boxed-in Principal role buried in reports and internal admin. You’ll have autonomy, visibility and influence. What You’ll Bring
- 10+ years contaminated land consulting experience
- Solid understanding of SA legislation and project delivery
- Ability to manage clients and mentor consultants
- Experience across Defence, infrastructure, petroleum or industrial sectors highly regarded #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rv8a5