Location: Northern Tasmania + occasional travel to NSW
The Role
As Senior Environmental Compliance Officer, you will:
* Lead day‐to‐day environmental compliance across northern hatcheries, PMC (Tas), and our Ingleburn facility (NSW).
* Translate licence and permit requirements into practical controls that teams can follow.
* Support the rollout of centralised compliance systems and tools to improve consistency and oversight.
* Maintain risk registers, track corrective actions, and help sites close issues quickly and effectively.
* Prepare accurate environmental reports and notifications and ensure deadlines are met.
* Deliver site visits, toolbox talks and on‐the‐ground support to build awareness and strengthen environmental ownership.
* Support and co‐deliver internal audits, helping operations teams prepare, respond and continuously improve.
* Build strong, positive relationships with regulators, councils and utilities.
* Represent environmental findings and insights at internal meetings and committees.
Key Responsibilities
* Keep environmental registers, dashboards and documentation up to date.
* Identify risks, gaps and improvement opportunities across sites.
* Provide practical advice on environmental controls, pollution mitigation and safe operating practices.
* Coach and support supervisors and frontline staff to build capability and confidence.
* Ensure alignment to Huon and JBS' environmental, health and safety standards.
About You
You're a proactive environmental professional with:
* Qualifications in Environmental Science, Engineering, Aquaculture or a similar field (or equivalent experience).
* 5+ years' experience in environmental compliance, ideally in aquaculture, food processing or manufacturing.
* Strong understanding of land‐based environmental requirements (water/effluent, waste, hazardous substances, noise/air, reporting).
* Experience conducting audits, closing actions and improving operational controls.
* Confidence working with regulators and engaging frontline teams.
* Excellent communication, problem‐solving and relationship‐building skills.
* A willingness to travel to northern sites and NSW as needed.
Applications close 9am Monday, 16th March 2026.
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