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Early-career environmental scientist

Darwin
Tetra Tech Coffey
Posted: 17 January
Offer description

* Build your career with an international consultancy while living local
* Enjoy mentoring and professional development with our specialists
* Learn to manage projects for our clients

Our top end team is growing to keep up with our busy and diverse project lineup across the NT

About the role

Joining our team means you'll work alongside hazardous materials & occupational hygienists, experienced environmental scientists & engineers, geologists & hydrogeologists, and remediation and waste management consultants on a wide variety of projects.

Our project line-up includes some of the biggest and most significant environmental projects in the NT. We provide specialist services to the Department of Defence, Federal and local government agencies, and several tier 1 mining companies.

Working closely with our sister companies - Eco Logical Australia, Norman Disney Young and RPS - we apply deep technical expertise and project management capability to tackle complex challenges, making sure our solutions are creative, practical and sustainable.

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

* Hazardous materials/asbestos assessments and inspections
* Occupational hygiene monitoring and asbestos fibre counting
* Managing field programs for a range of contaminated site investigations including soil and groundwater sampling, monitoring, and validation
* Observing, guiding, and recording site remediation activities
* Data management, interpretation, and quality assurance/quality control
* Assisting with writing proposals, project correspondence and technical reports
* Engaging with our clients and contractors and delivering and managing end-to-end projects.

About you

Here's what you'll need to thrive:

* Tertiary qualifications in environmental science(s) or relevant field work experience
* Confident communication and great relationship building skills
* Ability to work remotely within NT including shifts away from home
* Hold a full Australian driver's license and have full work rights in Australia
* Previous experience gained in relevant field/site work will be an advantage.

If you bring the right "can-do" attitude and commitment to developing your career, we'll provide you with the support, mentoring and professional development opportunities you need to build a successful career as an environmental specialist.

What's in it for you

You'll join our awesome team, work on a variety of projects and find a supportive environment committed to helping you reach your full potential.

You'll enjoy these benefits:

* We support you to make space for the other parts of your life - flexible work, study breaks and leave purchase plans enabling you to have up to 8 weeks of annual leave per year
* Opportunities to work across a wide variety of projects, clients, and sectors
* Professional development opportunities including coaching by our approachable technical experts
* Professional memberships
* Reward and recognition program
* Participation in company ownership through our employee stock purchase plan
* Paid parental leave for primary and secondary care givers
* Employee assistance program available to all staff and their immediate families

About us

Tetra Tech Coffey provides high-end environmental, geotechnical, digital, and engineering design consulting services in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Every day, our people come together to solve complex challenges for our clients.

With over 30,000 Tetra Tech colleagues across 550 offices globally, we deliver projects that improve lives through science, technology, and innovation.

Our commitment to creating lasting, measurable value is reflected in our global1 Billion People Challenge, which tracks how our 100,000+ annual projects benefit people and communities around the world.

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