Job Description
$200,000+ Base | Technical or Leadership Pathway
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Defence, T2D, Petroleum & Major Infrastructure Projects
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Shape the Role Around Your Strengths
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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.
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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.
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Love technical delivery and client management? Lean into that.
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Prefer mentoring, scheduling and helping guide a junior-heavy team? That works too.
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Or combine both.
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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.
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The Role
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Technical delivery and review of complex contaminated sites projects
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Client liaison and proposal writing across key accounts
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Mentoring and supporting a CLM team of 12
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Defence, petroleum, renewables and civil infrastructure project exposure
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Major projects including T2D Tunnels and Australian Naval Infrastructure
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Versatile role structure depending on whether you prefer technical leadership, people leadership or both
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This is not a boxed-in Principal role buried in reports and internal admin.
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You'll have autonomy, visibility and influence.
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What You'll Bring
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10+ years contaminated land consulting experience
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Strong understanding of SA legislation and project delivery
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Ability to manage clients and mentor consultants
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Experience across Defence, infrastructure, petroleum or industrial sectors highly regarded
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📌 Principal Environmental Scientist - Contaminated Sites (South Australia)
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