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 chance 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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- Flexible 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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