About Tellus

Tellus operates Sandy Ridge, Australia's first and only geological repository, located in Western Australia. We help Australian industry start up, scale up and clean up safely and responsibly permanently isolating material no-one else can. Our work underpins the clean energy transition, resources and energy decommissioning, and national environmental remediation.

Our small and committed team is cleaning up Australia of hazardous waste – and our business is growing.

The Opportunity

The Sandy Ridge Facility is a remote residential site, with FIFO from Jandakot, Perth or DIDO from regional towns. Our operations are day shift only, working currently on a 2:2 roster pattern. The project has a design life of at least 25 years and operates with a team of approximately 25 Tellus staff and additional contractors (per swing).

The position offered presents a unique opportunity to apply your chemistry or waste experience in a practical environment, where you would be directly involved in the operation’s verification and immobilisation activities to safely handle and store hazardous materials.

Working closely with the on-site and off-site teams across several disciplines, you will spend your day between on-site activities “out in the field”, data analysis and input and have access to the onsite laboratory for waste sample analysis and experimentation.

Key Responsibilities

- Sampling of waste deliveries (bulk and packaged materials)

- Participate in waste verification sampling activities

- Operation of fixed plant infrastructure

- Ensure the disposal of hazardous materials is conducted in accordance with the site plan, policies, and all licence procedures

- Actively comply with Tellus’ health, safety and environmental policies, management plans, procedures, and practice

- Operating waste characterization; geotechnical; desktop and in-field environmental monitoring and laboratory equipment; and





- Assisting in the upkeep of the laboratory services onsite including conducting calibration and daily maintenance of all sampling and laboratory equipment, constantly checking and updating labels of all waste stored in office

- Assisting with the operation and cleaning of our waste immobilization plant and site environmental monitoring activities

- Pumping liquid waste and sampling to prepare batches for processing

- Forklift operation

Reporting Relationships

Reporting to our Technical Supervisors, the role will be based on our operational facility - Sandy Ridge (nr. Coolgardie)

Role Requirements

- Ideally you will hold a bachelor’s degree in chemistry; Physics, Environmental sciences or similar, however you will need to demonstrate strong chemistry knowledge.

- You must also hold a current WA C Class Driver’s License (automatic only OK), as on-site driving is a necessary part of the role.

- Knowledge of/willingness to learn about dangerous goods legislation, and environmental management standards like ISO14001/9001/45001.

- Forklift licence desirable

- Good computer skills, including using spreadsheets and writing reports, will help you in this role, as you will be required to conduct various analysis and sampling exercises and prepare their required reports.

- The final essential requirement is a hunger for continual learning and the need and skill to problem solve and work in a team that is innovative in how they assess, immobilise and store hazardous materials.

If you have previous waste industry experience in a similar role; have good knowledge of the dangerous goods storage requirements; - fantastic!

Why join Tellus

- Work that matters: a nationally significant facility with a clear purpose

- A team that cares about making a difference

If this sounds like your next role, we would love to hear from you. Apply with your CV and a short note on why Tellus or please contact us via ••••@tellus.com.au. Confidential discussions are welcome.

Tellus has created a genuinely diverse workplace and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women and people of all backgrounds.

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