Environmental Consultant - Environmental Approvals, Closure & Management

About the Business and the Role
SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd (SLR) is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. We provide advice and support on a wide range of sustainability challenges to a diverse and growing range of business, regulatory and governmental clients.

An opportunity has arisen for an Environmental Consultant to join our Environmental Approvals, Closure and Management team. This is a permanent, full-time role based in our Perth/Subiaco office.

We are looking to connect with early-career consultants, who hold between 1-3 years’ experience within a similar role. Our Perth team works closely with our Darwin office, providing opportunity to work across both WA and NT projects. Collaborate across multiple disciplines across the business and support to develop with a long-term approach to develop your career as an environmental consultant.

Job tasks and responsibilities

• Building and maintaining effective relationships with our clients and internal SLR team members
• Contribute to the preparation of environmental impact assessments and licence applications
• Work alongside our Planning team on urban and energy infrastructure projects
• Assist our accredited auditors with desktop and site audits and inspections
• Assisting with the development of environmental management
• Working within and leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects across a range of sectors
• Delivering clear and precise, high-quality reports
• Occasional travel to undertake field studies and short secondments opportunities may become available.

Skills and experience

• A degree in Environmental Science, Engineering or a related field
• Hold between 1-3 years + experience within the consulting industry or related field
• The ability to work autonomously, and the drive to learn from a variety of exciting projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Full working rights in Australia
• A valid Driver’s License.
• The following would be highly valued, but are not pre-requisites:
  • Working knowledge of WA, NT and Commonwealth environmental legislation and policies, standards, and guidelines would be a benefit
  • Experience in the mining, infrastructure, power and/or agribusiness sectors.

Our Benefits

We are most proud of our diverse, and collaborative team and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.