Company Description
We believe that infrastructure has the power to create opportunities for everyone. Whether it's making commutes easier, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our environmental practice helps industries and governments fulfill their responsibilities to the people they support, as well as the planet that supports us all.
We provide advisory and technical services to enable you to achieve compliance, manage impacts, and reduce or eliminate risks. Our services help clients anticipate and manage the environmental impact at each stage of a project: planning and obtaining permits for new facilities; decommissioning, clean-up, and closure of contaminated sites and surplus operations facilities; restoration for reuse; addressing critical climate-change issues; protecting or restoring habitats and water quality; and preserving cultural resources.
We're one global team – 50,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Job Description
A day in this role would involve conducting field-based ecology survey work, including baseline surveys, monitoring programmes, and targeted flora and weed assessments across various bioregions.
Lead and manage ecological projects, supporting internal clients with multi-disciplinary tenders and deliverables.
Plan, deliver, and analyse ecology surveys independently or collaboratively, performing impact assessments and designing mitigation strategies.
Assist in managing the technical performance and delivery of ecological projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
Qualifications
* Undergraduate degree in environmental science, ecology, botany, or similar
* Excellent field skills and experience conducting surveys in various environments, including mining, remote, and Perth Metro areas
* Strong technical reporting skills proficiency in GIS desktop and data collection packages (e.g., ESRI ArcGIS and Fieldmaps)
* WA driving licence and ability to work outdoors on short and extended field programmes
* Working knowledge of Commonwealth and State environmental legislation (EPA technical guides, BC Act)
About Us
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design, and engineering to program and construction management.
On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.
We're driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social, and governance priorities.