Principal – Contaminated Land Assessment and Remediation (Burswood, WA)

• Technical expert
• Strong commercial acumen
• Effective leadership skills

The organisation

Coffey Environments is an industry leading environmental consultancy which is part of Coffey International Limited. We provide technical and advisory services covering environmental, social and health and safety issues, waste management and energy monitoring services throughout a project’s lifecycle.

Coffey Environments employ over 400 professional staff around the world, with permanent offices in major cities of Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates. We are technical experts and market leaders in our field, partnering with our clients to deliver specialist solutions in the infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, government and property sectors.

The role

Working within our Site Assessment and Remediation team (SAR) your role, as a senior member of the team, is reporting directly to the Group Leader. As Principal you will work with the project team to provide services to a variety of private and public sector clients located within WA. A key emphasis is to build relationships with existing and new clients by providing high quality service to meet client expectations. It is also anticipated that you will also be actively involved in other projects nationally as required. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Fulfil the role of project director on individual projects and take overall responsibility for client liaison, strategic direction, technical performance, staffing, financial and scheduling performance.
• Implement, develop and progressively refine strategic direction and business plans.
• Identify and attract future business prospects while maintaining existing client relationships.
• Support the professional development of individual staff members.
• Undertake reviews of current projects including seeking client feedback, testing project strategy and supplying advice and guidance on the running of the project.
• Monitor all operations for compliance with statutory regulations, environmental laws and company policy.

The person

You will have significant experience in Environmental Assessment/Management primarily in contamination assessment and relevant qualifications. Your in-depth knowledge of the WA market will be a distinct advantage in addition to working knowledge and involvement with mine closure planning. 

You will have high level strategic planning and leadership skills including excellent organisational and time management skills. Intuitive and proactive, you will have a flair for identifying client needs and maximising business growth opportunities.

Naturally your exceptional communication and commercial acumen will ensure your success.

Joining a regionally dispersed team of technical professionals, you will enjoy a high performance culture of service excellence and innovation and a variety of cross border projects and opportunities. As a multi-specialist consultancy, a career with Coffey exposes you to world class expertise, both in-house and in partnership with our acclaimed joint venture and alliance partners.

This opportunity offers long term career prospects, continual development of expertise and exposure to multiple challenging projects. A competitive salary package based on qualifications and experience will be negotiated.

Agency applications will not be accepted for this position

Please note, you must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position

For more information contact: Katie Walker, Recruitment Manager on +61 8 9355 7100.

Coffey International Limited is an equal opportunity employer; men and women are encouraged to apply to this opportunity. We also welcome applications from indigenous Australians.

For more information on Coffey Environments, please visit coffey.com