Technical Director- Environment

Your Opportunity

Our Environment and Society team in Victoria currently has a vacancy for an Environmental Principal/Technical Director to join our growing team in Melbourne. Develop your career within our highly successful global business and work with our local and national colleagues. Are you interested in becoming part of team in Victoria that gets to work on a variety of projects and gets to be involved in a team from the ground up?

The role will be integral to our growing team working on some of the largest most complex energy and transport projects in Victoria, and across Australia. Our team also works on major projects in our defence and water sectors, being an integral part of multidisciplinary teams.
 

This exciting role will include:
 

Technical project management and execution:

• • Managing and/or contributing to the delivery of environmental strategy, reporting, planning approvals, impact assessments and related technical studies.
  • Construction environmental management of large infrastructure projects
  • Providing senior technical support for Projects in relation to environmental compliance and management.

Business development

• • Identify new project opportunities, develop and maintain strong client relationships· Support the development of proposals and bid submissions.
  • Coordinating the delivery of environmental studies and documentation for the attainment of local, state, and federal environmental approvals

Team leadership and mentoring

• • Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the environment.
  • Manage and/or liaise with environment consultants and other planning consultants, to ensure successful delivery of a project.
  • Work collaboratively as part of an integrated expert across larger projects across other internal Mott MacDonald sectors.
  • Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

What you can bring to the role and team
 

• • Extensive experience leading environment and planning teams with deep connections with working in consulting. You’ll have the ability to influence and develop strong relationships with our key clients in providing environment and sustainability strategy with the delivery of major infrastructure projects.
  • A diverse background and experience of delivering on high value projects across the environment and planning space

• • Tertiary qualifications in in science/engineering/planning
  • Experience in environmental management, approvals, Impact assessments, risk assessments etc.
  • In-depth understanding of Victorian and Commonwealth environment and planning legislation.
  • Environment and planning project management or project coordination experience
  • Experience working in a consulting environment at a leadership level.

Our Culture and Employee Benefits

At Mott MacDonald, we value diversity and individuality. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including First Nations People, Veterans, and their spouses, people with differing abilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, neurodiverse individuals, and those from various cultural and age groups.
 

We take pride in offering an array of benefits and amenities designed to make your experience here truly exceptional, such as:
 

• An agile working policy that caters to your professional journey and life's special moments.
• Competitive salary, including bonus incentives, recognizing the dedication you invest.
• Life, personal accident, and salary continuance insurance, providing peace of mind.
• Enhance work-life balance through the option to purchase extra annual leave.

About Mott MacDonald

We are a dynamic and innovative engineering, management, and development consultancy working with high-profile clients across Australia and globally. We're the driving force behind some of Australia's most iconic infrastructural ventures that are transforming the way we live, work, and play. 
 

You've got this!
 

If you thrive in dynamic environments where your insights and expertise can make a real impact, then this role is for you! Join us and make a significant impact on our compensation and benefits programs!
 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Veterans, and spouses are strongly encouraged to apply.