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Principal Environmental Scientist – Contaminated Sites

Contaminated Land, ENVIRONMENTAL

Adelaide, SA

200 — 230

  • $200,000+ Base | Technical or Leadership Pathway
  • Defence, T2D, Petroleum & Major Infrastructure Projects
  • Shape the Role Around Your Strengths

Principal Environmental Scientist, Contaminated Land – this Adelaide opportunity is less about forcing you into a predefined role and more about building around what you’re actually good at.

A growing contaminated land team needs another experienced senior operator to help support a strong pipeline of work across SA, NT and WA. The interesting part is the flexibility.

  • Love technical delivery and client management? Lean into that.
  • Prefer mentoring, scheduling and helping guide a junior-heavy team? That works too.
  • Or combine both.

You’ll step into a genuine 2IC-style position helping free up senior leadership to focus on growth, clients and strategy while you help drive delivery internally.

The Role

  • Technical delivery and review of complex contaminated sites projects
  • Client liaison and proposal writing across key accounts
  • Mentoring and supporting a CLM team of 12
  • Defence, petroleum, renewables and civil infrastructure project exposure
  • Major projects including T2D Tunnels and Australian Naval Infrastructure
  • Flexible role structure depending on whether you prefer technical leadership, people leadership or both

This is not a boxed-in Principal role buried in reports and internal admin.

You’ll have autonomy, visibility and influence.

What You’ll Bring

  • 10+ years contaminated land consulting experience
  • Strong understanding of SA legislation and project delivery
  • Ability to manage clients and mentor consultants
  • Experience across Defence, infrastructure, petroleum or industrial sectors highly regarded

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If you’re interested in this position please don’t hesitate to hit Apply or contact me for further information. Your approach will be held in confidence.

Brett Clemenson
Director & Founder of ALRA

0447 946 446
brett@alra.com.au

Brett Clemenson

ALRA CEO & Environmental Consulting Recruitment Partner