Senior Environmental Scientist

Overview

Senior scientist providing high‑level environmental strategy for mining/quarry projects in NSW.

Key Responsibilities

• strategic planning
• impact assessment
• management plans
• audits
• environmental consulting
• recruiting

Tasks

Recruiting Environmental Professionals for over 18 years. This isn’t your typical consulting role, instead, you’ll provide high-level strategy to clients looking to explore, expand, open, operate and close a site. Senior Environmental Scientist to join a consultancy handling Mining / Quarry focused projects & providing a variety of environmental, planning and consents advice across NSW. -Providing high-level strategy on exploration, expansion and site closure. -Help deliver Environmental Impact Assessments, Management Plans, Audits, Advice and General consultancy work

Requirements

• mining
• quarry
• 10+ years
• senior

What You Bring

Circa 10+ years exp. With a 45 year history across 1,100+ sites in NSW, their workload is continuous based purely on reputation and experience – they never pitch for work, they do however turn a lot of it away and that is why they need a Senior set of hands, someone with 10+ year’s experience to come in and take some load off the Principals. -Mining / Quarry Focused (non-coal).

Benefits

$150,000 - $200,000 package -$150,000 - $200,000 package on experience.

About Alra Recruitment

-Consultants operate as business partners, free from KPIs, fostering entrepreneurial mindsets. -Specialises in placing professionals across Legal, Accounting & Insolvency, Environmental Sciences & Engineering, and Property & Valuations. -Typical projects include recruiting partners and senior associates in law firms, environmental and hydrogeology specialists, accountants, and property valuers. -The agency supports complex and high‑value placements—global environmental approvals directors, contaminated‑land engineers, senior counsel, and valuation leaders. -Unusually, it provides in‑house marketing, deal advisory, and legal support to recruiters, making them true business operators. -The founding team brings deep niche expertise—Brett’s 20+ years in environmental and engineering recruitment and Aaron Matrljan’s decades in accounting and insolvency.

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