Environmental Scientist - Relocate to Darwin

About the Role

The position involves conducting field investigations and remediation activities across the Northern Territory, overseeing project progress, and ensuring high‑quality outcomes through collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. You will interact with clients, regulators and stakeholders to support delivery and contribute to business development, while fostering a collaborative and knowledge‑sharing team culture. • Deliver fieldwork across ground remediation and contaminated land projects, including site investigations, remediation works, validation sampling and monitoring across the NT and beyond • Manage project performance and monitoring for environmental projects of all sizes • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high‑quality, client‑focused outcomes • Engage with clients, regulators, and stakeholders to support project delivery and business development efforts

Key Responsibilities

• ▸fieldwork
• ▸remediation
• ▸sampling
• ▸monitoring
• ▸project management
• ▸client engagement

What You Bring

Working from our Darwin office, you will gain hands‑on experience in environmental impact assessments, contaminated‑land investigations and remediation, hydrology and water‑quality monitoring, biodiversity surveys, and environmental‑management planning and auditing. The role blends the agility of a small office with the resources of a global consultancy, offering a platform to develop expertise while making a tangible impact in the Top End. We are looking for candidates with a degree in Environmental Science, Engineering or a related discipline, a valid Australian driver’s licence and Australian citizenship to satisfy defence‑clearance requirements. Relevant experience or a strong interest in ground remediation, as well as the ability to manage competing priorities independently, is essential. Excellent communication skills, a collaborative mindset, proactive attitude and a commitment to quality work are also required; experience managing full‑cycle environmental projects is a plus. • Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering or related field; valid Australian driver’s licence and Australian citizenship (defence clearance) • Experience or strong interest in ground remediation, contaminated land assessment, soil and groundwater remediation • Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities across diverse projects, and contribute to a supportive team environment • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts clearly • Collaborative mindset, proactive attitude, curiosity to learn and commitment to delivering quality work • (Desirable) Experience managing environmental projects end‑to‑end, including scope, timelines, budgets and coordination with clients and internal teams

Requirements

• ▸environmental degree
• ▸driver licence
• ▸australian citizen
• ▸ground remediation
• ▸project management
• ▸communication

Benefits

AECOM offers flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part‑time, job‑sharing and hybrid options, as well as the ability to purchase up to six weeks of additional annual leave and swap public holidays. Continuous learning is supported through lunch‑and‑learns, professional development courses, study assistance and paid study leave, alongside global career opportunities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and provide accommodations during the hiring process. Employees benefit from a comprehensive compensation and wellbeing program, global technology resources, and a culture that champions integrity, entrepreneurship and pioneering mindset. The hybrid work model allows you to work from office, remotely or on‑site, while contributing to transformational outcomes for our clients. • Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part‑time, job‑sharing and hybrid options • Purchase up to six weeks additional annual leave per year • Swap public holidays for alternative days that suit you better • Continuous learning and growth opportunities such as lunch‑and‑learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, five days paid study leave and global career opportunities

Work Environment

Hybrid