Location: Remote (Victoria)
Reporting to the Victorian Team Lead as a Hydrogeologist, working on water resource projects as well as the Contaminated Sites and Groundwater Sector, you will be responsible for providing technical and field support to a diverse range of projects including water resources, oil and gas, chemical and heavy industry, landfills and others.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Management, analysis and presentation of environmental investigation, monitoring data, including groundwater, surface water, soil, recovery and other types of data
- Desktop data gathering and compilation
- Background reviews of technical guidance, regulations and case studies
- Assistance with reporting and preparation of other written deliverables, including: monitoring reports, pump test reports, environmental site assessments, work plans, health and safety plans and proposals
- Providing technical expertise in the following fields;
- Groundwater flow and well hydraulics
- Contaminated Land Assessments (with specific emphasis assisting our landfill team)
- Conceptual site model development
- Mining and CSG Water Management
- Coordination and implementation of environmental field programs, including:
- Logging, drilling and monitoring of well installations.
- Set up, supervision and analysis of pumping tests.
- Field assessment and sampling of soils.
- Groundwater and surface water monitoring.
- Field assessment and sampling of soils.
- Other environmental inspection and monitoring programs.
- Supervision of subcontractors in the field (e.g. drilling supervision, excavation supervision)
- Project and task management – planning and implementation of scope, schedule, budgets
Qualifications/Education
- Bachelor degree in hydrogeology, geology, environmental science, environmental engineering, with a postgraduate degree in hydrogeology desirable.
- Up to three years of experience in a relevant environmental role, including training and experience in groundwater and soil sampling and ideally pumping test analysis.
- A developing understanding of environmental and resource regulations.
- Advanced user of Microsoft Excel (experience with Power BI and other database management experience is preferred, but not essential)
- Pump test analysis
- Australian experience and a current ability to work in Australia (citizenship or valid visa) is required
- Current Australian state driving license preferred.