Environmental Consultant – Contaminated Lands

Overview

You join WSP’s Contaminated Lands team to tackle WA’s environmental challenges through field investigations, data interpretation, and remediation planning. You’ll work across resources, mining, infrastructure, oil & gas, and defence projects, collaborating with mentors to build your expertise. You drive defensible sampling plans, CSMs, and high-quality reporting that informs regulators and clients. This role offers hands-on fieldwork, clear career paths, and a culture that values collaboration and innovation.

Pay / Benefits

• hands-on experience from day one
• clear career pathways and mentoring
• team culture of innovation and collaboration
• global network with local WA focus
• work-life flexibility and wellbeing programs
• diversity and inclusion emphasis

Responsibilities

• Support on-site planning and delivery of soil, groundwater, surface water, and vapour sampling
• Contribute to conceptual site models (CSMs) and defensible sampling plans
• Utilise innovative tools to collect, manage, and interpret environmental data
• Prepare clear reports and proposals for clients and regulators
• Collaborate with senior consultants on remediation strategies and risk assessment
• Engage in mentoring and structured development pathways toward senior roles

Key requirements

• Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Chemistry, or similar
• 2–8 years’ experience in contaminated land assessment and remediation
• Strong communication and collaborative mindset
• Willingness to learn WA regulatory frameworks (Contaminated Sites Act, NEPM schedules)
• Full Australian working rights and manual driver’s licence

• curiosity
• team collaboration
• effective communication
• field sampling
• CSM development
• remediation planning

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