Senior Environmental Advisor / Environmental Advisor

Worley is seeking a Senior Environmental Advisor or Environmental Advisor to join their Perth team. The role involves supporting major development projects by providing environmental advice, ensuring compliance with approvals, and managing environmental risks. Responsibilities include executing monitoring programs, training junior team members, and compliance reporting. Candidates should have significant experience in the natural resources sector and familiarity with environmental approvals, particularly in Australia.
About The Job

We’re looking for a Senior Environmental Advisor or Environmental Advisor to join our Perth team.

When you work for us, you get the chance to join nearly 50,000 people all driven by a common purpose to deliver a more sustainable world. We are excited about the challenges ahead. If you ask us, there’s never been a more rewarding time to work in the energy, chemical and resources sectors.

As a Site Environmental Advisor, you will be responsible for supporting major development projects, providing advice on environmental approvals and developing and maintaining compliance programs throughout execution. We are looking for someone who is interested in a site role for up to 12 months, with possibility of extension.

Who We Are

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of engineering and consulting to the last stages of closure and rehabilitation.

What You’ll Do

We are looking for a Senior Environmental Advisor to join our team on Site.

The Role Responsibilities Include
• Provide experienced technical environmental advice to engineers, contractors and client representatives to ensure best project outcomes and compliance with environmental approvals and regulator requirements.
• Facilitate a collaborative performance and reporting framework ensuring project deadlines are met and stakeholders are kept informed on progress.
• Drive implementation of the project CEMP and EMS and efficiently manage risk assessments and continuous improvement of EMS. Defining, assessing and mitigating environmental risks.
• Raise informed improvement opportunities and identification of areas of risk.
• Provide interpretation of legislation and relevant compliance documentation.
• Advise on and contribute to sub-contractor management through input into scope development and oversee environmental compliance and performance.
• Be accountable for executing environmental monitoring programs, as well as responsible for Dust, Noise, Vibration, Vegetation monitoring and inspections and audits.
• Development of junior team members through training and mentorship opportunities and should also train Worley teams and contractors (inductions, land disturbance training, bio (identification).
• Manage the successful execution of the Land Disturbance Procedure.
• Compliance reporting including managing legal obligations and managing reporting on NGERS, waste, monitoring, Part V (licence reports).
• Advising contractors and project management team.
• Implementation of Heritage Protection Plans, working closely with Traditional Owners.

What You’ll Have
• Understanding of Commonwealth environmental approvals framework and high degree of familiarity with State or Territory (preferred West Australian or NSW) environmental approvals compliance management.
• Significant experience in a similar role within natural resources industry or equivalent.
• Strong computer skills familiarity with GIS software, data capture and interpretation, EMS management and reporting.
• Demonstratable understanding of key environmental and social risks associated with natural resources projects.
• Strength in communication, building stakeholder relationships, collaboration and negotiation.
• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Engineering, or related fields of study with experience in managing State and Commonwealth environmental approvals.
• Unrestricted drivers' license and working rights for Australia.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.

We’re building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there’s no barrier to your potential career success.

Company

Worley

Primary Location

AUS-WA-Perth

Job

Environmental

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type

Agency Contractor

Job Level

Experienced

Job Posting

Jun 8, 2025

Unposting Date

Jul 9, 2025

Reporting Manager Title

Major Projects Lead - Environment, Approvals and Communities

Duration of Contract

12