Job Senior Hydrogeologist - Melbourne, Melbourne

SLR’s One Team Culture and Commitment
At SLR Consulting, we celebrate a ‘One Team Culture’, where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results. We strive to create an inclusive workplace where we value different experiences and look to create a culture where everyone belongs. The SLR culture is underpinned by our 5Bs which, in short is to Be safe, Belong, Be trusted, Be yourself and Be Successful.

SLR Consulting is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With offices throughout the Asia Pacific, Europe, North, Central and South America and Africa regions, we are one of a very small number of leading international specialist environmental consultancies. We have committed to being a Climate Neutral Business by 2030 and have a long-term commitment to align with global net zero ambitions.

The Hydrogeology and Hydrology (H&H) Technical Discipline, hosts over 55 people, making it one of the largest technical disciplines in SLR Australia. An opportunity exists to join this team, with over 35 hydrogeologists, as a Senior Consultant based in Melbourne.

We have a strong pipeline of work and a focus on technical excellence and strong client relationships. We are an active sponsor of the International Association of Hydrogeologists and focused on investing in industry best practice for the benefit of both clients and staff. We work in a collaborative environment across our H&H teams in Brisbane, Townsville, Newcastle, Wollongong, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and closely with other SLR environmental specialists. The team delivers projects across SLR's market sectors including Mining & Minerals, Built Environment, Infrastructure, Industry and Power, with a focus on resource projects.

Your role would involve developing site hydrogeological conceptualisations, preparation of risk assessments to support project approvals, compliance reporting and a range of desk-based technical tasks. The opportunity exists to work on projects across Australia, with a wide variety of clients and project focus. Additionally, an element of field work, including supervision of groundwater bore installation, groundwater sampling and level monitoring programs, will be required.

About the role and what you need to succeed

Key skills and specialist technical areas:

• Thorough understanding and application of VIC groundwater related legislation and guidelines as applied to resource, development and infrastructure projects
• Working knowledge of other relevant National and Victorian groundwater legislation and policies, standards and guidelines
• Project experience developing hydrogeological conceptual models, and completing groundwater risk assessments
• Although not critical, experience associated with groundwater – surface water interaction and groundwater dependent ecosystem studies
• Capacity to produce complete technical work (developing proposals and reports) to a standard suitable for final review prior to client delivery
• Project management experience of routine technical projects or aspects of larger projects
• Overseeing and working collaboratively with junior staff preparing quality reports for internal and external clients on time and within set budgets
• Contributing to winning work by identifying and converting opportunities and drawing on your client relationships
• Developing, facilitating and enhancing relationships with our key clients to maintain and grow SLRs brand in the region
• Strong quality control and time management aligned with successful delivery of concurrent project scopes
• Experience undertaking basic hydrogeological field work, inclusive of water quality sampling.

To be successful in this role

Our ideal candidate will have between 5-8 year's industry experience, including experience within a consultancy group, and have:

• Appropriate Hydrogeological tertiary qualification and relevant groundwater industry experience (technical reporting and basic field hydrogeology)
• Demonstrated experience in hydrogeological reporting and varied project delivery
• Excellent interpersonal skills, self-motivated and ability to work effectively within a team
• Excellent communication skills and technical report writing
• Excellent analytical assessment ability, being detailed focused, while functioning under time and budget constraints
• Demonstrated experience working with and successfully mentoring junior staff and managing upwards
• Australia Citizenship or rights to work in Australia
• Excellent driving history and hold a current driver's license

Our Benefits
We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

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Next Steps
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

So, if this sounds like the ideal environment for you, come and join us! For more information or to have a confidential discussion please contact the Talent Acquisition team.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.