Overview

EDP is seeking an Environmental Consultant to join our global team from our Sydney or Newcastle office bases.

Why we are different:

EDP’s purpose is Creating a Better Tomorrow. We realise this purpose by living our core values of Relationships, Ownership, Communication, Integrity and Excellence in everything we do.

EDP was established in Australia in 2018 and has experienced rapid organic growth from exceptional delivery across our environmental, contaminated land and occupational hygiene services.

In 2021, EDP was acquired by RSK Group – a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions. RSK has over 12,000 employees from 180 environmental, engineering and technical services businesses, all working together to provide practical solutions to some of the greatest social and climate challenges our global community has ever faced.

EDP prides itself on its innovating and refreshing approach to consulting. Not only are EDP poised for further expansion into new local and regional markets within our core disciplines, EDP is at the frontier of expanding RSK’s environment and sustainability initiatives throughout Australia.

The RSK expansion within Australia offers a rare opportunity for a skilled and ambitious local environmental practitioner to:

• Help grow the EDP brand across the Australian market.
• Engage in genuine collaboration opportunities with RSK and its businesses.
• Upskill and diversify their knowledge into other areas of environmental consulting and project delivery.

What EDP can offer:

Further to leveraging the RSK opportunities, EDP will provide a collaborative, inclusive and flexible work environment with a focus on keeping your personal life in balance. We provide a nurturing, yet dynamic work environment lead by engaged senior managers who are invested in your success and will facilitiate your career aspirations.

In addition, EDP will provide the successful candidate:

• Genuine investment in your personal and professional growth, with incentivised and tangible career progression plans.
• Flexible working hours and working from home
• Wellbeing Day
• Discount on the Corporate Health Insurance
• Pre-paid extra-curricular study programs providing Cert IV and Diploma qualifications.
• Employee reward & recognition program
• Experience in a variety of technically challenging, cross-disciplinary projects spanning numerous industries and public/private sector clients
• Long Service Award Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The opportunity:

EDP is seeking a skilled contaminated land practitioner to join its growing organisation. We are looking for an experienced professional to who can:

• Diligently prepare for and implement field investigations, obtain quality data and upload to system and manage laboratory analysis and results.
• Lead end-to-end project delivery on all small to medium project scales.
• Identify opportunities based on EDP’s core disciplines or leveraging RSK’s expertise, and prepare quality and competitive submissions.
• Prepare quality technical reports around waste, investigation, due diligence and other environmental related advice.
• Collaborate with existing clients and identify opportunities to expand EDP’s business within currents relationships, or by forging new client relationships.
• Provide mentoring to graduate staff.

This is a unique opportunity to join an organisation before its widespread expansion. We want the successful candidate to share the long term vision of success for EDP/RSK, and recognise the endless possibilities to direct your career however you chose.

We want you to grow, with our growing business.

What we’ll love about you

Our ideal candidate will:

• Honour EDP’s core values with a client focussed approach
• Have a collaborative working style with a pro-active attitude to a complex and varied workload.
• Be clear thinker with an open mind to innovation and will embrace new ideas and solutions.
• Be an organised and diligent individual capable of working across several projects at one time.
• Be professional and energetic with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to demonstrate your resilience and persistence when faced with challenges.
• Have an appetite for learning and interest in your own professional and personal development.
• Have a demonstrable understanding of recognised industry, best practices, legislation and guidelines.

What we offer:

• Wellbeing day per calendar year!
• Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others.
• A friendly team environment, with dedicated and enthusiastic staff committed to producing high quality service and deliverables.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Corporate Private health insurance.
• Length of service recognition.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Approved overtime.
• Travel and subsistence expenses are payable.

Culture:

EDP is a leading health, safety, and environmental consultancy founded over 30 years ago with offices throughout the UK, Ireland, Singapore and Australia. Currently, EDP is undergoing rapid growth and expansion and are looking for talented people to join our teams.

EDP currently has projects for public and private sector clients across all functions and has had recent success with major panels. EDP is wholly owned by the RSK Group, the UK based internationally recognised leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business.

At EDP, we pride ourselves on our “People” centred culture, hence our focus on seeking out the best talent to join our teams. EDP is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.

Veterans and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged to apply and explore the options of a career with EDP.