Senior Environmental Scientist Engineer – ESC & WSUD

About us

Healthy Land & Water works with community industry and government to deliver innovative and science-based solutions to challenges affecting our landscapes waterways and biodiversity. We help people understand the values and condition of South East Queenslands environment so we can ensure the sustainable use of our natural environment long into the future.

We believe that maintaining healthy landscapes and waterways is not just important for wildlife and ecosystems. A healthy environment also supports a vibrant economy strong livelihoods great lifestyles and the happiness and wellbeing of the community. Through our work we encourage people to examine and change their behaviours for the benefit of the natural world and for the people and places we love.

The opportunity

As a Senior Environmental Scientist (or Engineer) for the Water by Design program you will play a pivotal role in advancing water-sensitive urban design and enhancing erosion and sediment control practices throughout Queensland. The role involves coordinating the Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC) and Urban Stormwater (USW) Capacity Building Project in the Great Barrier Reef region. Travel throughout the region will be required to organise and deliver capacity building activities to local governments including training workshops and field trips. The desired skill set for the role includes excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills; good knowledge of best practice ESC and/or Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD); and excellent written communication and report writing skills.

Your responsibilities will include

• Developing and delivering tailored training programs and workshops for local government staff on water-sensitive urban design and erosion and sediment control practices
• Creating and maintaining educational materials including manuals guides and online resources to support ongoing learning and implementation of best practices
• Assisting in the development and implementation of policies guidelines and standards that promote sustainable urban water management
• Conducting site assessments and offering recommendations for improving erosion and sediment control and water sensitive urban design practices in ongoing and upcoming projects
• Establishing and nurturing a community of practice among local government partners to share knowledge experiences and best practices related to urban water management and erosion and sediment control
• Organising and facilitating regular meetings forums capacity building events and collaborative projects to foster engagement and information exchange within the urban stormwater community
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with government and industry representatives and other key stakeholders to promote collaboration and information sharing
• Providing expert advice and technical support to government and industry on the application of water-sensitive urban design principles and erosion and sediment control practices
• Communicating effectively with diverse audiences through presentations reports workshops training and other outreach activities to raise awareness and support for urban stormwater management initiatives
• Tracking and reporting on the progress and impact of training programs tool utilisation and capacity building activities
• Undertaking travel throughout Queensland as required

About You

Ideally you will share our vision to lead the change that will deliver an environment for future generations to thrive. You will be highly motivated and can work autonomously in agreed timeframes. To be successful in this role you will have all or many of the following requirements:

• Tertiary science qualifications in either science or environmental engineering or relevant field
• Extensive experience in related field
• Excellent technical knowledge of WSUD and/or ESC
• Ability to efficiently write format and review WSUD and/or ESC related materials including reports guidance documents policy reviews and educational products for public distribution
• Ability to interpret and explain complex scientific processes and results in a manner understandable by general audiences
• Ability to confidently present to an audience
• Experience in effective Project Management including obtaining and delivering grants
• Strong ability to utilize Microsoft Office particularly Excel Access Word and PowerPoint
• High level stakeholder engagement skills across landholders government research First Nations and the community
• Ability to travel and undertake project delivery to regional areas throughout Queensland
• A current manual QLD driving licence

What We Offer

Were a diverse team of experts who enjoy sharing knowledge and learning. We recognize and celebrate our employees and teams for affecting real and innovative change in our communities. We value integrity collaboration care innovation and courage. Some of our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support your mental nutritional and financial wellbeing
• Novated leasing
• Annual professional development allowance
• Annual private health insurance reimbursement
• Annual wellbeing reimbursement
• Salary continuance insurance
• Paid Birthday leave

Healthy Land & Water is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be highly regarded per affirmative measures under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.

Applications close 18 January 2026. For any enquiries please email:

How to apply

Apply before the advertised closing date via the link provided. All applications should include:

• Resume
• Maximum 2-page cover letter which addresses the role requirements (About You) with examples