Technical Director

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KBRs Infrastructure Solutions business employs over 1400 people across Australia. Our strong project delivery record industry reputation and trusted partnerships have driven significant growth creating outstanding career development and project opportunities for our people.

Were known for our collaborative One Team culture and our commitment to working closely with clients and construction partners to achieve exceptional results. Our open inclusive environment ensures people are valued supported and able to thrive. By joining KBR you become part of a team that works together shares common values and is united in delivering great outcomes.

At KBR we partner with governments and complex infrastructure operators to deliver practical trusted and futurefocused advisory solutions. Aviation is a critical national asset and environmental compliance within airport environments requires deep regulatory expertise sound judgement and the ability to translate legislation into operationally effective outcomes.

We are seeking a Technical Director with experience across Airport Environmental Compliance & Regulation to act as our Principal Environmental Compliance Advisor. Providing leadership assurance and strategic direction across airportrelated regulatory work.

The Opportunity

As a Technical Director you will be the technical authority and trusted adviser on airport environmental legislation and compliance supporting government and aviation clients across approvals compliance and operational contexts.

You will lead complex technical workstreams set regulatory interpretation standards assure outputs and mentor consultants. Ensuring KBR delivers advice that is legally sound regulatoraligned operationally pragmatic and defensible.

This role offers the opportunity to operate at the interface of policy regulation and realworld airport operations influencing outcomes at senior government and executive levels.

Key Responsibilities

Principal Technical & Regulatory Leadership

• Act as Principal Environmental Compliance Advisor for airportrelated environmental regulation and statutory compliance matters.
• Interpret and apply airportspecific environmental legislation and regulatory frameworks ensuring advice reflects statutory intent and regulatory expectations.
• Provide authoritative guidance across approvals compliance and operational environments.
• Lead and signoff on complex and highrisk regulatory advice and compliance outputs.

Airport Regulatory Advisory

• Direct technical workstreams relating to airport environmental regulations including planning compliance monitoring and operational controls.
• Translate legislative and regulatory requirements into practical implementable guidance for government agencies airport operators and industry stakeholders.
• Ensure advice is fitforpurpose operationally realistic and aligned with bestpractice application of airport environmental law.

Quality Assurance & Governance

• Review and assure draft and final outputs produced by consulting teams with accountability for technical quality defensibility and regulatory integrity.
• Ensure all deliverables align with KBR governance frameworks and client assurance expectations.
• Apply sound professional judgement where regulatory interpretation risk and operability intersect.

People Practice & Client Leadership

• Allocate work across junior and senior staff in line with capability and risk profile.
• Mentor and develop consultants strengthening regulatory literacy and applied judgement.
• Act as a trusted adviser to government clients regulators and senior airport stakeholders.
• Contribute to bids proposals and strategic positioning in aviation and regulatory advisory markets.

What You Bring

You are a recognised expert in environmental regulation with credibility across government regulatory and aviation environments capable of leading technically complex work with confidence.

Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive experience interpreting environmental legislation and regulatory frameworks and applying them across approvals compliance and operational contexts.
• Proven ability to translate legislation into practical implementable guidance for government and industry.
• Demonstrated experience working with airports and airportspecific environmental regulation.
• Strong background working within or closely advising government and regulatory agencies.
• Experience operating at a Technical Director / authority level exercising independent judgement and assurance.
• Strong consulting leadership capability including review mentorship and task allocation.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in environmental science law planning engineering or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualifications or regulatory / policy credentials highly regarded.

At KBR we value you heres how.

While our people are busy delivering leading science technology and engineering solutions were committed to providing them with a supportive trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

Benefits include:

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• 20 Days of annual leave per year the ability to accrue an additional 8 hours every 4 weeks (33 days in total)
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times WFH Flex time)
• Salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees
• Life/Health insurance discounts
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Personal career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities
• Great office environment with fantastic facilities
• Access to health benefits programs

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