The role of a Environmental Scientist involves delivering discipline-specific outputs on both local and international projects, ensuring effective input from others. Responsibilities include working on detailed or routine environmental assignments such as studies, assessments, drawings, and reports. Key tasks include EIA/ESIA development, report writing,  data review, coordination, and acquiring baseline documentation. Importantly, this role requires interfacing and collaborating with internal AECOM teams globally.
 
Technical Excellence
The successful applicant will work on a range of projects diverse in type and scale located in South Africa and abroad and will be expected to:
- Work effectively with international teams in a virtual environment.
- Become familiar with environmental legislation, triggers and procedures in international territories and countries.
- Prepare project deliverables that are reviewed by senior team members.
- Provide specialised technical input into studies and assessments for the particular area of expertise and identify discrepancies in results.
- Follow existing or develops new environmental assessment procedures to facilitate high-quality, cost-effective work by self and others.
- Gather and correlate environmental information and data using well-defined methods.
- Prepare technical specifications and performs work under the agreed-upon budget and schedule with some supervision. 
- Apply legislative knowledge to project triggers and manage environmental risk.
- Coordinate with local Authorities for approvals.
- Solve problems encountered using knowledge, innovation and modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous works.
- Contributes to the area of expertise, providing proposed improvements to existing processes and deliver solutions where precedent may not exist.
- Maintain and develop the highest level of technical skills and abilities.
Client Relationship Management
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Attend client meetings as technical support to gather information and discuss project requirements, explain/ defend work, etc.  
- Participate in the development and preparation of bids and proposals.
 
Minimum Requirements
- 4/5+ Years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor of Science, Arts or Engineering from an accredited University
- Honours of Science/Arts or Engineering preferred but not a prerequisite. Years of experience takes precedence.
- In South Africa registered  as a candidate Scientist with SACNASP and EAP with EAPASA
- The candidate will be supporting our global team in the US, therefore any knowledge with regards to NEPA and CEPA would be an advantage.