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Senior Marine Scientist

Melbourne, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-01

Core

Lead technical delivery of marine environmental investigations, impact assessments, and regulatory approvals for government, ports, coastal infrastructure, and energy sector clients.

Role type

Senior IC marine scientist (environmental consulting)

Builds

Environmental assessments, monitoring programs, modelling studies, and permit applications

Domain

Environmental consulting + Marine science

Required skills

Marine environmental consulting, environmental assessments, monitoring programs, modelling studies, marine fieldwork, vessel-based sampling, regulatory approvals, GIS, Python, MATLAB, environmental modelling software

Preferred skills

Ports and coastal infrastructure projects, marine water quality monitoring, ecotoxicology, offshore decommissioning, marine ecology (seabirds/benthic), petroleum environment plan writing

Technologies

GIS, Python, MATLAB, environmental modelling software

Responsibilities

Lead technical delivery of marine environmental investigations and impact assessments; Advise on environmental approvals and prepare regulatory referrals and permit applications; Design and deliver environmental and ecology studies; Plan and undertake marine fieldwork including vessel-based sampling; Prepare and review high-quality technical reports and management plans; Manage project scope, budgets, schedules and client communication; Mentor graduate and early-career scientists

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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