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Principal Environmental Officer


Permits & Community Response; Operational Support; Environmental Services and Regulation; Brisbane/Flexible

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Are you a career professional with a degree in environmental management or similar?

We are looking for a Principal Environmental Officer to work in our Community Response Team. You will take phone and online enquiries and reports from industry and the community and triage them for risk and process for priority action.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Flexible full-time
Occupational group Primary Industry & Environment
Classification PO4
Workplace Location Flexible
Job ad reference QLD/648496/25
Closing date 28-Jul-2025
Job duration
Contact person Kirsten Wright
Contact details Phone: 0457 691 362
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As a Principal Environmental Officer for the Community Response Team, you will be frontline on the Department's Pollution Hotline service.

You will be responsible for responding to compliance reports from industry and the community. To succeed as a Principal Environmental Officer, you'll have four things in abundance:
• Great people, time management and communication skills.
• Evolved analytical, observational, and problem-solving capability.
• A passion to work in your community, for your community.
• Confidence in your ability to contribute to a physically and psychologically safe work environment.

This role is dynamic, exciting and incredibly rewarding. In this job with us, you'll strive and innovate to achieve a better Queensland. Our role is complex, and our work can be challenging - important work usually is. But your contribution will count, and so will you.

For further information about this position and details on how to apply, please refer to the Position Description.

Applications to remain current for 12 months. 

Job Ad Reference: QLD/648496/25
Closing Date: Monday, 28 July 2025

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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