Senior Environmental Officers work to improve the State’s environmental performance by identifying environmental risks and providing scientific and technical support for a wide range of projects, contribute to the implementation of environmental management and protection strategies, and promote compliance with environmental heritage and planning legislation and policies.

Environmental management issues include those impacting on land, air, water and people and include coastal development, mining, industrial activities (heavy industry and port operations), commercial activities, air pollution, noise pollution and waste management.

Job details

As the Senior Environmental Officer you will:
• Lead preventative and targeted compliance activities including planning and conducting site inspections, gathering evidence to support enforcement actions and making recommendations to management on environmental issues.
• Assist in advising and educating community groups, industry and all levels of government on environmental matters, environmental responsibilities and implementation of relevant legislation through external and internal presentations; participation in workshops, conferences, forums; via face-to-face meetings, tele/video conferencing, site meetings/inspections.
• Communicate, consult, liaise and negotiate with industry, government and the community to facilitate resolution of environmental issues.
• Prepare written correspondence for a variety of audiences including ministerial briefings, statutory notices, departmental alerts, information documents.
• Actively participate in team planning, discussions and debriefings.
• Conduct environmental risk assessment of sites via a compliance and risk evaluation tool.
• Contribute to identifying clusters of environmental issues and make recommendations for targeted compliance programs and contribute to identifying, analysing and solution design for complex environmental problems (environmental problem solving).
• Respond to and investigate environmental complaints and environmental incidents to achieve environmental outcomes.
• Use statutory tools and make recommendations for enforcement action in accordance with departmental enforcement guidelines.
• Support the assessment and conditioning of applications for environmental approvals under relevant legislation.
• Foster a workplace culture that supports and promotes the interests of First Nations people and actively engage through our work to contribute to better outcomes for First Nations people.

Eligibility requirements
Citizenship/Visa
To be eligible for employment in this position, you must be an Australian citizen, have permanent residency status or a visa permitting you to work in Australia. If you are not an Australian citizen you will need to provide evidence of your residency status or visa, with your right to work (including any conditions / restrictions) prior to engagement. You are required to notify the department if your right to work in Australia ceases.

Qualifications
To be eligible for employment in this position, you must hold a university qualification (undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree, undergraduate and/or postgraduate diploma, and/or a graduate certificate) from a recognised tertiary institution in environmental management; chemical, forensic, physical, geological, hydrological, environmental, applied and biological sciences; environmental engineering or agreed equivalent. You will need to provide a copy of your qualifications, with originals sighted prior to engagement.

If your qualification is from an overseas institution, you are responsible for obtaining official recognition (see Overseas qualification recognition | Department of Trade, Employment and Training ) . You will be required to provide this prior to engagement.

Applications to remain current for 12 months. 

Job Ad Reference: QLD/651552/25
Closing Date: Thursday, 14 August 2025

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

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• 651552 25 - Position Description (Word, 173KB)