Senior Principal Environmental Approvals

Job Description

BMT is a leading global consultancy in design, engineering, science, and risk management in the maritime sector, known for excellence and innovation.

With 1,300+ experts across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, we help clients make informed decisions by delivering practical solutions, with the environment and sustainability at their core. As an employee-owned company, we reinvest profits into technology, strategic growth, and profit sharing, driving a safer, more efficient future.
Our Environmental team are currently looking for a Senior Principal Environmental Approvals Consultant to provide expertise, ingenuity and judgement in the water and environment field. In this role you will help grow the business through strategic business development and promotions. You will also act as Project Manager and/or technical expert and work with a multi-disciplinary team to delivery high quality environmental projects, with a focus on environmental impact assessments and regulatory approvals.
The Senior Principal Consultant will:

• Have expertise in their field with strong technical capability in environmental investigations, assessment, planning and approvals.
• Provide strategic and statutory environmental advice to clients in a variety of sectors, with a focus on Coastal, Maritime Infrastructure and Mining.
• Build upon existing and develop new client relationships to further the BMT environment business.
• Provide technical advice, leadership and mentoring within the national BMT environment team.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs high quality and professional technical work involving considerable independence in approach, and a high degree of originality, ingenuity and judgement.
• Serves as a technical specialist in the application of advanced concepts, principles and methods in an assigned area.
• Gives technical advice to management and business delivery teams and directs or advises on use of equipment or material.
• Supervises and reviews the work of other consultants.
• Shares knowledge and acts as mentor within their area of expertise or across the business.
• Adheres to, and actively promotes, quality, safety and environmental procedures/standards.
• Liaises with clients, potential and current, for the purposes of work generation, service delivery, networking and business development.
• Prepare, review and submit proposals / tenders.
• Project manage a range of projects to scope and within time, cost and quality requirements.
• Contributing to thought leadership activities through their work and by regularly authoring papers, presenting at events, seminars and conferences, and social media posts.
• Maintains Chartered Status and Registration of an appropriate and recognised professional body.

May undertake specific technical tasks including but not limited to:

• Environmental policies and strategic advice.
• Scoping and identification of stakeholders and issues.
• Regulatory approvals.
• Environmental impact assessments.
• Environmental management plans.
• Environmental risk assessments, eg using ISO 31000.
• Environmental planning and auditing.

Work winning is a team effort. As a consultant, your everyday interactions with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders help uncover new opportunities and build lasting relationships. Your insights and actions directly support BMT’s growth. In support of our growth, BMT expects that you will:

• Maintain a Business Development Mindset - Stay aware of what clients need now; look for ways to grow client relationships; and keep a positive, growth-focused attitude.
• Participate in Customer Engagement - Build trust through your project work; offer solutions that solve real client problems; and represent BMT with professionalism.
• Support Proposal Development - Help write and review proposals; make sure proposals are clear and relevant; and work with others to create strong submissions.
• Collaborate Across the Business - Share what you learn from clients; use team knowledge to strengthen your work; and ask Work Winning Champions for help when needed.
• Provide Strategic Input - Share ideas that show BMT’s expertise; join planning sessions to grow client accounts; and help shape how we stand out from competitors.
• Be Accountable for Work Winning Actions - Keep track of your business development activities and share outcomes and actions; support team goals for winning work and growing revenue; and ask clients for feedback to help us improve.

In addition to these duties, the post holder may be required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required, from time to time, to achieve the above role purpose.

Right to Disconnect: We respect your personal time and support a healthy work-life balance. Employees are not expected to respond to work communications outside of regular business hours unless otherwise agreed upon.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, Planning, Engineering or other relevant area of study.
• More than 20 years’ experience post-graduation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong technical background in environmental consulting.
• Existing client network in environmental policy, assessment and approvals.
• Experience working within a multi-site organisation.
• Experience working within the engineering or resources sector.
• Post-graduate qualifications in environmental management or other relevant area of study.
• Demonstrated business development skills.
• Strong organisation skills with attention to detail.
• Demonstrates initiative and takes a proactive approach to tasks.
• Flexible, team player.
• Client focused and commercially aware.
• Willingness for travel across WA, interstate, and internationally, to satisfy the requirements of projects and the position.

Job Benefits

At BMT, we value flexibility, career growth, and an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives thrive.

• We offer remote, hybrid, and part-time work options, with offices across Australia. We’re proudly ‘flexified’ with Flexa!
• Our industry competitive benefits include a competitive salary offering, performance bonuses, and companywide bonuses as part of being an employee benefits trust
• Defence Reserve Leave enabling defence reservist employees to undertake ADF obligations without financial disadvantage.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We invest in learning and development to help you grow.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at our core. We foster a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported, promoting innovation, collaboration, and respect.

Our values—Trust, Innovation, Passion, Respect, and Collaboration—define who we are and how we work.

Please note that we will be shut down from 19 December 2025 and will return to the office on Monday the 5th of January 2026. During this time, we will not have access to reply to any applications.
Notice to Recruitment Agency & Related Services - Please note BMT receive job applications exclusively via our ATS system only. BMT do not warrant or agree to any unsolicited CVs submitted via any contact method including physical hard copies left with any employee at BMT or within our operational teams. We will not progress CVs shared on a speculative basis by email, and you accept our right to pursue such candidates with no obligation to third-party terms and conditions or liability to a fee.