Environmental Monitoring Officer

Trc Elmo•Stratford, CT

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

The role of the Environmental Monitoring Officer is to provide technical assistance and support across the full range of work programmes being delivered by the Environment Quality group, including consent compliance and state of the environment (trend) monitoring work. It includes compliance monitoring inspections and monitoring of air quality, land and soils, surface and groundwater, freshwater biology, coastal and marine environments. You will be responsible for the timely planning, co-ordination and collection of data in the field and ensuring that data is managed appropriately to ensure it meets relevant quality standards. For assigned monitoring programmes you will also be required to review and analyse the data collected, assess consent compliance, and report results to other staff and/or external parties. This role will offer the successful candidate a great mixture of field and office work and exposure to a wide range of challenging and technically diverse work on which to progress their career. This position is fixed term for a period of 3 years.

Requirements

Qualification in an environmental science discipline.
Familiarity with relevant legislation, sampling methodologies and standards.
Strong report writing skills.
Ability to learn new monitoring skills across a range of science disciplines.
Comfortable undertaking field-based work, in sometimes challenging conditions.
Strong initiative and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work effectively autonomously or as a member of a small team.
Current full driver’s licence.
Legal right to work in New Zealand.

Nice To Haves

Flexibility and agility to complete work in changing circumstances.
Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
Collaborative and a confident communicator.
Adept at building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Provide technical assistance and support across the full range of work programmes being delivered by the Environment Quality group.
Conduct consent compliance and state of the environment (trend) monitoring work.
Perform compliance monitoring inspections.
Monitor air quality, land and soils, surface and groundwater, freshwater biology, coastal and marine environments.
Plan, coordinate, and collect data in the field in a timely manner.
Manage data appropriately to ensure it meets relevant quality standards.
Review and analyze collected data for assigned monitoring programmes.
Assess consent compliance.
Report results to other staff and/or external parties.