…More than just an environmental consultancy

Eco Logical Australia (ELA) exists to empower employees and clients to make a difference. We pride ourselves as being Approachable Experts, who lead with science and technology to help our clients navigate complex projects, achieving the best possible outcome for them and the environment.

We are an Aussie consultancy with 220 environmental experts across 17 offices. ELA works autonomously within the global Tetra Tech group, which is made up of 49 individual companies. This mix of local and global services provides our client with the benefits of a mid-size consultancy, and the security; resources; and opportunities of a global entity.

Our people are industry leaders – down-to-earth, passionate, talented, and all-round nice people! We are proud of our equity standing within the Professional, Scientific, and Technical industry, reporting statistics higher than average on the representation of women within our workforce (62%), and management positions (57%). ELA has been a long-standing ally with the WGEA gender pay gap initiative, and recently reported an industry leading 2% gender pay gap, making ELA one of the most progressive and equitable consultancies in the industry.

Our commitment towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion creates a place of belonging, and a safe workplace where people are respected for their contributions. This commitment builds on our foundational values of Listen First, Share your Genius, Be Courageous, and Feed the Culture. Our roles come with full-time, part-time, and flexible hours options to allow our people to live their best life.

That’s what truly makes us… more than just an environmental consultancy.

About the Opportunity:

We are seeking an enthusiastic GIS Analyst to join our Perth team. This position will be responsible for the provision of GIS support, mapping, and spatial analysis services to environmental approvals, ecology, and bushfire projects. You will generally be involved in spatial data creation, data management, spatial analysis, map production, automation, and other project outputs. Additionally, report writing, tender preparation, general project assistance, mentoring of junior staff and some field work may also be required. 

You will be supported by a friendly, experienced team within a wider office of over twenty scientists across environmental approvals, ecology, GIS and spatial, and bushfire practices. You will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of interesting projects, delivering innovative environmental and GIS solutions to our clients throughout WA, Australia and internationally through the broader Tetra Tech company. We encourage employees to rethink traditional methods of data collection, interpretation, and project delivery, and develop novel solutions.

About you:

To be successful you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in GIS, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management or related discipline
• Relevant GIS experience – ideally 4+ years in a similar role (as a guide)
• Experience in Environmental Science, Environmental Impact Assessment and Approvals, or Natural Resource Management
• Competent with field data capture, data management, and geo-databases (ESRI FieldMaps, Survey123)
• Demonstrated, skills and experience using ArcGIS to achieve the required tasks
• Ability to build and nurture internal and external relationships and provide GIS support across simultaneous projects, and deliver required outputs within budget and time deadlines
• Sound written and verbal communication skills, and a proactive approach to problem solving within a project team and independently
• Strong time and budget management skills.

It’s also desirable that you have:

• Experience in scripting for the automation of geospatial workflows
• Experience with other GIS platforms such as QGIS, ENVI, Quick Terrain Modeller, etc. and ability to capture and convert datasets to or from various platforms
• Experience in remote sensing
• Previous consulting experience or knowledge of the operation of environmental consultancy
• Experience (or industry knowledge) in environmental science, ecology, or bushfire

We will offer you:

The opportunity to join and contribute to the continued success of a strong team of environmental approvals professionals. We offer a competitive remuneration package in addition to a range of other benefits including work from home arrangements, professional development, opportunity to purchase up to 2 weeks of additional leave, an employee stock purchase program (NASDAQ TTEK), genderless 12 week paid parental leave, salary sacrifice into super, and health and wellbeing initiatives. Oh, and let’s not forget the birthday leave benefit (that’s right, you get an extra day off on your birthday!).