Environmental Technician

|Industrial & Energy - Environmental|Hamilton

West Coast Waikato. Remote Location, 9 day fortnight with accommodation provided

Join a unique coastal mining operation with a major environmental footprint and the scope to make a meaningful difference. This newly created role supports site-wide environmental management, water quality compliance, native rehabilitation work, and ecological monitoring across a large and dynamic operation.

Working closely with the HSE Manager, you’ll take ownership of the site-based environmental tasks. This position suits someone who enjoys hands-on fieldwork, water sampling, stream monitoring, native planting, and practical environmental problem solving in an outdoor environment. This is a remote, coastal site with a strong and diverse community. Respect, good communication, and relationship-building are essential. Site access requires 4WD driving, comfort off-road, and frequent fieldwork in all weather conditions.

The Role
Key responsibilities include:
Water Quality Management

  • Undertake drinking water sampling and analysis twice weekly, maintaining strict compliance with drinking water standards.
  • Complete stormwater and surface water sampling across multiple streams.
  • Maintain sampling schedules (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, and 3-yearly), ensuring zero lapses in statutory requirements.
  • Manage potable water and wastewater treatment monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting.
  • Use basic laboratory equipment, prescribe tests, and manage chain-of-custody processes for external labs.

Environmental Monitoring & Reporting

  • Assist with stream life monitoring, fish passage checks and ecological observations.
  • Support external consultants conducting ecological studies (bats, birds, macroinvertebrates, habitat surveys).
  • Maintain environmental records, update datasets, and produce clear reports using Excel and Word.
  • Support consent compliance reporting, including erosion, runoff, and discharge monitoring.

Land Rehabilitation & Nursery Work

  • Support dune rehabilitation and dust mitigation efforts through re-vegetation of disturbed areas.
  • Assist in operating and improving the on-site native nursery (seed raising, propagation, plant care).
  • Coordinate planting programmes-grasses, flaxes, manuka, and other native species.

General Site Environmental Support

  • Provide environmental advice to operations teams.
  • Use RT radios and 4WD vehicles to move around site safely.
  • Build and maintain respectful relationships with the local community and Iwi representatives.
  • Contribute to a high-quality environmental culture on site.

About You
We’re looking for someone practical, organised, and happy working outdoors. You will have:

  • Tertiary study in Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology, Earth Sciences, Aquaculture-or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to understand compliance documents, schedules, sampling plans, and regulatory requirements.
  • Strong communication skills, especially when engaging with diverse cultural groups.
  • Solid Excel/Word capability and confidence with numbers.
  • Fieldwork experience in sampling, environmental monitoring, or outdoor-based science (mining, quarrying, forestry, aquaculture, consultancy, or similar).
  • Confidence driving off-road in a 4WD (or willingness to learn).
  • A proactive and disciplined approach to maintaining strict sampling schedules.

Why Apply?

  • $90 – 100K+. Accommodation provided + southern cross medical insurance
  • 9 Day fortnight [Mon- Fri, Mon – Thurs] – 07:00 – 17:30
  • Beautiful remote Waikato Coastal location
  • A role where improvements are genuinely possible-across water systems, rehab methods, and monitoring.
  • Hands-on, varied fieldwork balanced with meaningful environmental and community engagement.
  • A supportive HSE Manager who will mentor you and transition more responsibility your way over time.
  • A position with room to grow into broader environmental leadership

If you would like to join this growing company, then please apply for the role. If you would like some more information, then please reach out to me: Luke Atkinson on 04 333 0383 or luke@trs.co.nz

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