Description
Join WSP as a Senior Sustainability Consultant in Perth, Western Australia, and work on city-shaping building and infrastructure projects. As a sustainability lead, you will advise clients on best practice sustainability outcomes, apply a deep understanding of sustainability principles to solve complex problems, and lead cross-discipline coordination to ensure sustainability integration in design outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advising clients on best practice sustainability outcomes through delivery of rating tools, such as Infrastructure Sustainability Council’s IS Ratings and Green Building Council’s Green Star Ratings.
- Applying a deep understanding of sustainability/ESD principles to solve complex problems, particularly on decarbonisation of infrastructure assets;
- Undertaking technical sustainability assessments, including climate change and resilience, energy, carbon and water modelling.
- Leading cross-discipline coordination to ensure sustainability integration in design outcomes, as well as implementation of treatment and adaptation measures;
- Providing leadership and management of deliverables for medium and large-scale projects;
- Contributing to the development and expertise of our Perth Team to achieve high-performance outcomes for our people, projects and clients;
- Contributing to and guiding project planning, project management, budgeting and controls;
- Developing and maintaining relationships with clients;
- Establishing and maintaining WSP’s leadership position in the Perth Sustainability Sector;
- Producing, reviewing and QA’ing designs and reports to meet client requirements for projects, and;
- Leading and delivering client meetings and workshops.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent sustainability related discipline;
- 6+ years’ industry experience as a Sustainability Consultant or similar role, preferably in the infrastructure sector;
- Experience with best practice certification schemes, such as ISC IS ratings, with Green Star preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in project leadership on small and medium scale sustainability focused projects.
- Experienced with guiding, reviewing and undertaking technical analysis covering various aspects of sustainability, such as, energy, water and waste modelling; climate resilience and life-cycle analysis.
- Ability to use complex theoretical knowledge and experience of engineering/scientific principles to analyse, interpret and conclude project requirements and challenges;
- Passionate about developing solutions for a low carbon, sustainable built environment, and;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
Benefits:
- Flexible/family-friendly hours, including supportive working from home environment.
- An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP’s collective success.
- Develop your professional network (locally, nationally and globally) through various initiatives.
- Develop your personal brand through targeted training.
- Develop your business understanding and awareness through various procedures.
- 12 months parental leave, opportunities for global mobility, purchased additional leave, and competitive remuneration