Principal Occupational Hygiene Consultant in Melbourne

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

The opportunity WSP's Occupational Hygiene and Hazardous Materials team delivers specialist advice on workplace health risks, occupational exposures and hazardous materials management. Working across industries, we help clients assess risk, meet regulatory requirements and implement practical solutions that protect people, projects and communities.

As a Principal Consultant your focus will be on developing/managing client relationships and providing technical expertise. As part of the management team you will be expected to be involved in strategic planning and mentoring, with the possibility of people management responsibilities.

We've recently delivered asbestos, occupational hygiene consultancy services for clients such as:

• Department of Transport and Planning
• Department of Defence
• EPA Victoria
• Westfield Shopping Centres
• Australia Post
• Westpac Banking Corporation
• AMPOL
• CSIRO

What you’ll do:

• Working within an energetic team environment to maintain a high standard of client delivery, technical quality, thriving team culture, and high performance.
• Focus on business development, project delivery and client relationship management.
• As part of the leadership team assist with technical development and strategy for growth.
• Nurture client relationships to expand regional business opportunities.
• Manage occupational health risk assessments for hazards including but not limited to silica, noise, chemical exposures, vibration, lead, asbestos, biological hazards, and indoor air quality.
• Manage hazardous materials assessment projects including Division 5 and 6.
• Designing effective strategies for hazard remediation and prevention management.
• Assess health risks and provide expert advice with support from senior technical specialists and Certified Occupational Hygienists (COH).
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary working in acoustics, contaminated land, engineering and fire safety.
• Produce and review technical reports to a high standard, including technical peer review of reports.
• Strong professional development, with opportunity to be mentored by Certified Occupational Hygienists and senior executives.

About you:

You are likely to have 10+ years of experience in the assessment and remediation of hazardous material and/or measuring and assessing workplace hazards including chemical, physical, ergonomic, and biological hazards. You will ideally bring the following:

• Previous consultancy experience is required.
• Business development experience will be highly regarded including development of winning proposals and building ongoing client relationships.
• Good understanding of project life cycle whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery.
• Confidence to communicate hazards and risks with clients, from the boardroom to the field.
• Experience in analysing complex results and datasets, and writing technical reports.
• Strong knowledge of work health and safety regulations, or health risk assessment.
• High attention to detail and responsive to clients’ needs.
• Australian Driver's License.
• You're likely to have tertiary qualifications in Occupational Hygiene, Health or Environmental Science.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 73,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

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. To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Employee Benefits page.