Senior Consultant, Occupational Hygiene & HazMat
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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
As a Senior Consultant in the Hazardous Materials and Occupational Hygiene team, you will assist your clients in anticipating, recognising, evaluating, and controlling risks associated with hazardous materials and physical hazards in the workplace. Your expertise will directly contribute to enhancing environmental health and safety (EHS) standards within workplaces, safeguarding our clients' reputation, and aligning with their sustainability objectives.
This role requires frequent visits to client sites.
Recent Projects
* Department of Education
* City of Gold Coast
* Queensland Health
* QBuild
* Australia Post
* Westpac
* Mater Health Services
* Urban Utilities
* SafeWork Australia
* CSIRO
* Rio Tinto
This is an exciting role with overtime opportunities, great working conditions, and a diverse team of experts to support you towards achieving your career goals. This includes training and mentoring to develop your skills in the role.
What You'll Do
* Conduct sampling for various airborne contaminants such as respirable crystalline silica, dust, and chemicals, as well as physical hazards such as noise and vibration, to provide technical recommendations to protect worker health.
* Develop asbestos monitoring and decontamination strategies and issue clearances.
* Undertake site surveys including sampling of suspected hazardous building materials and pre-demolition surveys.
* Provide technical guidance on sites during asbestos removal projects.
* Conduct indoor air quality, mould and moisture assessments and provide recommendations on the remediation of mould or moisture impacted buildings.
* Manage a diverse range of small–medium scale projects.
* Assist the team with strategy and business development.
* Analyse data and prepare technical reports and proposals with support from senior staff, including technical specialists and Certified Occupational Hygienists.
About You
You're enthusiastic, a team player, and eager to make a positive impact in occupational hygiene and hazardous materials consulting to enhance safety and well‐being.
You likely have previous Asbestos/HazMat consultancy experience. We also welcome candidates with a background in asbestos identification/fibre counting in a laboratory or trade experience in Building and Construction.
Qualifications
* Experience measuring and assessing occupational exposure to hazards in the workplace (environmental factors, chemical/physical/ergonomic/biological hazards).
* Understanding, or willingness to develop, the consulting and project life cycle, taking initiative to develop relationships with clients while maintaining high service standards.
* Appetite to enhance your skills in report writing, building relationships, and project management.
* Australian Driver's License to fulfill job requirements.
* Asbestos Assessors License highly regarded.
Our Offer
Join our close‐knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 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 permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP's collective success. For more about our commitment to health and wellbeing, see our Employee Benefits page.
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Seniority Level
Mid‐Senior level
Employment Type
Full‐time
Job Function
Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales
Industries
Professional Services
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