Hazmat & Occupational Hygiene Consultant - Remote

**Work options**: Hybrid

Work from home for up to two days per week

**The opportunity**

Join our team of intelligent and collaborative Changemakers and make your mark on tomorrow

Our Environment team is solving some of Australia’s biggest challenges. We are preserving and improving our built and natural environments, finding ways to use and re-use our resources, and building safe and future ready infrastructure to support places where communities can thrive.

Our recent projects/clients include:

- Department of Education - Asbestos, HAZMAT, Occupational Hygiene consultancy services
- Sydney Trains - Asbestos, HAZMAT, Occupational Hygiene consultancy services
- Transport for NSW - Asbestos, HAZMAT, Occupational Hygiene consultancy services
- Westfield Shopping Centre - HAZMAT, Occupational Hygiene consultancy services
- Westpac Banking Corporation - Asbestos, HAZMAT, Occupational Hygiene consultancy services
- NSW Health - Asbestos, HAZMAT, Occupational Hygiene consultancy services
- AMPOL Australia - Asbestos consultancy services
- SafeWork Australia - Review of Workplace Exposure Standards
- CSIRO - Gap analysis review of occupational hygiene program
- Rio Tinto - Occupational Hygiene consultancy services

As a **Hazardous Materials and Occupational Hygiene Consultant**, your primary focus is to protect workers' health, and provide guidance to clients in order for them to meet their health, safety, and legislative requirements regarding the workplace, and occupational exposure. 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.

We work **hybrid** and this role can be based in our **Sydney, Wollongong, or Newcastle** office. This means you will have the opportunity to work in the location that best suits your preferences and work from home for up to two days per week when not required on site, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.

The role presents opportunities for overtime, excellent working conditions, and in our large and diverse team of experts you will have the support in place to help you progress towards your career goals and targeted interests. There’s no better time to join our team

**What you’ll do**
- Contribute to a thriving team culture dedicated to deliver technical excellence and positive client outcomes;
- Develop asbestos monitoring and decontamination strategies, issuing clearances;
- Conduct sampling for various airborne contaminants such as respirable crystalline silica, dust, and chemicals, as well as physical hazards such as noise and vibration, in order to provide technical recommendations to protect worker health;
- 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, as well as providing 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 (we have 5 of them at WSP).

**About you**

You are enthusiastic, a team player, and looking to make a positive impact in the field of Hazmat consulting by contributing to the safety and well-being of others.

You will ideally bring the following:

- Experience in measuring and assessing occupational exposure to hazards in the workplace including environmental factors and stresses, chemical hazards, physical hazards, ergonomic or biological hazards,
- Expertise in conducting asbestos and hazmat surveys across a wide range of structures (e.g. domestic, commercial, industrial),
- Understanding or willingness to develop understanding of consulting and project life cycle, taking initiative to develop relationships with clients, whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
- Eagerness to enhance your skills in report writing, building relationships, and project management,
- Australian Driver's License, enabling you to effectively fulfil the requirements of the position,
- A degree in Environmental or Earth Sciences, Occupational Hygiene and/or Safety discipline,
- Asbestos Assessors License would be highly regarded, as it demonstrates your specialised expertise and commitment to maintaining high standards within the industry.

The role will require the ability to travel for short periods and work weekends where required for specific projects.

**About WSP**

Our vibrant workplace culture is an important part of what makes