Hazardous Material

**What if you could shape built and natural environments, and the future of those that use them?**

**With us, you can.**

Our national Occupational Hygiene and HazMat team comprises licensed asbestos assessors, certified occupational hygienists, senior toxicologists, and laboratory professionals.

As a **Consultant **in the **Hazardous Materials and Occupational Hygiene** team, your primary focus is to protect workers' health, and provide guidance to clients so they can anticipate, recognise, evaluate, and control risks associated with hazardous materials and physical hazards in the workplace.

You will contribute to enhancing environmental health and safety (EHS) standards within workplaces, safeguarding your clients' reputation, and aligning with their sustainability objectives.

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

- Department of Finance
- Westfield Shopping Centres
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- AMPOL
- SafeWork
- CSIRO
- Chevron
- Rio Tinto
- BHP

When not required on site, you will have the option to work from our **Adelaide **office or work from home up to two days per week, for a healthy work-life balance.

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**
- Collect samples of suspected hazardous building materials;
- Conduct Asbestos and HazMat audits in commercial buildings, industrial facilities and residential properties;
- Develop asbestos monitoring and remediation strategies, issuing clearances;
- Provide technical guidance on sites during asbestos and lead removal projects;
- Conduct indoor air quality, mould and moisture assessments;
- Analyse data and prepare technical reports with support from senior staff, including technical specialists and Certified Occupational Hygienists;
- Assist the team with strategy and business development.

**About you**

You are likely to have trade experience or tertiary qualifications in either building and construction, environmental management/science, health and safety, or occupational hygiene.

You will ideally bring the following:

- Have experience in the construction industry;
- Demonstrate initiative, and ready and willing to embrace new challenges;
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team;
- Be willing to work remotely, with occasional weekends and overtime as required;
- Good report writing and project management skills;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills;
- Australian Driver's License;
- Some experience in measuring and assessing occupational exposure to hazards in the workplace or conducting asbestos and hazmat surveys;
- Asbestos Assessors License would be highly regarded.

**About WSP**

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.

We want here to be a place where you’ll always find new ways to grow - where you’ll design your own path and do what truly matters to you.

We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

**WSP. With us, you can.**

LIWSP

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