Graduate Sustainability Consultant

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- Employee-owned Engineering Consultancy with a focus on Sustainability
- Company Culture that is Respectful, Inclusive and Supportive

Are you seeking an opportunity to get involved in the regenerative design of our built environment? Northrop’s Melbourne Sustainability team approaches every project as an opportunity for improving the health and vitality of ecological, social and economic systems. We have an opening for a Graduate Sustainability Consultant position that will provide an opportunity to get involved in leading sustainable building and precinct projects across Australia.

**Who are we?**
Northrop Consulting Engineers is an employee owned; multi-discipline consultancy that has been established for over 40 years. We have an open management structure that embodies a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce for all our employees.

We currently employ over 450+ team members across ten offices in NSW, ACT, QLD, and VIC. We have a strong values-based culture of realising potential which means developing and empowering our people to be leaders and agents of positive change for the community, our people, projects and clients.

The projects we undertake come in all sizes across a range of sectors including age care, health, education, land development, commercial, industrial and residential.

By joining Northrop, you will be involved in building our technical capability to support the delivery of our Climate Action goals. Our 2030 Climate Action goal is that every Northrop project will be carbon neutral and climate resilient. We consider taking actions on climate to be an imperative and core responsibility for our people, and we are developing knowledge and skills across the four focus areas of Water, Energy, Materials, and Habitat to achieve this goal.

**The impact you’ll have**:

- Contributing towards the development of regenerative strategies for a wide range of clients
- Conducting technical analyses to determine the opportunity for science-based and market leading outcomes for energy, carbon, water, health and nature
- Helping project teams understand and be accountable for meeting targeted benchmarks in support of third-party certifications like Green Star Buildings, Passive House and Living Building Challenge
- Demonstrating compliance with sustainability frameworks, guidelines and standards
- Researching best practices for building, precinct and infrastructure projects
- Providing design advice to architects and engineers so they can achieve well-insulated, air tight, comfortable and healthy building environments
- Conducting building simulation modelling to test and evolve ideas that improve building performance (e.g. operational energy/carbon, daylight, water balance, lifecycle assessment, thermal comfort etc)
- Engaging project stakeholders in workshops to encourage new thinking, innovation and bold aspirations
- Contributing positively to building our relationships with project teams and clients
- Participating in industry events that encourage deeper conversations about regenerative design
- Delivering projects across the commercial / industrial / residential / retail / healthcare sectors in a quality, cost effective and efficient manner.
- Continuously building your knowledge and capacity. We provide valuable opportunities that will help you develop as a regenerative design practitioner
- Nurturing existing and building new client relationships.

**About You**:

- Education / Qualifications: Relevant tertiary qualifications in Sustainability, Engineering or Architecture. Accreditation and experience with Green Star, Living Building Challenge, NABERS, and WELL are desirable.
- Passion: Energised by the opportunity to challenge convention and foster innovation
- Teamwork: Works collaboratively with others including across functional groups and other disciplines within Northrop.
- Accountability: Sets goals and drives to their fulfilment.
- Communication: Able to speak and write clearly, concisely, and compellingly. You will also need to use your written and verbal communication skills to influence people’s decisions, actions and vision.
- Connecting: Able to find common ground and gain personal and professional trust.
- Analytical and Strategic Thinking: Ability to analyse and read situations well.
- Leadership: Always focuses on doing what’s right for the business.
- Creative Problem Solving: Continually finds ways to overcome challenges and obstacles.

**Culture**
Northrop believes that our employees are fundamental to the culture and success of the company. Our people enjoy working for us because we offer a challenging, diverse but rewarding work environment. We believe in developing our people by offering mentoring, coaching, and supporting your journey to realising potential. You’ll be empowered to learn and develop to find your area of passion. At Northrop, we understand that the key to success