Regional Sustainability Leader

Rare leadership opportunity within a business focused on the future
- Work for a global company passionate about making a difference
- Flexible working arrangements & competitive market salary

**About WSP**

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms, bringing together approximately 4,500 talented people across 14 offices in Australia. We have committed to halving the carbon footprint of our designs and advice by 2030. Our sustainable solutions and Future Ready projects will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

Our vibrant workplace culture is an important part of what makes this a great place to work. It is supported by our Guiding Principles:

- We value our people and our reputation.
- We are locally dedicated with international scale.
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo.
- We foster collaboration in everything we do.
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

WSP prioritises the health and well-being of our people by offering flexible working, 12 months parental leave, opportunities for global mobility, purchased additional leave, and competitive remuneration among many more benefits designed to help you shine. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equal opportunity workplace. We promote Indigenous voices and are actively delivering a ‘Stretch’ level Reconciliation Action Plan. Accredited by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice, we also support the LQBTQI+ community, and encourage all employees to bring their whole selves to work.

**The opportunity**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic Regional Leader to drive the engagement and performance of our growing Sustainability Team in Melbourne.

**Your new colleagues**:
The Sustainability Team within WSP is globally synonymous for prolific creativity and innovation. We have dedicated Sustainability teams established in some of the world's most progressive marketplaces for sustainable buildings and infrastructure.

Our Australian team consists of over 70 consultants, around 20 based in Melbourne, and we come from a diverse background, including engineers, architects, renewable energy specialists, environmental scientists and economists. We work across all of WSP’s sectors, which include projects like Southern Program Alliance, Glenroy Community Hub, 447 Collins Street and the Antarctic Infrastructure Renewal Program. Our clients are private, government, not for profits and institutional.

**Your main duties and responsibilities**:

- Embrace and lead our strong Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) culture
- Steward a collaborative work environment to share knowledge and foster engagement
- Foster a client-centric approach to project delivery, ensuring the team is responsive, reliable and provides the best solution to meet the clients’ needs
- Identify talent to grow the team and create opportunities for career development and succession planning.
- Lead the team in winning proposals and pursuits from WSP’s identified strategic sectors
- Provide technical expertise in the delivery of small or large multidisciplinary projects
- Achieve the allocated budget and productivity targets for the region

**What we'll love about you**:

- Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent sustainability related discipline
- 10+ years of technical and leadership experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

**What you’ll love about us at WSP**:
At WSP we provide a diverse and inclusive work environment and offer many benefits to ensure your professional development & well-being, including:

- Flexible, family friendly working arrangements and working from home.
- Wellness at Work & Social Club with events all year round.
- Purchased additional annual leave for those extra-long holidays.
- Corporate employee discounts and offers on a variety of items.
- Employee Reward & Recognition program.
- Professional and technical development opportunities.
- Global and national mobility opportunities if you have the dream to work and live overseas.

Discover a forward-thinking culture that incorporates some conventional yet non-negotiable qualities, like respect, integrity, and trust. We welcome to the table all perspectives, strengths, skills, creeds, and genders, because we know that diverse ideas breed extraordinary results.
- WSP supports a diverse and inclusive work environment as well as equal employment opportunities. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people of culturally diverse backgrounds to apply._

No recruitment agencies please.

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