Experienced Sustainability Consultant

The Role
BG&E is looking for a talented infrastructure sustainability professional who wants to be part of our growing, enthusiastic and highly collaborative team. We are passionate about embedding sustainability into design, and excited about the opportunities within BG&E and from our clients.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to get in and grow their career through projects in transport and infrastructure sectors. You will work alongside our highly skilled technical teams who are driven by a passion to help clients achieve their goals and improve society for today and future generations. You will have the opportunity to broaden your existing skills through exposure to a diverse range of projects, services and clients.

Key Accountabilities

• Working closely with Design teams to embed sustainability into design processes for infrastructure projects across BG&E (nationally and globally)
• Management of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council's IS rating tool for infrastructure projects, and other ratings as required, including management and advice on credits within the scheme
• Grow BG&E's capability in decarbonisation, resilience and climate risk, supply chain sustainability, resource efficiency and improving social outcomes.
• Identify and pursue opportunities for the Sustainability team to grow
• Support bids and proposal development

About You
There is flexibility in the role and career development options in this growing team. The following skills are required:

• Curious problem solver with knowledge and experience in sustainability-related fields including, but not limited to, lifecycle assessments, embodied carbon calculations and decarbonisation plans for infrastructure.
• Passionate about sustainability, with experience working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver sustainability initiatives, apply sustainability approaches and solutions in transport, infrastructure projects or corporate settings.
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis.
• Experience in delivery of Infrastructure Sustainability ratings, or specific credits.
• Infrastructure Sustainability Accredited Professional (or willing to work towards this)
• Relevant engineering or science qualifications
• You may also have skills, or wish to grow in the following areas:
• Client liaison and experience in workshop facilitation
• Knowledge and experience in sustainability strategy development and implementation.
• Contribute to strategy, solutions, methodologies and tools to help clients navigate complexity and bring insights to clients' sustainability and decarbonisation journeys.

Who is BG&E?
BG&E is a consulting engineering firm with over 50 years of recognised excellence in engineering. Our BG&E is an award-winning engineering consultancy with over 50 years of experience. Our 800 strong team across 14 offices is united by a common purpose; we believe that exceptional engineering requires curiosity, bravery and trust – and its essential to creating extraordinary built environments. We partner with clients and stakeholders to challenge the status quo, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in engineering.

At BG&E, we live our values every day, demonstrating care and integrity, striving for excellence, and service as one team – that's "The BG&E Way". We empower our people to be empathic, high performing and creative while meaningfully contributing to communities.

What do we offer?
Flexible working arrangements to help achieve real work life balance. Health and wellbeing support via a confidential Employee Assistance Program. Competitive remuneration. On-the-job coaching to help you be the best you can be, including leveraging BG&E's international network of experts to help you realise your professional development goals to grow your career at BG&E.

BG&E is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome applications from all candidates. For roles that are located in Australia, we particularly appreciate applications Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as we continue to play an important role in reconciliation and 'Closing the Gap' with the traditional First Peoples of our nation.