Senior Consultant - Sustainability & Energy Transition
About us.
Urbis is more than just a consultancy. We are a multidisciplinary urban consultancy, inspiring and creating solutions for our ever-changing world. We empower our brightest minds with opportunities to push boundaries, collaborate and deliver exceptional, creative solutions for our clients and each other.
If you're looking to make transformational impact in our cities and communities, we're keen to meet you.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and supporting them to be the best they can be. Here you will make a tangible difference and create positive impact, while gaining enviable industry experience and broad exposure to the most exciting work.
The opportunity & how you can make an impact.
As a Senior Consultant in the Sustainability & Net Zero team you will play a key role in the delivery of high quality technical and strategic advisory services across sustainability, net zero, energy transition and decarbonisation. Our Sustainability consultants sit within our Foresight, Strategy and Impact (FSI) division, helping clients to define and deliver their strategic aspirations by enabling and informing robust decision making and supporting the effective execution of strategic plans, policy making, major projects implementation and multi-year strategies for long lasting, positive outcomes.
We embed sustainability across all sectors through developing net zero pathways, decarbonisation strategies, clean energy transitions, circular economy solutions, energy scenario modelling and impactful sustainability initiatives, ensuring value driven outcomes and impact.
As a Senior Consultant within our Melbourne team, you'll make a tangible impact by:
- Engaging directly with key clients on their most important sustainability, net zero and energy transition challenges, delivering evidence-driven insights and outcomes across multiple sectors..
- Work across energy transition opportunities and challenges across the built environment, infrastructure, renewable energy, decarbonised manufacturing, net zero precincts, mobility and climate policy.
- Collaborating with colleagues across economics, planning, urban design, transport and landscape architecture to deliver integrated advice
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, industry contacts and partners, with support from senior leaders promoting Urbis' sustainability and energy transition offering
- Identifying and pursuing opportunities to work across teams and business units, managing multi-disciplinary inputs and stakeholder relationship
About you.
We look for talented people who are purpose-driven and thrive in high-performing, inclusive and collaborative environments. You'll work across teams to bring out the best in others whilst bringing new thinking and energy.
We know everyone is different and bring different strengths and passions with them. In addition to yours, we're keen to connect with you if you bring the following experiences and attributes:
- A tertiary qualification in Sustainability, Energy, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 3+ years of experience in sustainability, net zero or energy transition roles, with experience in a multi-project consultancy environment highly regarded. Experience in the energy infrastructure sector would also be highly considered.
- Demonstrated understanding of sustainability, energy and decarbonisation challenges across global, national, regional and local scales - spanning organisations, industries, government and communities - gained through experience in engineering, consultancy or a related field
- A future-focused mindset with practical experience in the opportunities presented by the energy transition, circular economy and sustainable development. Demonstrated by experience within a consultancy, government agency or large organisations
- Hands-on experience in technical assessments, emissions modelling and future scenario analysis, including the ability to work with and interpret large energy and emissions datasets.
- Strong ability to prepare and present data and insights in written, visual and verbal formats, with proficiency across the MS Office suite including PowerPoint
- A collaborative mindset, to bring out the best in yourself and others while bringing new thinking to Urbis and our clients
- Passion for purpose-led work, and driving a positive legacy for our communities, clients and yourself
- Authenticity to foster respect, trust and advocacy in all your work interactions
- Confidence and decisiveness to drive high performance for yourself, others and our clients
- Innovation and creativity when solving complex problems
- A digitally curious mindset, that is keen to explore how technology can contribute to our experience and efficiency
To benefit you, we:
- Offer Flexible work arrangements and leave policies to help with balancing professional and personal commitments big or small to meet where you are in life.
- Celebrate achievements and milestones, recognising important moments that matter!
- Support your growth & development. With courses in Academy and access to inspiring leaders, every career has a pathway.
- Embrace our GiveBack Program, Volunteer Days, Cultural Leave Exchange, team-building activities, inclusion groupsand social life as a healthy and inspiring workplace.
- Focus on purpose with impact by creating a positive legacy.
- Take some humble pride in our culture. High performing, collaborative and inclusive.
...And did we mention the awesome team support and culture that will surround you?
Sound interesting?
If we sound like a great fit for you, and you are ready to make an impact with us, we'd love to hear from you.
Click on `Apply' for this job.' You can also confidentially connect with us via careers@urbis.com.au
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