The Role
Leads air quality consulting projects across industrial, building, infrastructure, and transport sectors. Performs dispersion and meteorological modeling, technical analysis, reporting, regulatory assessments, project coordination, client liaison, proposal support, and business development. Provides technical leadership, mentors staff, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, supports practice strategy, and drives quality and innovation across the global air quality team.
Summary Generated by Built In
RWDI is seeking an experienced individual with a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience to join our global Air Quality team .
We are seeking a dynamic leader to spearhead our air quality business and expand our team of dedicated air quality professionals. This is a unique opportunity to combine technical excellence, team leadership, and business development skills. As part of this role, you will be responsible for providing holistic consulting services, working collaboratively and seamlessly with experts from other environmental and climatic disciplines within RWDI.
Key Responsibilities
The role includes but is not limited to:
• Conducting air quality assessments for a range of sectors (industry, buildings, infrastructure and transport)
• Consulting with and answering technical questions from clients, project managers, and colleagues
• Planning and coordinating technical aspects of projects
• Supervising and assigning data collection, modelling, post-processing, analysis, interpretation, and documentation of technical results
• Writing technical reports
• Assisting with the preparation of proposals
• Assisting in business development initiatives to support the air quality team
• Taking a lead technical role in internal and external project teams to ensure technical excellence and quality of analysis and reporting
• Providing technical leadership to improve technical capability and capacity
• Contributing to RWDI’s global air quality practice initiatives and strategies, and sharing experiences and knowledge with internationally based colleagues
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
We are accepting applications from candidates with the following experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in applicable engineering or science disciplines
• Proven expertise in air quality dispersion modelling (including CALPUFF and AERMOD; GRAL an asset) and meteorological modelling (including TAPM and CALMET; WRF an asset)
• Full understanding of the current regulatory/planning framework/technical guidance for air quality assessments
• Demonstrated experience in leading air quality projects
• Thorough knowledge of a variety of engineering analytical tools, GIS (QGIIS), experience of ERP systems, and MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• Proven ability to act as the technical liaison between internal project teams, external clients, and regulators
Candidates should also possess:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong people and team skills
• Proven organisational capability, decision making and coordination skills while working on a number of projects
• Demonstrated initiative, independent problem-solving methods/capabilities
• Demonstrated leadership/mentoring success
• An eye for detail and an innate desire to get things right
• Persistence to see a job through to conclusion
• Aptitude for practical problem-solving and shrewd judgement
• Drive to continuously improve processes and enhance efficiency
• Aptitude for creating, and contributing to, technical innovation
• Ability to travel occasionally
Experience in the following areas would be considered an asset:
Experience in the following areas would be considered an asset:
• Post-graduate degree or doctorate in subjects relevant to the role
• Working knowledge of programming, for example Python, R, Linux
• Professional qualification (e.g. CAQP, CPeng,..)
• Membership and participation in air quality associations (e.g. CASANZ) and conferences
Job Benefits
What We Offer:
• An opportunity to redefine possible
• Work with a “Top Employer”
• Salary range commensurate with experience
• Flexible work setting
• Proactive and ongoing training, education, and learning opportunities
• Health and Wellbeing Allowance Reimbursement (professional subscriptions/fitness equipment)
• An abundance of career paths and opportunities to advance
If you’re interested in learning more about our company culture, please visit our LinkedIn Life Page.
Thank you in advance for your application. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
About
RWDI is a leading climate and performance engineering firm that has been helping clients tackle complex engineering challenges in the built environment for more than 50 years. With deep technical expertise, we drive success on ambitious building, industry, and infrastructure projects — enhancing performance, resiliency, and efficiency. Our extensive technical services span every project stage to help maximize performance while minimizing environmental impact. With a team of more than 800 engineers, scientists, and sustainability specialists in more than 30 offices across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, we’re a truly global company. For more information, visit rwdi.com and connect on LinkedIn.
Skills Required
- Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s degree in an applicable engineering or science discipline
- Expertise in air quality dispersion modeling, including CALPUFF and AERMOD
- Expertise in meteorological modeling, including TAPM and CALMET
- Understanding of regulatory, planning, and technical guidance for air quality assessments
- Experience leading air quality projects
- Knowledge of engineering analytical tools, GIS, ERP systems, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to act as technical liaison among project teams, clients, and regulators
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong people, teamwork, organization, decision-making, and coordination skills
- Independent problem-solving, initiative, practical judgment, and attention to detail
- Demonstrated leadership and mentoring success
- Ability to travel occasionally
- Experience with GRAL
- Experience with WRF
- Postgraduate degree or doctorate relevant to the role
- Programming experience with Python, R, or Linux
- Professional qualification such as CAQP or CPeng
- Membership in air quality associations such as CASANZ
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The Company
What We Do
RWDI is a leading global climate and performance engineering consulting firm dedicated to creating harmony between the built and natural world, specializing in wind engineering, sustainability, air quality, and environmental modeling.
