Principal Consultant—Sustainability

BRISBANE

$133,962 to $140,724 plus Super

Be part of a local, niche consulting team helping influential organisations and large projects become more sustainable—just in time for the Olympics

We are a sustainability consulting firm with a team of 9 professionals, growing to 12 or more in 2023. This is our 10^th year of operation!
We have great clients and a range of significant contracts with governments and major companies, giving us a secure book of work over several years.
With offices in Brisbane City, our work is concentrated in Queensland and sometimes inter-state. We also have one consultant based in Melbourne.
Most of our work involves embedding sustainability on major infrastructure projects, such as rail, roads, dams and water pipelines (our team has decided not to work on coal mining).
In infrastructure, our clients include government agencies, construction contractors, engineering designers, business case advisors and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council.
We also help organisations on strategy and policy for sustainability, ESG, carbon management and climate change. Examples include the Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan for the Queensland Government and ARTC’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan.
We like to collaborate as a team across our projects, with regular meetings, providing a supportive culture among colleagues.

As a Principal Consultant, you will:

Report to the director (Scott Losee)
Provide authoritative sustainability advice.
Lead and collaborate with small teams, including within client organisations and infrastructure project delivery teams
Provide coaching and mentoring to team members

Guide infrastructure planning, design and construction teams in achieving infrastructure sustainability ratings
Oversee the analysis and modelling of sustainability data, and the preparation of reports
Provide authoritative advice on, and lead, sustainability processes such as workshops, materiality assessments, sustainable procurement, stakeholder engagement and environmental management
Develop ESG, net zero and environmental strategies and policies
Contribute to business development and management

Candidates must have:

10 years’ professional experience, including at least 5 years providing sustainability advice
Experience implementing Infrastructure Sustainability ratings
Initiative
Comfort with challenging deadlines in a fast-paced, client-oriented, commercial environment
Critical thinking on environment and sustainability problems
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
Strong quantitative, data handling and spreadsheet skills
A bachelor’s degree in environmental science or an engineering discipline (preferably with training in sustainability)
An existing right to work in Australia for at least 3 years.

At Losee Consulting, you will interact directly with a great group of people—where everything we do helps protect the environment and enhance sustainability.
Everyone is empowered to have a say and help shape the company’s future.
Losee Consulting is the perfect place to learn and grow: we tackle problems that haven’t been solved before.
We aim to keep our full-time hours to 37.5 per week, with flexibility and the opportunity to work from home for 2-3 days per week.
We are proud of our diverse team, and inclusive and respectful culture.

We invest generously in professional training
We will pay for 1 professional membership
You will have quarterly performance meetings with the director and annual salary reviews. On top of annual salary reviews, we monitor inflation and adjust salaries accordingly
Opportunities for promotion are available within our growing team
We provide a laptop, PPE and assistance with your home office setup
Part-time is available and relocation arrangements may be negotiated.

Please provide a cover letter addressing this job ad and a resume.

Due to client requirements, we may require Covid-19 vaccination and police checks.