Associate Director - Energy Transition & Decarbonisation

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Please note that this position is available to be based at any of our office locations across Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth). 

About us. 

Urbis is 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 an Associate Director in the Energy Transition and Decarbonisation team you will play a key role in the delivery of high quality technical and strategic advisory services across energy transition, sustainability, net zero, and decarbonisation. Our Energy Transition and Decarbonisation consultants sit within our Foresight, Strategy and Impact (FSI) team, helping clients to define and deliver their strategic aspirations through technical analysis, enabling and supporting robust decision making and supporting the effective execution of strategic plans, policy making, projects implementation and multi-year strategies for long lasting, positive outcomes. 

We embed sustainability and decarbonisation 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 an Associate Director within our National team, you'll make a tangible impact by:

• Leading energy transition projects across the built environment, energy infrastructure, renewable energy, manufacturing decarbonisations, net zero precincts, residential, and government policy
• Collaborating with colleagues across economics, planning, urban design, transport and landscape architecture to deliver integrated advisory services
• Technical assessments, emissions and carbon modelling, future scenario analysis, cost-benefit assessments, including the ability to work with and interpret large energy and emissions datasets.
• Driving business growth by building trusted client relationships, identifying energy transition opportunities, and supporting winning impactful projects
• Engaging directly with key private and government clients on their most important sustainability, net zero and energy transition challenges, delivering evidence-driven insights and outcomes across multiple sectors
• Identifying and pursuing multi team opportunities to work across teams and business units, managing multi-disciplinary inputs and stakeholder relationships.
• Mentoring team members while fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and feedback-driven culture.

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:

Technical and Industry experience

• Tertiary qualification in Energy, Engineering, Economics, Power systems or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years' experience in energy transition, energy infrastructure or decarbonisation advisory, ideally within a consulting, engineering, advisory or professional services environment.
• Strong technical capability in energy and carbon modelling, scenario analysis, cost-benefit assessment, and the analysis of complex energy and emissions datasets.
• Strong understanding of energy markets, decarbonisation pathways, renewable energy, net zero strategies and sustainability challenges across government and industry., and energy and decarbonisation challenges across global, national, regional and local scales.

• Experience supporting the delivery of large-scale renewable energy projects, distribution and transmission infrastructure, or the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors is highly desirable.

Leadership and commercial skillsets

• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary projects and mentor high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and client relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated business development capability, including identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals and winning work.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Personal Attributes

• 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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