Air Quality Specialist

About the Company

As an Air Quality professional, you will be working closely with Earth, Environment and Ecology teams in WSP India on global projects. The ideal candidate for this role would have experience of working in a range of sectors like Transport, Civil Infrastructure, Water, Properties & Buildings, with a focus on the completion of assessments of air quality impacts from industrial and Infrastructure projects.

About the Role

Experience of completing air quality assessment including dispersion modelling, dust assessment and management, odour assessment and management, monitoring data analysis, and experience with hazardous material data analysis and occupational hygiene, would all be advantageous. You would be expected to have an educational background in Environmental Sciences & Technology with at least, 4+ years of professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Air Quality assessments by applying appropriate analysis and evaluation, drawing on relevant guidance, international and national policy.
• Work under supervision of senior staff in specialty domains like air emission rate estimates, stack height determination, detailed dispersion modelling, ambient air quality and meteorological monitoring, meteorological monitoring, odour assessments and dust assessments.
• Prepare technical reports (including the analysis and interpretation of model output and monitoring data).
• Analyse data of hazardous materials, occupational hygiene and prepare IAQ reports pertaining EHS studies.
• Analyse ecological field data and prepare ecological reports.
• In General, prepare graphical outputs based on ground investigations and data analysis.
• Assist with preparing expressions of interest, pre-qualifications, project proposals/bids, fee estimates and project work programmes and budgets.
• Maintain knowledge of current technical standards, good practice guidance, legislation, codes of practice and New Zealand standards.
• Ensure assignments are completed on schedule or in a timely manner and within budget.
• Work in sync with multidisciplinary, cross-cultural and geographically distributed teams; Integrate technical inputs from project peers to deliver the project outcome.
• Contribute on an on-going basis toward maintaining a safe working environment both for yourself and for those working with you or in your close vicinity; Ensure that confidentiality is respected, and proper work ethics are always maintained.
• Develop a professional profile with clients and the scientific community generally (including the publishing and/or presentation of papers).

Qualifications

• MSc or MTech in Environmental Science and Technology or Environmental Engineering with focus on Air Quality.
• Membership of a relevant international professional body preferred.

Required Skills

• Demonstrable hands-on proficiencies in a broad range of data analysis tools and dispersion modelling software such as R, Microsoft Excel, ArcMap, AERMOD, CALPUFF, ADMS-Roads and GRAL.
• Coding skills would be preferred: VBA, Python, SQL, R, etc.
• Candidate with Scripting skill would have advantaged: HTML/CSS, C++/C#, JavaScript etc.

Preferred Skills

• 4+ years of hands-on professional experience.
• Experience in global consulting organizations preferred.