Team Leader, Emergency Management Projects - Sydney, Australia - WSP Australia

WSP Australia

Verified Company

Sydney, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Work options:
Flexible

Work from Sydney or Melbourne

Join our team of intelligent and collaborative Changemakers and make your mark on tomorrow In this role, you'll work with the Emergency Management team as a Team Leader to drive the future-ready initiatives and be responsible for how we delivery of our world-class emergency management training.

Our Environment team is solving some of Australia's biggest challenges.

We are preserving and improving our built and natural environments, finding ways to use and re-use our resources, and building safe and future-ready infrastructure to support places where communities can thrive.

What you'll do:

As a Team Leader in Emergency Management Projects, you'll lead, coach, and influence your team to deliver exceptional results. You will identify and pursue sales opportunities, maintain client relationships, and ensure the safety and well-being of your team.

Your responsibilities will include:

Complying with role specific SHEQ obligations.
Fostering a strong safety culture within the team.
Building and maintaining a culture of teamwork, innovation, and passion.
Providing peer review, coaching, and mentoring for ongoing professional development.
Implementing professional development plans for direct reports.
Developing business development capabilities and contributing to market action plans.
Preparing proposals and managing projects to meet budget and strategic goals.
Ensuring staff are trained in WSP HSE and technical requirements.
Managing client feedback and achieving monthly targets.

About you:

Advanced competence in assessing emergency preparedness risk and compliance.
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Science, Applied Science, Environmental Engineering, Building Surveying, or Occupational Health and Safety (highly desirable).
Industry experience in emergency management, disaster response, or emergency preparedness (highly desirable).
Consulting environment experience (desirable).
Working knowledge of managing risk on projects.
Experience in writing winning proposals and leading pursuits.
Experience in all aspects of business development.
Balances innovation, quality, and technical excellence with delivery to timelines and budget.

About WSP:

Our vibrant workplace culture is an important part of what makes this a great place to work.

It is supported by our Guiding Principles:

We value our people and our reputation.
We are locally dedicated with international scale.
We are future focused and challenge the status quo.
We foster collaboration in everything we do.
We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

WSP prioritises the health and wellbeing of our people by offering flexible working, 12 months parental leave, opportunities for global mobility, purchased additional leave, and competitive remuneration among many more benefits designed to help you shine.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equal opportunity workplace. We promote Indigenous voices and are actively delivering a 'Stretch' level Reconciliation Action Plan.

Accredited by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice, we also support the LGBTQI+ community, and encourage all employees to bring their whole selves to work.

WSP. With us, you can.
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