Acoustic Consultant - Melbourne

SLR Consulting; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in Melbourne is seeking an ambitious individual for a full-time role in their Acoustics & Vibration team. The position involves carrying out high-profile projects across APAC, with a strong focus on environmental noise monitoring and 3D noise modelling. The ideal candidate will have a relevant engineering degree and 3+ years of consulting experience. This role offers excellent opportunities for mentoring and professional growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience within a consulting environment.
• Experience with noise monitoring equipment is essential.
• Ability to mentor junior staff and develop business development skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out technical tasks including calculations, data analysis, and design.
• Work on environmental noise monitoring and 3D computer noise modelling.
• Deliver projects while developing business development skills.

Skills

Coding

GIS

Noise monitoring

Education

Relevant bachelor's degree (mechanical or electrical engineering, environmental engineering or science)

Tools

SoundPLAN

CadnaA

Job description

About the business and the role

At SLR we’re Making Sustainability Happen. SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With over 1,000 staff in APAC alone, we provide consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site‑specific issues to a diverse and growing base of business, regulatory and governmental clients. We celebrate a ‘One Team Culture’, where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results.

SLR has a great opportunity within our established Melbourne office for an ambitious individual to join our high performing and friendly Acoustics & Vibration team. SLR boast one of Australia’s largest Acoustic teams, so this full‑time position will offer the successful candidate endless opportunities to work with and learn from leading industry experts. We are looking for the right person to complement our tight knit team, so are open to talking to individuals from a Consultant level through to Associate.

Responsibilities

Joining a wider APAC team of 60+ specialist Acoustic consultants, you will be responsible for carrying out high profile and large‑scale projects across APAC. Typical day‑to‑day tasks would involve :

• Carrying out technical tasks which will require accuracy in calculations, data analysis, modelling and design which will include manipulating and managing large data sets.
• With the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, work in the following areas is expected; environmental noise monitoring, building acoustics, 3D computer noise modelling, numerical analysis of results and associated reporting.
• You will be comfortable mentoring / guiding junior level staff
• As well as delivering projects your role would include the opportunity to develop your business development skills to bring your own influence to the breadth and range of projects the team work on – with support from senior team members as needed.

Skills and experience

• A relevant bachelor degree (ideally mechanical or electrical engineering, environmental engineering or science)
• Ideally you will bring 3+ years’ experience within a consulting environment
• Capability and experience with coding, GIS, noise monitoring and prediction would also be favourable.
• Experience and high competency with noise monitoring equipment and / or 3D computer noise models (SoundPLAN, CadnaA etc.) is essential.
• The ability to be self‑sufficient and desire to build on your business development skill set as we all look to contribute in this area
• A proven record of high‑level Project Delivery will be favourable to your application

Our Benefits

We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

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Next Steps

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.