Senior Consultant | Dangerous Goods

Arup; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Arup’s Resilience, Security & Risk team is seeking a Senior Engineer to provide technical leadership across Fire Risk, Dangerous Goods, and Process Safety in Australia, New Zealand and the wider APAC region. You will lead high‑impact projects, mentor engineers, and deliver risk‑based engineering solutions that enhance safety and resilience across facilities and operations.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, prepare complex technical reports and risk assessments, and manage projects

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with Chartered status.
• Significant experience in Fire Risk, Dangerous Goods, or Process Safety.
• Strong capability in risk assessments, compliance reviews, and modelling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and leadership.
• Ability to lead projects and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver technically excellent Risk & Process Safety projects across Fire Risk, Dangerous Goods, and Process Safety disciplines.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and collaborate with internal specialists, external design partners, and clients to achieve integrated project outcomes.
• Prepare, review, and sign off complex technical reports, compliance assessments, risk assessments, and engineering documentation.
• Manage projects from proposal through to delivery, ensuring quality, budget, and timeline objectives are achieved.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and the growth of the Risk & Process Safety practice.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Mentoring

Risk assessments

Compliance reviews

Fire risk modelling

Dangerous goods management

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree with Chartered registration (Fire Safety/Chemical/Mechanical)

Job description

Joining Arup Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Join Arup’s Resilience, Security & Risk (RSR) team and help solve some of the most complex Fire Risk, Dangerous Goods, and Process Safety challenges across Australia, New Zealand, and the wider APAC region. As a Senior Engineer, you will provide technical leadership within your specialist discipline while contributing to the growth of Arup’s broader Risk & Process Safety capability. This role offers the opportunity to lead high-impact projects, mentor talented engineers, and deliver risk-based engineering solutions that create safer, more resilient operations, facilities, and infrastructure.

The Opportunity

• Lead and deliver technically excellent Risk & Process Safety projects across Fire Risk, Dangerous Goods, and Process Safety disciplines.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and collaborate with internal specialists, external design partners, and clients to achieve integrated project outcomes.
• Prepare, review, and sign off complex technical reports, compliance assessments, risk assessments, and engineering documentation.
• Manage projects from proposal through to delivery, ensuring quality, budget, and timeline objectives are achieved.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and the growth of the Risk & Process Safety practice.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

• A recognised tertiary qualification in Engineering, preferably in Fire Safety, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering, with Chartered and relevant engineering registration.
• Significant industry experience in Fire Risk, Dangerous Goods, Process Safety, or a closely related risk-based engineering discipline.
• Strong technical expertise in areas such as complex risk assessments, compliance reviews, fire consequence assessment and modelling, or dangerous goods management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts clearly to a range of stakeholders.
• Proven leadership, project management, and mentoring capabilities, with a collaborative approach and a commitment to quality, integrity, and continuous learning.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do. We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling eligible members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence. Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup . We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.