Sr Air Quality Scientist/Engineer

Rwdi Consulting Engineers And Scientists; Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

RWDI Consulting Engineers And Scientists in India seeks an experienced air quality professional with 8+ years to lead our global Air Quality team from Thiruvananthapuram. You will provide technical leadership, manage projects, mentor staff, and contribute to business development while coordinating with environmental and climatic experts within RWDI.

Responsibilities include conducting air quality assessments, modelling with CALPUFF/AERMOD, guiding regulatory strategies, preparing reports, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science required.
• Proven expertise in air quality dispersion modelling (CALPUFF, AERMOD) and meteorological modelling (TAPM, CALMET); GRAL/WRF assets are a plus.
• Strong understanding of regulatory/planning framework for air quality assessments.
• Demonstrated experience in leading air quality projects.
• Proficiency with GIS (QGIS) and MS Office; ability to act as technical liaison between teams, clients, and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Conduct air quality assessments for diverse sectors (industry, buildings, infra, transport).
• Consult with clients, project managers, and colleagues on technical questions.
• Plan and coordinate technical aspects of projects.
• Supervise data collection, modelling, post-processing, analysis and reporting.
• Prepare technical reports and assist in proposals.
• Assist in business development initiatives to support the air quality team.
• Lead technical efforts within project teams to ensure excellence in analysis and reporting.
• Provide technical leadership to improve capability and capacity within RWDI.
• Contribute to RWDI's global air quality practice initiatives and share knowledge across colleagues.

Skills

Air quality modelling

CALPUFF

AERMOD

TAPM/CALMET

WRF

GIS

Client liaison

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Post-graduate degree in relevant field

Tools

Python

R

Linux

ERP systems

Job description

Job Summary

RWDI is seeking an experienced individual with a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience to join our global Air Quality team.

We are seeking a dynamic leader to spearhead our air quality business and expand our team of dedicated air quality professionals. This is a unique opportunity to combine technical excellence, team leadership, and business development skills. As part of this role, you will be responsible for providing holistic consulting services, working collaboratively and seamlessly with experts from other environmental and climatic disciplines within RWDI.

Responsibilities

• Conducting air quality assessments for a range of sectors (industry, buildings, infrastructure and transport)
• Consulting with and answering technical questions from clients, project managers, and colleagues
• Planning and coordinating technical aspects of projects
• Supervising and assigning data collection, modelling, post-processing, analysis, interpretation, and documentation of technical results
• Writing technical reports
• Assisting with the preparation of proposals
• Assisting in business development initiatives to support the air quality team
• Taking a lead technical role in internal and external project teams to ensure technical excellence and quality of analysis and reporting
• Providing technical leadership to improve technical capability and capacity
• Contributing to RWDI s global air quality practice initiatives and strategies, and sharing experiences and knowledge with internationally based colleagues

Requirements

• Bachelor s degree in applicable engineering or science disciplines
• Proven expertise in air quality dispersion modelling (including CALPUFF and AERMOD; GRAL an asset) and meteorological modelling (including TAPM and CALMET; WRF an asset)
• Full understanding of the current regulatory/planning framework/technical guidance for air quality assessments
• Demonstrated experience in leading air quality projects
• Thorough knowledge of a variety of engineering analytical tools, GIS (QGIIS), experience of ERP systems, and MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• Proven ability to act as the technical liaison between internal project teams, external clients, and regulators

Candidates should also possess

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong people and team skills
• Proven organisational capability, decision making and coordination skills while working on a number of projects
• Demonstrated initiative, independent problem-solving methods/capabilities
• Demonstrated leadership/mentoring success
• An eye for detail and an innate desire to get things right
• Persistence to see a job through to conclusion
• Aptitude for practical problem-solving and shrewd judgement
• Drive to continuously improve processes and enhance efficiency
• Aptitude for creating, and contributing to, technical innovation
• Ability to travel occasionally

Experience assets

• Post-graduate degree or doctorate in subjects relevant to the role
• Working knowledge of programming, for example Python, R, Linux
• Professional qualification (e.g. CAQP, CPeng,..)
• Membership and participation in air quality associations (e.g. CASANZ) and conferences