Building Physics/ESD Engineer

Basis: Full time

Remuneration: 65,000-70,000 exclusive of superannuation

Location: Inner City Melbourne

Opportunity for the candidate

• Award winning and expanding ESD consulting business
• Career Pathway and Professional Development
• Exposure to high profile projects in the building sector

Leading ESD consultancy seeks experienced ESD Engineer/Building Physics Modeller for Melbourne Office.

• Competitive salary, flexible work life balance
• Excellent long term career opportunity
• Exciting project mix

The Company

Ark Resources is a highly successful and progressive ESD consultancy which is recognised as one of the most successful practices in their field. The business has a strong track record in the retail, residential and commercial sectors and is well known for developing innovative and creative sustainable design solutions and frameworks.

Position Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Building Physics / Sustainability Engineer to advise on sustainable solutions for new building projects. You will be involved in undertaking ESD analysis to provide solutions that maximise building performance including thermal modelling, daylight simulation, renewable energy scenarios, facade system efficacy, glare & shading. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to design, analyse, report, model and document ESD projects.

We are looking for an individual who is a self starter and able to competently liaise with clients, manage individual projects and also contribute to complex projects in collaboration with other disciplines to deliver practical sustainable solutions for a broad range of projects.

You will be offered a competitive salary and encouraged to progress your career through your involvement in a wide range of exciting projects and further professional training.

We have a flexible attitude to the workplace and appreciate that we all need to have an appropriate work-life balance.

Criteria

• A recognised qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. Mechanical, Electrical engineering, Building Physics).

• Highly experienced in undertaking building performance analysis including thermal simulation, daylighting analysis, etc with IES-VE software

• Have a passion for delivering sustainable low energy building designs.

• Comprehensive knowledge of NCC, NABERS & Green Star protocols and rating systems;

• Familiarity with local government ESD reporting frameworks such as STEPS, SMP, BESS

• Have a minimum of 4 years’ experience in a similar position;

• Demonstrate technical leadership and have confidence in liaising with clients and customers with commercial awareness

• Possess strong communication and liaison skills

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate an ability to:

• practically apply ESD objectives, objectives, principles and tools

• solve problems using your initiative and creativity

• communicate clearly, particularly in your report writing and presentations

• manage individual projects, as well as contribute to complex projects in collaboration with other team members to deliver practical sustainable solutions to clients

• manage projects in a timely and efficient way.