RWDI

Global climate and performance engineering consultants

Senior Air Quality Scientist/Engineer

Environmental EngineeringUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India₹1.6M - ₹2.4M /yr

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in an applicable engineering or science discipline.
Proven expertise in air quality dispersion modelling, including CALPUFF and AERMOD; familiarity with GRAL is an asset.
Expertise in meteorological modelling, including TAPM and CALMET; familiarity with WRF is an asset.
Full understanding of the current regulatory and planning framework and technical guidance for air quality assessments.
Demonstrated experience leading air quality projects.
Thorough knowledge of engineering analytical tools, GIS (QGIIS), ERP systems, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Proven ability to act as the technical liaison between internal project teams, external clients, and regulators.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong people and team skills.
Organisational capability, decision-making, and coordination skills while working on multiple projects.
Demonstrated initiative and independent problem-solving capabilities.
Demonstrated leadership and mentoring success.
Attention to detail and persistence to see work through to conclusion.
Practical problem-solving ability and sound judgement.
Drive to improve processes and enhance efficiency.
Aptitude for creating and contributing to technical innovation.
Ability to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

Conduct air quality assessments across industry, buildings, infrastructure, and transport sectors.
Consult with and answer technical questions from clients, project managers, and colleagues.
Plan and coordinate technical aspects of projects.
Supervise and assign data collection, modelling, post-processing, analysis, interpretation, and documentation of technical results.
Write technical reports.
Assist with preparing proposals.
Assist with business development initiatives to support the air quality team.
Take a lead technical role in internal and external project teams to ensure technical excellence and quality of analysis and reporting.
Provide technical leadership to improve technical capability and capacity.
Contribute to global air quality practice initiatives and strategies, and share experience and knowledge with internationally based colleagues.

Desired Qualifications

A postgraduate degree or doctorate in a subject relevant to the role.
Working knowledge of programming, for example Python, R, or Linux.
A professional qualification, such as CAQP or CPeng.
Membership and participation in air quality associations, such as CASANZ, and conferences.

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.

The role includes but is not limited to:

• 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

We are accepting applications from candidates with the following experience:

• 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 in the following areas would be considered an asset:

• 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

About the Company

RWDI

Global climate and performance engineering consultants

RWDI is a global climate and performance engineering consulting firm that helps design and assess built environments to work well with their surroundings. It provides technical expertise across many disciplines to deliver resilient, high-performance projects with safety, comfort, and sustainability in mind. Their work involves climate and environmental analysis, wind engineering, thermal and airflow studies, acoustics, and other performance simulations to tailor solutions to each project. Compared with competitors, RWDI combines a broad, multidisciplinary approach with a global presence to integrate the building with its natural context, offering practical analyses and recommendations rather than generic advice. The company’s goal is to harmonize the built environment with the natural world by delivering safer, more comfortable, and environmentally sustainable developments.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Portland, OR
Founded: 2000

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