Offshore Wind Impact Assessment Lead

Offshore Wind Impact Assessment Lead - Australia

We invite you to bring your energy and experience into play as you drive our offshore wind impact assessment (IA) capability in Australia with the support of our strong national and international IA network to deliver full IA and consenting services in combination with our wider established technical and commercial services for the growing Australia offshore wind market. To succeed in this role you must have a strong track record in consenting offshore wind projects and an established network in the sector.

Inviting Bright Minds

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global foundation owned company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies and people around the world.

All in One Sustainability

Ramboll's 2022-2025 strategy reinforces our commitment to a sustainable future. Our goal is to drive sustainable change for customers, stakeholders and society and to become a global leader in the green energy transition.

You Will Join Our International IA Spearhead Department

As our new Offshore Wind IA lead (Australia) you will be part of the management team in the Asia Pacific Region (APAC) and will work with our global network of IA practitioners within our Environment and Health division. Our global IA Spearhead leads impact assessments of offshore wind projects throughout Europe and Americas and is now seeing the growth of opportunities in APAC and specifically, Australia. Our Australian IA teams are in Sydney, Hunter and Perth where we have a well-established presence in the onshore renewables, transport and mineral resource sectors. responsible for growing our capability in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region.

The offshore wind IA lead for Australia will ideally be in Melbourne where Ramboll is establishing its technical engineering and design teams to support our offshore wind clients in Australia. You will be supported by this emerging wind engineering team in Melbourne and our Australian impact assessment teams to target and grow our offshore wind pipeline as a full project lifecycle service. It is an exciting time to join us as we now roll out a ‘One Sector Wind’ approach which pulls together all our relevant services to offshore wind to align and streamline our service to our clients - you can be a part of its success.

A key component of the One Sector Wind approach is growth. The Australia IA team currently has 16 personnel (full time equivalent) nationally and plans to double this number by the end of 2025. The IA Spearhead is currently focused on IA projects in NSW within the renewable energy, water infrastructure and transport sectors. The offshore wind sector strategy seeks to bring Ramboll’s global capability on offshore wind energy projects to the Australian market. This role will play a key leadership role in the development and facilitation of this strategy.

In this role we expect that you will work with the IA teams in Australia to further client relationships and build capability within the IA Spearhead. It is recognized that there may be a need to support other IA Projects across Australia, including onshore renewables, while budling a presence in the offshore wind sector. The role will report to the APAC IA Spearhead lead but will be expected to work 2/2 Confidential closely with a range of internal stakeholders including the Global IA Offshore Wind Sector Lead, based in the UK, the APAC Market Director for our Environment and Health division and the existing IA leaders located in Australia.

Core Responsibilities

STRATEGY AND GROWTH

• Implement the strategic direction for offshore wind within our IA teams across Australia for the forthcoming market growth.
• Provide direction and support for Ramboll’s sector wide approach to offshore wind in Australia
• Support the strategic thinking around expansion into wider regional and global markets.

TEAM LEADERSHIP AND GROWTH:

• Grow, manage and lead the offshore wind EIA team in readiness for the pipeline and support strategic leadership of the wider EIA team.
• Upskilling of staff with transferrable skills into offshore wind projects
• Develop a clear template for delivery for our offshore wind projects that builds on our experience to add value and efficiencies to our future projects.
• Contribute to maintaining a work environment and culture that values our people and attracts and retains bright minds.

DELIVERING OUTSTANDING CLIENT FACING SOLUTIONS:

• Project Director or strategic advisor for a portfolio of offshore wind projects comprising direction to the EIA team, accountability for all deliverables, providing EIA and wider consenting strategic advice and troubleshooting to the Project, senior client and stakeholder representative.

CLIENT ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT:

• Build the pipeline of offshore wind work by developing existing contacts and building new industry contacts.
• Key client relationship manager for selected key client accounts with a view of ensuring good performance and expanding our opportunities
• Lead on our offshore wind bidding activity and bid sponsor on select wider strategic bids.
• Maintain and strengthen connections across Ramboll to access opportunities and support development of the ‘One Sector Wind’ offer internally.

EXTERNAL FACING/INDUSTRY PROFILE:

• Promote the Ramboll brand to the offshore wind industry and increase our industry profile across the service offering, including through representation at conferences, production of news and technical articles, social media presence etc.

YOUR STARTING POINT FOR CONSTANT GROWTH

From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• Well networked in the offshore wind industry with a proven track record of work with clients in the sector.
• Experienced in delivering impact assessment in the offshore wind sector and be familiar with the relevant legislative frameworks. This experience will ideally (although not essentially) have involved project leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Experienced in commercial and business management including management and responses to strategic bids, monthly reporting, resourcing and recruitment
• Tertiary degree in a relevant engineering discipline (civil, environmental, chemical) or relevant science discipline (environmental science, geology, chemistry, physics, toxicology or biology) and 2/2 Confidential 12+ years of qualifying experience.

Professional certification or licensure within their primary state of residence/operation or professional certification of other disciplines if available and relevant to job function. Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• A technical leader in EIA with experience of providing technical direction at a project level.
• An accomplished staff manager particularly leading multi-disciplinary teams as project manager.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, clients, suppliers and industry.
• Willingness to travel, including possible international travel.

CAREER PROGRESSION

Ramboll supports the ongoing growth and development of our employees, aligning individual career aspirations with our business needs. For those interested in progressing to the next level, we work to align annual Personal Development Plan goals and development priorities with the expectations confirmed in the appropriate job description. We expect this role will include growing and managing a team of consultants and collaborating to secure work opportunities more broadly across Australia, APAC and globally.

About Ramboll in Asia Pacific

In Asia Pacific, Ramboll brings integrated expertise and experience in the built and natural environments to drive sustainable change.

Our strategy is to help clients and communities realize their goals and aspirations of a flourishing sustainable future through four unifying themes: decarbonization for net zero, resilient societies & liveability, resource management & circular economy, and biodiversity & ecosystem.

Ramboll’s diverse team draws upon our Nordic heritage and an extensive project portfolio to bring systems thinking and integrated solutions with people and sustainability at our core. As a foundation-owned business, Ramboll puts passion and the common good of our people and business first, thus ensuring the long-term and independent development of the company, its employees and the communities we serve..

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