About us – Brief

LID Consulting is an established built environment sustainability and waste consultancy based in Melbourne (but consulting Australia-wide) who require the contract services of a committed specialist waste professional.

Waste management and minimisation plans are required for the operation of the future finished development, and also to minimise waste and raise the level of recycling during the demolition and construction stage of the building process.

While this role is a subset of the development approval process, completing waste management and minimisation plans delivers a mini design solution providing definite challenges and interest for the contractor.

Occasionally strategies and plans are required for better waste management in existing organisations, which may require further research, stakeholder engagement and report delivery.

About the role:

• Leading and Delivering Waste Management Strategies: you will be responsible for leading and delivering waste management strategies, predominantly for new built environment development proposals, that meet development client and council approval.
• Preparing Waste Management Plans: The strategies are documented in a waste management plan. These plans are required for all development types: multi-dwelling residential, mixed use, commercial, retail, hospitality, tourism, industrial, education, childcare, aged care, health, community and built environment sectors.
• Submission of Reports: Each project reviews local council and state government waste requirements, potential design and process solutions, considers whether development design changes are required, seeks client feedback and sign-off, and then submits a report for town planning or state government approval.
• Liaising with Stakeholders: As part of the development approval process you will liaise with Council, architects, town planners and/or developer clients.
• Relationship Management: In all cases maintaining good relationships with all stakeholders through the quality of delivered outcomes, effective communication and a friendly demeanour, is a key aspect of the role.

Contract Role: The role is contract so allows maximum flexibility.

The nature of the role is as follows:

• Engagement is on a report by report basis,
• Jobs routinely take from 4 to 6 hours to complete, and ideally should be completed within one week.
• Occasionally on more complex projects more time is required, but this will be spread over longer periods and will rarely require more than 4 to 6 hours per project on any given week.
• We would envisage the successful candidate undertaking multiple projects per week as required.
• Jobs can be completed from home (no requirement for on-site attendance), with communication with existing team members generally via video conferencing or face to face in-office contact (we are In the Melbourne CBD). Investigative and documentation work can be completed at a time to suit the candidate within the project delivery period.
• You will be trained, and supervised, with constructive feedback provided.
• You will require an ABN.

As a waste professional you will be expected to have an interest in and follow waste industry developments, share the latest council requirements/guidelines learnings with the non-waste specialist ESD consultants in our business and update in-house team reference documents.

The Skills You Require

You will have the following:

• Design thinking experience – an ability to consider numerous parameters, identify potential solutions and evaluate the practicality of solution options
• Experience and comfort in discussing the preferred solution(s) with councils and clients
• A friendly and effective communication style that builds trusted relationships
• Attention to detail and the ability to present accurate, well formatted written reports (we do not use AI or ChatGPT for report preparation)
• Numeracy & Ability to undertake simple waste estimate calculations
• Experience reading building design/construction plans
• An interest in simplifying waste management solutions that support waste reduction.
• A demonstrated interest / passion for waste sustainability
• MS Word and Excel capacity for waste modelling
• An interest in growing knowledge to become an expert in the field and sharing knowledge with the non-waste specialist consultants
• Commitment and an interest in a long term role >3 years
• Project management experience - intermediary, but your organisation skills will be good. We have common project management tools to assist you to complete the work and keep us updated on your progress
• Working rights in Australia (not negotiable)

Job Types: Part-time, Subcontract, Casual.

Part-time hours: 4-12 per week.

Salary: $50.00 per hour.

Benefits:

• Employee mentoring program
• Work from home

Application Question(s):

• Please demonstrate / explain why a per project / contract role rather than full time role would suit you for the long term (as the number of projects you would receive weekly in this role would vary). This is not a full time role and we do not want to employ people who are ultimately looking for full time work.
• We require you to be permanently living in Australia. Please provide your residency status and the suburb where you are currently living

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Authorisation:

• Australia (Required)

Work Location: Remote