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Senior Sustainability & Resilience Consultant

Christchurch, Canterbury💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-30 → 2026-10-01

Core

Lead climate risk, adaptation, and resilience projects for major infrastructure, transport, water, energy, and built environment clients in New Zealand.

Role type

Senior Sustainability and Resilience Consultant

Builds

Climate risk assessments, adaptation strategies, and resilience plans for nationally significant infrastructure projects.

Domain

Infrastructure consulting, climate change, and environmental resilience in New Zealand.

Required skills

Climate risk assessment, adaptation planning, resilience strategy, stakeholder facilitation, technical report writing, business development, regulatory approval processes, iwi and Maori engagement.

Preferred skills

XRB Climate-related Disclosures, TCFD, ISSB, ISO 14090/14091, ISO 14064, GHG Protocol, Green Star, NABERSNZ, IS Rating, PAS 2080.

Technologies

XRB Climate-related Disclosures, TCFD, ISSB, ISO 14090, ISO 14091, ISO 14064, GHG Protocol, Green Star, NABERSNZ, IS Rating, PAS 2080

Responsibilities

Lead climate risk and adaptation projects; mentor emerging consultants; build trusted client relationships and drive business development; manage client engagements from proposal to delivery; analyze climate projections and risk data; facilitate stakeholder workshops; prepare technical reports and presentations; support environmental assessments and regulatory approvals.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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