Job Description

At GHD Business Advisory we are invested in creating sustainable commercial outcomes with clients driving change in water, energy and urbanisation.

Join a team committed to solving complex challenges across the value chain, from capital deployment to asset management, enabling resilience, growth and sustainability.

Together, we will help create a future for generations to come.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an Executive Advisor to join our Risk & Assurance team based in Brisbane.

Work alongside industry leaders on prominent assignments, innovative renewable energy initiatives and significant infrastructure projects. Be part of transformative change—where your ambitions find real opportunities

You will provide strategic, technical and operational guidance to clients facing complex decisions and proactively identify new product and service opportunities to meet evolving client needs. Our practice is recognised by clients as one of the leading consultancies in Asia Pacific.

The Executive Advisor plays a key role in the building a strong pipeline for future work

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Assess market trends, identify opportunities, and convert them into successful projects, both short-term and long-term.
• Lead business development activities, leveraging internal and external relationships to promote our services.
• Respond to and provide technical direction for major tenders, bids, and initiative-taking client proposals.
• Deliver projects as Project Manager and/or Project Director
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, and peers.
• Support, mentor and develop technical skills within the team and contribute to the overall success of Business Advisory
• Respond to client tenders and proposals with targeted, timely solutions.
• Facilitating client risk workshops

What you will bring to the team:

• Degree qualification in Engineering or Science related to process safety (Chemical, Mechanical preferred) or similar discipline
• 15+ years industry experience in a recognised consulting, process safety, chemical processing, resources and heavy industry, corporate or regulatory environment
• Strong history in business development and opportunity pipeline management
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills; a proven ability to develop and maintain internal and external relationships
• Advising clients in multiple aspects of risk management
• Facilitation of Risk and Safety related workshops using a variety of techniques (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, bowties, FMECA, SMS)
• Development of Major Hazard Facility Safety Cases
• Provision of Technical Process Safety services
• Software use experience in PHAST, SAFETI, @Risk, PHAPro is highly desired
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Proven expertise as a technical advisor and thought leader within the industry.
• Excellent project management experience

This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of Risk & Assurance services in a dynamic market in a collaborative, supportive environment focused on professional growth and development.

Work with a diverse team of experts committed to delivering exceptional client outcomes.

If you are ready to make a significant impact and grow with GHD Advisory

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Interested? - Apply Now

GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.

GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where GHD people can thrive

Come together and make a meaningful impact.
We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world's most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD. Let's drive real change. Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.
See where your commitment could take you.
That’s the #PowerOfCommitment Who we are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.