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About the Role
As our new Senior Acoustics Consultant, you will play a key leadership role in delivering complex projects and growing client relationships. This role is ideal for a professional who combines strong technical expertise with project leadership, business development, and mentorship. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients while contributing to the practice's growth and visibility.
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver complex acoustics and vibration projects from proposal through execution and close-out
- Take full ownership of project scope, budgets, schedules, and resourcing
- Serve as the primary client contact and technical lead on key assignments
- Provide strategic technical direction on major or high-profile projects
- Ensure quality, consistency, and timely delivery of project outputs
- Identify and pursue new opportunities with existing and prospective clients
- Lead proposal development, including scope definition, technical approach, and fee strategy
- Build and maintain strong relationships across industry, clients, and regulators
- Contribute to SLR’s market presence through presentations, conferences, and thought leadership
- Support strategic growth of the acoustics practice in priority sectors
- Mentor and develop junior and intermediate staff
- Support team resourcing, recruitment, and capability development
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment
- Promote technical excellence and innovation across projects
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in consulting with a strong focus on architectural / building acoustics.
- Experience with sound and vibration modeling and computational software.
- Thought Leader with expertise on the fundamentals and approaches used to measure, predict and evaluate acoustics, noise and vibration.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage client relationships at a senior level.
- Staff training and mentoring experience is expected as part of the role.
- Highly organized, adaptable, and innovative with a track record of delivering high-quality solutions.
- Excellent and confident written, oral communication and interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to live and work in Canada, and preferably to the US for occasional project work as required.
Skills
- Architectural acoustics
- Building acoustics
- Sound and vibration modeling
- Computational software
- Acoustics
- Noise and vibration evaluation
- Project leadership
- Client relationship management
- Staff training
- Mentoring
- Organization
- Adaptability
- Innovation
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- Canada
- US
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, acoustics or related fields.
- Professional Engineering designation (Ontario or other provinces) preferred; equivalent credentials considered.
Salary/Compensations
- $125,000 - $165,000
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement
About the Company
- SLR Consulting (Canada) is a 1000+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across 20+ office locations in Canada.
- We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability.
- We are Making Sustainability Happen.
Equal Opportunity
- SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.