Environmental and Regulatory Advisor

AirSWIFT; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is supporting a major upstream oil & gas project in Brisbane with an Environmental and Regulatory Advisor role. The position focuses on managing environmental approvals, regulatory compliance obligations, and stakeholder engagement with PNG authorities, including travel for regulatory meetings and site engagements.

We are seeking someone with proven experience in statutory approvals, regulatory processes, and risk identification, who can coordinate with engineers, construction and

Qualifications

• Experience managing statutory environmental approvals and submission milestones on major projects.
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and regulatory processes.
• Ability to engage regulators and government authorities effectively.
• Capable of coordinating consultants and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental approvals, permit conditions, and submission milestones.
• Coordinate environmental management plans and supporting documentation.
• Maintain compliance registers and monitor obligations throughout project delivery.
• Build relationships with environmental regulators and government authorities.
• Support regulatory meetings, audits, inspections, and site visits.
• Integrate environmental requirements into project activities with engineering teams.
• Identify risks and compliance gaps, providing practical recommendations.
• Coordinate consultants and internal stakeholders to support environmental deliverables.
• Advise project leadership on approvals, compliance requirements, and risks.

Skills

Environmental approvals

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory documentation

Risk identification

Job description

Job Title: Environmental and Regulatory Advisor
Duration: 12 months (subject for extension)
Schedule: Mon - Fri (7.5 hours a day)
Location: Brisbane, QLD

About the role

Our client, a major Australian oil & gas exploration and production company, is seeking an experienced Environmental & Regulatory Advisor to support a significant upstream project. This role will be responsible for managing environmental approvals, regulatory compliance obligations, and stakeholder engagement with PNG government authorities and environmental regulators. The position is based in Brisbane CBD and will involve regular travel to PNG for regulatory meetings, project discussions, and site engagements.

Key responsibilities

• Manage environmental approvals, permit conditions, regulatory commitments, and submission milestones.
• Coordinate the preparation and maintenance of environmental management plans and supporting documentation.
• Maintain compliance registers and monitor environmental obligations throughout project delivery.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with environmental regulators and government authorities.
• Support regulatory meetings, audits, inspections, and site visits.
• Work closely with engineering, construction, and project teams to ensure environmental requirements are integrated into project activities.
• Identify environmental risks, compliance gaps, and approval constraints, providing practical recommendations and solutions.
• Coordinate specialist consultants and internal stakeholders to support environmental deliverables.
• Provide advice to project leadership on environmental approvals, compliance requirements, and regulatory risks.

About you

• Experience managing statutory environmental approvals, submission milestones, approval conditions and regulatory commitments on major projects.
• Strong environmental and regulatory compliance experience within oil and gas, LNG, resources or energy infrastructure environments.
• Direct experience engaging with environmental regulators and government authorities.
• Experience coordinating consultants, technical specialists and internal project stakeholders.
• Experience identifying environmental risks, compliance issues and approval constraints and providing practical project-based solutions.
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation, regulatory processes and statutory compliance.
• Ability to prepare and coordinate environmental management plans and supporting regulatory documentation.
• Capability to maintain compliance registers and monitor environmental obligations through project execution.
• Ability to translate complex technical and regulatory requirements into practical project deliverables.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

About Airswift:

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.

Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered (Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA).