Lead Environmental

Cari; Weipa Town; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bechtel Mining and Metals seeks an environmental professional to support the Environmental Management Program on our Weipa project in Australia. You will lead technical guidance, monitor performance, and ensure protection of sensitive areas and heritage on site.

The role is field-based, requiring 7–10 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in environmental sciences or engineering. You will collaborate with ES&H and construction teams to drive compliant, sustainable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental sciences or engineering.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with environmental management systems and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Governance of the environmental management program, including technical and administrative aspects.
• Provide guidance to contractors on regulatory and client requirements.
• Undertake risk assessments, data analysis, and implementation of the EMS to track needs.
• Prepare reports, reviews, and conduct environmental assessments and audits.
• Participate in ES&H emergency preparedness and ensure compliance with permits and requirements.
• Develop and maintain Construction Environmental Management Plans and sub plans.

Skills

Environmental management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences / Engineering

Job description

Requisition ID:294152

Relocation Authorized:National - Camp

Telework Type:Full-Time Office/Project

Work Location: Weipa, QLD

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Project Overview

Bechtel Mining and Metals offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the mining sector across multiple commodities including Iron Ore, Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Coal, Lithium and Rare Earths markets.

Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, the M&M global business unit also has offices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia along with execution units in the United States, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and other project locations around the world.

Job Summary

In this role you will support the preparation and implementation of the projects Environmental Management Program. You will work with functional leads, evaluation performance trends, and provide technical advice on environmental management and mitigation measures to the ES&H and construction teams. Your demonstrated leadership will ensure protection of environmentally sensitive areas, species and cultural heritage areas. This role will be a field based role.

Major Responsibilities

• Governance of the environmental management program, inclusive of technical and administrative aspects
• Provide guidance to contractors on compliance with regulatory and client requirements for their work activities
• Undertake risk assessments, data analysis, and implementation of the Bechtel ES&H Management system to ensure tracking of requirements and continual improvement actions are identified
• Preparation of reports, reviews, and perform environmental assessments and audits, researching issues to support environmental program execution, and evaluation of the performance trends
• Participation in ES&H emergency preparedness planning to assess compliance with contractual commitments, laws and regulations, environmental permits and Bechtel/Client requirements
• Development and maintenance of project Construction Environmental Management Plan and sub plans/procedures
• Support the project in the implementation of Project and Operational procedures
• Identification of environmental best practices for implementation
• Evolve and adaption of the environmental management program throughout execution
• Undertake contractual progress meetings and provide leadership updates to the team(s)
• Stakeholder engagement with Bechtel and client leadership teams
• Undertake field compliance activities including: environmental sampling and monitoring, environmental technical contractor management, environmental inspections

Education and Experience Requirements

• Requires a Bachelors degree in the environmental sciences / engineering fields with 7-10 years of relevant experience

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to utilise Microsoft office programs including word, powerpoint, excel
• Demonstrated experience with construction projects site establishment, earthworks, civil works and marine works
• Experience in management of environmental management systems including compliance tracking, technical report writing and development of dashboards appropriate to the audiences. Ability to develop and conduct audits and inspections
• Demonstrated ability in management of complex stakeholder environments

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