Senior Environmental Manager: Emissions & Compliance

ACCIONA; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental leave

Annual salary review and Discretionary

Bonus

Discounted Private Health Membership

Company Share Options

Wellness and health programs

Job summary

ACCIONA is seeking an Environmental Manager in Western Australia to lead environmental compliance, performance, and sustainability outcomes at the Energy-from-Waste facility. You will ensure licenses, regulatory obligations, and corporate standards are met while supporting safe, efficient plant operations.

You will manage emissions, waste feedstock compliance, residue management, and environmental risk to uphold top-tier environmental and community standards for this landmark project.

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years' environmental management experience in a regulated industrial environment.
• Strong expertise in environmental compliance, emissions monitoring, and ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems.
• Proven ability to manage regulator relationships and navigate EPA/DWER regulatory frameworks.
• Knowledge of Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) and National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) requirements.
• Experience with Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) and availability to provide on-call environmental incident support when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental compliance across licences, approvals, regulatory reporting, and regulator engagement, ensuring adherence to legislative, contractual, and management system requirements.
• Manage environmental monitoring programs including air emissions (CEMS), water, noise, odour, waste, and residue management, analysing data trends and driving environmental performance improvements.
• Develop and maintain Environmental Management Plans, ISO 14001-compliant management systems, legislative registers, compliance frameworks, and environmental controls.
• Lead environmental incident reporting, regulator notifications, investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action implementation, and communication of lessons learned to prevent recurrence.
• Plan and conduct environmental audits, compliance inspections, and assurance activities, driving non-conformance management, document control, compliance verification, and continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary liaison for regulators, clients, communities, and project stakeholders, managing environmental communications, incident responses, monitoring exceedance notifications, training, and risk escalation.

Education

Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related discipline

Job description

ACCIONA is seeking an Environmental Manager in Western Australia to lead environmental compliance, performance, and sustainability outcomes at the Energy-from-Waste facility. You will ensure licenses, regulatory obligations, and corporate standards are met while supporting safe, efficient plant operations.

You will manage emissions, waste feedstock compliance, residue management, and environmental risk to uphold top-tier environmental and community standards for this landmark project.