Environmental Director

AXG Contracting; Lima Metropolitana; On-site; PEN 413,000 - 619,000; Full time

Job summary

AXG Contracting in Peru seeks a senior, hands-on environmental permitting leader to own the approvals pathway for a brownfield copper operation and its expansion. You will lead the MEIA-d critical path, integrate environmental studies with engineering, and ensure that permitting does not become the project constraint.

You will work in an owner's team with senior operations and technical leadership, demanding deep knowledge of Peru's mining and environmental framework, plus the credibility to

Qualifications

• Approximately 20–25 years of relevant experience preferred; ownership and judgment weigh more than tenure.
• Led at least one material Peru mining environmental approval from strategy through final decision.
• Strong command of Peruvian environmental and mining permitting laws and processes.
• Owner/operator accountability; consulting alone is not sufficient.
• Technical engineering or environmental science degree with multidisciplinary understanding.
• Working professional English.

Responsibilities

• MEIA-d critical path: lead strategy, study planning, submission, observations, response and final authorization.
• Define scopes, direct advisers, protect schedule and budget, retain institutional knowledge.
• Integrate engineering with environmental constraints before design decisions are made.
• Engage authorities: SENACE, ANA, SERFOR, MINEM, OEFA and others as applicable.
• Prepare evidence-based responses; decide on clarification, data or redesign.
• Guide environmental risk work on flora, fauna, dust, water, and logistics.
• Maintain integrated permit and commitments roadmap; surface risk early.
• Maintain stakeholder relationships with authorities and local actors.

Skills

Environmental permitting

Project leadership

Regulatory affairs

English proficiency

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Environmental science degree

Job description

A senior, hands-on environmental permitting leader is required to own the approvals pathway for a brownfield copper operation and a strategically important expansion in Peru. The immediate priority is to lead the critical path for the MEIA-d (modification of the detailed environmental impact assessment), integrate environmental studies with engineering, and prevent permitting from becoming the constraint on project schedule and value.

This is an owner's-team role with direct exposure to senior operating and technical leadership. It is not a corporate ESG reporting or communications position. Success requires deep knowledge of Peru's mining and environmental framework, enough engineering fluency to understand design choices, and the credibility to explain those choices clearly to authorities and stakeholders.

Responsabilities

• MEIA-d critical path. Lead the end-to-end route from strategy and study planning through submission, authority observations, response and final authorization.
• Consultants and studies. Define scopes, select and direct advisers, challenge technical quality, protect schedule and budget, and retain institutional knowledge inside the owner's team.
• Engineering integration. Work closely with mine, plant and infrastructure engineers so permit requirements, alternatives and environmental constraints are addressed before design decisions become sunk cost.
• Authority engagement. Lead technically sound, ethical engagement with SENACE and ANA and coordinate with SERFOR, the Ministry of Culture, MINEM, OEFA and other competent authorities as applicable.
• Observation management. Prepare clear, evidence-based responses to regulator questions; decide when the right answer is clarification, additional data, mitigation or redesign.
• Environmental risk. Guide work on flora and fauna, long-lived cactus species and footprint alternatives; dust, noise and vibration near potential receptors; chemical inputs, transport and logistics; water demand, closed-loop/no-discharge design; and workforce and camp capacity.
• Permitting governance. Maintain the integrated permit and commitments roadmap, screen project changes, surface risk early and ensure approvals do not delay the expansion program.
• Stakeholder relationships. Maintain credible institutional relationships with authorities and local actors, supported by disciplined documentation and close coordination with operations, legal and community relations.

Requirements

• Approximately 20-25 years of relevant experience preferred; direct approvals ownership and judgment will carry more weight than tenure alone.
• Evidence of personally leading at least one material Peru mining environmental approval from strategy through observations and final decision.
• Strong command of Peruvian environmental and mining permitting laws, instruments and authority processes.
• Owner/operator accountability, or exceptional evidence of acting as the owner's strategic lead; consulting experience alone is not sufficient.
• Technical degree in engineering, environmental science or a related field, with the ability to understand and challenge multidisciplinary engineering and environmental work.
• Working professional English.
• Experience in copper, open-pit, SX-EW/leach, brownfield restart or expansion environments is highly valued.
• Calm, ethical and persuasive with regulators; practical with operations; structured with documentation; comfortable working hands-on in a lean organization.