Principal Environment
Australia
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Location
The role is based in Perth on a standard Monday to Friday roster.
Travel to our Projects will be required from time to time to support ongoing studies, execution planning and site integration works. Depending on travel required, options to enable travel will be considered and discussed.
What’s in it for you?
- World class development programs
- Employee Share Plan
- Employee recognition Program that really gives back
- Matched Super Contributions
- Employee Discounts and Novated Leasing
Reporting to the Environment Superintendent Projects, this role will provide Environmental functional support across the WA Major Projects Portfolio across WAIO and reports into the Planning, Technical and Environment Team.
The WA Major Projects Portfolio has a number of large scale diverse investments to enable WAIO growth aspirations. This role will provide deep environmental functional expertise and strategy planning to ensure all environmental aspects are captured with project studies and planning for execution, with a focus on ensuring compliance and providing a high level of governance throughout execution. There’s an expectation that the incumbent will be highly independent and work collaboratively with Project Leads, Studies and Delivery Managers to deliver environmental outcomes. This opportunity would suit a project specialist/lead seeking to develop in the areas of approvals, environmental risk and management systems, and support WA Major Projects at a Portfolio level.
About the Role
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Identify and oversee strategic Major Project-related environmental initiatives and engage proactively with project and asset leadership
- Build capability with Major Projects leaders to enable them to create the desired environment culture, and enact their environmental risk management and compliance requirements
- Provide environmental input to the design and establishment of Environment standards, procedures and systems for WA Major Projects
- Review project design specification to ensure environmental risks and controls are identified and captured with Project design
- Provide subject matter expertise relating to PEAHR (Project, Environment, Aboriginal Heritage Review) strategies, reviews and process
- Maintain effective interfaces between BHP Approvals teams and Major Projects including Operational Environment teams as well as Asset Projects Teams where overlap occurs
- Support with the communication of and embedding of environmental approvals assessment advice and conditions into project planning
- Strategic coordination of all required business and regulatory environmental and compliance reporting
- Ensure provision of technical expertise to embed key environmental requirements with WA Asset Projects and key Contractor Partners
- Support in the development and deliver relevant environmental content for upskilling of project owner’s teams and contractor personnel
- Participate in mid-phase PMO assurance reviews and Independent Peer Reviews (IPRs); and
- Support in the development and delivery of Governance and assurance activities for WA Major Projects
About You
Skills and Experience:
- Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science, Engineering, or equivalent
- Relevant industry experience (Major Capital Projects, Mining Operations, Minerals Processing/Industrial Construction/Oil and Gas)
- Extensive demonstrated experience in managing major environmental approvals (or other significant external approvals)
- Strong understanding of relevant environmental legislation, in particular Part IV and Part V of the Western Australia Environmental Protection Act 1986
- Significant experience effectively managing and influencing internal and external stakeholders
- Have strong communication and engagement skills, ability to adapt to suit target audience
- Demonstrated ability to reliably deliver team results and meet deadlines
- Ability to identify and lead complex change through vision setting and the effective execution of change management processes; and
- Ability to engage and work effectively with both senior internal and external stakeholders. Influence diverse teams.
Applications Close : 23rd March 2025
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Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
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