Principal Environment

Purpose

This role helps to shape a culture across the portfolio where environmental risk management and compliance is valued as a lever to deliver operational excellence ultimately protecting and maximizing business value.

The Work

• Provide deep technical expertise in Environmental Risk Management and Environmental Engineering. The role scope includes energy GHG (Scope 1 and 2) emissions other environmental emissions (noise vibration dust non-mineral waste and surface and ground water quality as it relates to environmental risk and impact).
• Support the businesses to implement the associated technical standards and provide periodic review of and where necessary provide guidance to businesses on related Group Environment Standards.
• Provide thought leadership through external benchmarking and analysing global and regional trends to shape and influence step change in performance and to drive innovation.
• Provide technical input into business and sustainability strategy as it relates to Environment.
• Support comprehensive analysis of and provides insights into internal operational environmental trends incidents practices and developments and prioritise the critical environment focus areas at a portfolio-level for intervention by senior leadership.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honors degree or equivalent) in an environmental engineering environmental science or related technical discipline.
• A postgraduate qualification (Masters / Doctoral degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity.
• Work experience: Desirable Mining Oil & Energy
• At least 10 Years of experience in similar positions.

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated successful experience developing and implementing environmental risk management and assurance processes systems ALARP and best practices within a mining (or related) industry context.
• Understands the complex interdependencies between people process mining environment and system factors that create risk. Delivers a holistic method of identifying controlling and managing risks
• Translates strategies into practical actions with a commercial mindset to reduce environmental risk and impact and unlock value.
• Ability to express thinking / communicate in language accessible to broad audiences (Front-line up to Senior Management)
• Ability to effectively analyze large data sets to identify insights and recommend opportunities for performance improvement.

Social Process Skills

• Ability to work cross-functionally with business leadership and Group FRAs
• Presentation of complex data into more communicable information
• Effectively influence coach and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to achieve required outcomes
• Ability to facilitate agreement and co-operation using a diplomatic and open approach
• Effective in working with diverse teams and sensitive to local social political and cultural realities
• Comfortably interact across all mediums i.e. face to face vs virtual interactions with team and stakeholders
• Uses networks in all stages of decision making to ensure decisions are not made in isolation though not to the extent that would be seen as abdicating responsibility

Other requirements

• Work internationally travel away from specified work locations often at short notice (Peru Brazil South Africa)
• Englis Fluent Mandatory (please You must submit your profiles in English).

Additional Information :

Who we are

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably using less water less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources diamonds (through De Beers) copper platinum and other precious metals iron ore and nickel our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively with the utmost consideration for local communities our customers and the world at large.

How we are committed to your safety

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a days work. To make that happen we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that were also continually investing in new technologies from drones to data analytics that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply

To apply for this role please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time