Environment Approvals Advisor Projects

Environment Approvals Advisor Projects

About Us

Arrow Energy (“Arrow”) is an integrated coal seam gas (CSG) company, which develops gas fields, produces and sells CSG, and generates electricity. We have safely and sustainably developed CSG since 2000 and supplied it commercially since 2004 – for both industrial use and power generation in Queensland, and for power generation in the east coast gas market. 

Our vision is to be the most competitive and respected developer of unconventional gas value chains in Australia. 

Today, Arrow owns and operates Braemar 2, a 450-megawatt gas-fired power station south-west of Dalby and is developing the Surat Gas Project in western Queensland. Sanctioned in 2020, the Surat Gas Project’s first phase comprises more than 600 coal seam gas wells and will bring 5 trillion cubic feet of gas to market over 27 years.

Arrow is an incorporated joint venture owned by two of the world’s largest energy companies, Shell and PetroChina. 

Our Culture

At Arrow, safety is our highest priority and our values – respect, lead, own, solve and integrate – underpin everything we do.  

We are proud to be a Work 180 Endorsed Employer for all Women.  At Arrow, everyone belongs. We have a high-performance culture that celebrates diversity and inclusivity, as one of our key foundations. We believe that enabling people to bring their whole selves to work creates a thriving and successful culture.

You will be Rewarded

We recruit talented and motivated people who are passionate about contributing to our journey.

Your appointment will be met with ongoing training and development opportunities, to ensure your greatest potential is realised.

Our Benefits: 

• An attractive remuneration package.
• Annual incentive scheme based on company & individual performance.
• Flexible working arrangements – combine work from anywhere and the office with flexible start and finish times.
• Work180 Endorsed Employer for Women.
• Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
• Indigenous support network, ‘Bundagadan’, offering mentoring, workshops and coaching opportunities.
• Employee Benefits Program - $3000 per year to cover insurances/electricity rebates.
• Novated leasing, corporate discount programs, lifestyle benefit, specialist health care service access, annual flu shot & skin check and Employee Assistance Program
• Gender neutral leave policies, including paid primary and secondary carers’ leave.
• Bonus 5 days annual leave awarded at 5-year anniversary.

We have a high-performance culture that embraces diversity and rewards quality work.

To meet our growing demands, we are looking for an Environment Approvals Advisor Projects to join our team.

The Role: Reporting to the Team Lead Regulatory Approvals, the purpose of this role is to identify, assess and manage internal environmental assessments for compliance against regulatory approvals associated with front end project activities, provide high quality environmental advice and ensure projects are set up to be able to be undertaken in accordance with Arrow HSE management systems and relevant environmental regulations and obligations.

This is a Brisbane based position and will require occasional travel to our field operations as required, with plenty of notice.

In addition, you will:

• Demonstrate a personal commitment to consistently role model Arrow’s values, code of conduct, safety, and the environment.
• Establish positive and productive working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Model inclusive behaviours to create a safe environment where different views and perspectives are encouraged and valued.
• Responsible for managing internal environmental impact assessments for compliance against Arrow’s regulatory approvals, specifically, our Environmental Authorities and Federal, EPBC Approvals, etc to support the internal approval and release of work packages for execution.
• Effectively plan (cost, resources, schedule) for the implementation of environmental requirements for projects into execution including integrating with the broader environmental function on specialist environmental resources.
• Execute environment Technical Authority duties for projects and identify and manage technical gaps, risks and opportunities.
• Secure environmental secondary approvals (EA amendments, clearing permits and exemptions etc) for Arrow’s projects, by coordinating the timely provision of information from the Project Team for applications, reviewing draft conditions of approvals and supporting technical external interfaces (e.g. Regulators).

About You

You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to contribute to a high performing-team with a second-to-none focus on safety and integrity. 

To be considered for this role, you will ideally have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline. 
• Experience in Environmental / Project Management
• Management of environmental approval processes.
• Implementation of environmental requirements for development projects.
• Knowledge of environmental legislation and experience with regulatory requirements for projects within the CSG industry preferrable.
• Ability to deal with multiple work fronts simultaneously and ability to adapt to project changes.

If you’re excited about this role however don’t meet all the criteria, we would still love to hear from you anyway. You may be the perfect candidate for this role or future roles with Arrow Energy.

We are committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace and genuinely encourage applications from all genders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates.

All applications will be considered with utmost confidentiality.

One Arrow, One Team.