AddressWhitehaven Coal is proud to be the leading Australian coal producer. Our purpose as a company is to support and sustain regional communities by exporting high-quality thermal and metallurgical coal from Australia to the world.
Our STRIVE Values connect us and define how we behave. Whitehaven Coal’s award, recognise and celebrate individuals and teams going above and beyond the requirements of their role to deliver excellent outcomes while demonstrating our values of:
Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Value and Excellence.
About The Role
This role lead’s the Approvals function in NSW.
Reporting to General Manager Approvals, the position will manage and deliver environment approvals and regulatory engagement strategies across New South Wales to support the delivery of the WHC business strategy.
The position will be responsible for the strategic management of regulatory requirements through ongoing review and communication within the business
This role can be based in our Sydney, Newcastle, or Gunnedah office.
What You’ll Do
- Demonstrate visible safety leadership in the workplace through leading by example, fostering WH&S awareness among staff, managing risk, and promoting continuous improvements in the area of safety while working towards the company goal of “zero harm”.
- Implements the Company Wide Strategy to gain approvals to meet company development and growth.
- Technical lead on processes involved with obtaining necessary environmental approvals, and be a subject matter expert on State and Federal regulatory processes, and manage stakeholder engagement with external regulators and Group Legal to ensure alignment with regulator and community expectations
- Responsible for managing the delivery of approvals where engineering design is not required.
- Provides support to the delivery of approvals where engineering design and construction is required.
- Effectively manages projects to meet agreed project timeframes, and provide subject matter expertise to operations for licence and permit renewals and modifications as required
- Responsible for modifications and post approvals for all SSD & EPBC approvals, and keep abreast of changes to all relevant legislation industry codes or best practices in relation to environmental activities.
What You’ll Bring
- Tertiary qualifications in Risk, Engineering, Science, Environmental Science, Applied Science or other suitable qualification
- Extensive experience in HSE roles and heavy industry / mining is preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to engage and influence large and diverse teams at multiple levels in the organisation focusing on customer requirements, with the ability to work autonomously
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills
- Ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries at different organisational levels
Why Whitehaven Coal?
- Career development, mentorship and coaching
- Flexible work options
- Australian owned industry leader
- Attractive remuneration package
- Employee referral scheme - $4000 for successful referrals!
Whitehaven Coal is committed to increasing the representation of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the workplace. We strive for an inclusive workplace that engages people from diverse backgrounds and welcomes diversity of gender, culture and experience.
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