Senior Environmental & Sustainability Business Partner

Senior Environmental & Sustainability Business Partner
Weir Minerals
Artarmon
Hybrid 

Purpose of Role: 

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Environmental & Sustainability Business Partner to join our team at our site at Artarmon. In this role, you will be responsible for driving environmental initiatives and sustainability strategies such as managing Environmental & Sustainability (E&S) compliance, driving continual improvement in E&S systems and performance, identifying and implementing strategies to mitigate environmental risks, coaching leaders and others in the organisation, providing governance to EPA requirements and orders and advising on E&S priorities in and across the business.

Reporting directly to the Regional SHE Manager APAC you will collaborate with various departments to integrate sustainable practices into our day-to-day activities and long-term strategic planning.

Key Responsibilities:

Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviours in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.

• Provide leadership, coaching and governance to all E&S related matters.
• Develop strategic goals and measures for E&S that are aligned to business needs and support organizational KPI’s and outcomes
• Support and engage with leaders and operational management to ensure we are actively seeking improvements to the environment, our people and sustainability solutions
• Maintain ISO certification
• Develop and implement environmental strategies and action plans to manage environmental risk and support corporate sustainability, taking into account regulatory framework, systems requirements and continual improvement objectives
• Manage reporting of environmental performance within the business and as required by external authorities
• Maintain all relevant environmental licenses, permits, reports and monitoring records

Job Knowledge/ Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Environmental Engineering or equivalent
• Proven working experience in environmental, sustainability, carbon emissions & footprint analysis
• Knowledge & project implementation strategies to reduce Scope 1,2,3 carbon emission targets
• Chair Sustainability Steering Committees with management leaders on a monthly basis to track KPI’s and share sustainability project updates, action plans.
• Knowledge of environmental legislation and awareness of key regulatory and other standards for compliance
• Submit EPA Annual Returns, NPI & NGER Reporting
• Understanding of requirements to maintain ISO14001:2004 certification

Why choose Weir: 
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. 

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