Head of Environmental Social Governance and Resilience
- Lead the execution of the ESG strategy
- Competitive remuneration + incentive structure
- Key role within Pacific National’s Leadership Team
About us
Pacific National (PN) is the largest private provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running. We are a company built on solid foundations and we are incredibly proud of the essential role we continue to play supporting Australia’s supply chain. At Pacific National, we take great pride in delivering our best every day and have a relentless focus on customer service and place safety above all else.
We operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia. We respect and care for the communities in which we operate and continue to evolve our community engagement and strengthen relationships through partnerships and investment. We are focused on reducing the carbon emissions of our business, while also enabling the reduction of carbon emissions in the broader supply chain to support the National targets.
About the role
The Head of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and resilience reports to the Chief Strategy, Sustainability and Technology Officer as a key member of the Leadership team. This critical role exists to lead the execution of the ESG strategy and support a governance structure for oversight over the development and implementation of the ESG initiatives.
The overarching objective is to support Pacific National to reduce its environmental and community impact, focused around improving resource utilisation. Key focus areas centre around:
- Providing advice and input to executive management, team members and other stakeholders on ESG impacts and defining business unit’s responsibilities, including external reporting, audit and assurance and business management
- Plans design and implement an overall environment management process for the organisation
- Ensuring compliance with environmental legislation in Australia
- Identifying and managing energy/ emissions business, environmental and people risks. Ensure change management processes are followed at governance and individual project levels
- Improving operational efficiencies and managing compliance obligations
- Reducing operational emissions intensity
- Becoming recognised as best in class for energy and emissions improvements