About you:

Reporting to the Environmental Operations Manager, you will engage with other work groups across the business to manage environmental risk and improve efficiency. You will influence internal and external stakeholders through frequent engagement and relationship building. A key component of this role will be to prepare relevant environmental compliance reports and provide environmental support and advice to project, planning and operational groups to enable the projects to be efficiently undertaken with due regard to environmental considerations.

In addition, you will:-

• Coordinate and monitor contractor/environmental consultants for compliance/reporting activities
• Participate collaboratively as part of the Health, Safety, Environment & Quality (HSEQ) team
• Provide advice on management of environmental risks which affect a water supply business operating in regional areas, including incident reporting and follow-up
• Ensure measures are in place to provide assurance in relation to Sunwater’s compliance with the terms of its environmental approvals, licences or permits
• Ensure that a fit for purpose Environmental Management System is implemented, maintained and continuously improved in accordance with the requirements of the AS/NZS ISO 14001 standard and undertake related reviews and audits
• Provide expert input to the business in relation to negotiations and preparations of submissions/ applications to State (DES, DAF, DRDMW) or Commonwealth (DCCEEW, MDBA) environmental regulators

You will bring:

We are seeking a Senior Environmental Business Partner with experience in environmental management practices of commercial business organisations, including an understanding of sustainability, environmental legislation, natural resources management and current industry practices and technology. You will have the ability to maintain ISO-accredited environmental management systems and be able to undertake audits to provide assurance regarding compliance with standards and environmental approvals and licences. You will have excellent written communication skills, including extensive experience developing concise procedures, technical and scientific reports on complex issues.

In addition, you will have:-

• Experience in the operations and maintenance of bulk water supply infrastructure or related industries with an understanding of our operating environment, customer business, requirements and project impacts
• Project Management qualifications or equivalent experience of large-scale infrastructure projects relevant to the key accountabilities