Environmental Stewardship Specialist

We are seeking a seasoned Environmental Sustainability Specialist to spearhead our team's efforts in environmental stewardship and compliance. As an Environmental Sustainability Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in developing, implementing, and managing all aspects of project-related environmental processes, plans, procedures, systems, methods, and policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and manages the environmental programme for a specific project or facility in accordance with established policies, systems, processes, procedures, and methods, client requirements, and regulations.
• Directs and provides functional leadership of construction safety, road safety, occupational health and wellbeing, training/competence, compliance/inspection, risk reduction, culture/behavioural, and improvement activities across the Project.
• Develops and manages Stop Work, Fair Culture, Consequence Management, and Positive recognition policies and activities across the Project.
• Lets a team and coordinates with the GBU ESH Manager in recruitment, policy administration, compensation administration, and employee development.
• Ensures that technical requirements are properly interpreted and applied into the ES&H execution plan and procedures.
• Ensures that ES&H requirements are incorporated into all processes and procedures across the Project, including Human Resources, Contracts/Procurement, Engineering, and Construction.
• Ensures the ES&H compliance and inspections of project construction activities are conducted to meet contract commitments, and project level policies, procedures, and plans.
• Ensures the occupational health and wellbeing procedures, including camp/welfare facilities, immunizations, rescue, emergency transportation, and evacuation are compliant with local, international finance requirements, and company standards.
• Ensures country, client, and Bechtel ES&H standards are integrated into projects and facilities policies, processes, and procedures.
• Advertises the project specific ES&H policies, systems, processes, procedures, and methods with stakeholders including Client representative and Contractors/Subcontractors.
• Manages project accident/incident investigations, document control, and notifications (on and off project).
• Participates, as directed by the GBU ESH Manager and Legal and Risk Management, at hearings or litigations involving recent or past injuries, accidents, or work-related illnesses that occurred on projects/facilities.
• Coordinates inspection tours of regulatory compliance officers who are auditing the project/facility for compliance with government ES&H requirements. Accompanies the compliance officer(s) during the audit; ensures that all inspection reports are prepared and retained for legal defense should litigation result.
• Provides technical assistance and supervisory direction to other environmental, safety, and/or health project personnel.

Essential Experience:

• Advanced knowledge of a field of environmental engineering, process safety, health, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of ES&H sciences/engineering systems, principles, and methodologies.
• Experience in supervising all aspects of ES&H on projects or facilities.
• Knowledge of national and international ES&H laws/regulations and regulatory/resource agencies permitting processes and responsibilities, industry standards for ES&H compliance, and best management practices for minimizing potential ES&H impacts during project execution.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction systems, methods, and work processes.
• Knowledge of construction planning, estimating, procedures, and execution.
• Experience in managing and/or providing technical oversight of ES&H contractors/subcontractors or consultants during construction.
• Knowledge of construction environmental issues, e.g., hazardous materials, waste management, etc.