Environment Advisor

**Environment Advisor**
- **Focused on delivering world class Environmental performance outcomes**:

- ** National coverage and support of multiple sites**:

- **North Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Melbourne or Adelaide based permanent opportunity**:

- ** Significant player in the Australian economy that is an essential service**

**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 environmental footprint of our business, while also enabling decarbonisation of the supply chains in which we participate.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Environment Manager, you will have a key role in contributing to Pacific National’s Environmental Management Framework. You will implement and provide expert advice, coaching and mentoring to operational leaders on environmental performance, regulatory requirements and strategy aligned initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

- Identify environmental risks and compliance requirements.
- Maintain the environmental compliance and risk registers and risk control status.
- Implement, and maintain environmental systems, environmental monitoring, data collection and inspections (air, noise, waste, pollutants).
- Undertake system verification activities and participate in the PN audit and compliance assurance activities.
- Liaise with and report to the regulator and community stakeholders.
- Actively participate in environmental incident response when required and facilitate allocated investigations within the PN Investigation framework, standards and procedures.
- Participate in the development and delivery of environmental training materials.
- Update and maintain Pacific National’s contaminated land management register.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of planning, executing and delivering on environment and sustainability outcomes within a complex national organisation. You will also possess the following skills, experience, and attributes:

- Tertiary qualifications in Science, Planning, Engineering or related field.
- Minimum 3-5 years' experience in-house or consulting to large, complex organisations.
- In depth knowledge of environmental systems within highly regulated industries such as rail haulage, logistics, manufacturing, energy or mining industries.
- Demonstrated experience in contaminated land and / or regulated waste management will be highly regarded.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering risk specific environmental management plans.
- Track record of driving improved environmental performance, ensuring alignment with business strategy.
- Proven ability in influencing and engaging key internal and external stakeholders including experience coaching and mentoring line leaders to deliver results and drive change.

**The benefits**

At Pacific National we value diversity, inclusion, and the contribution of each team member. Our values underpin our commitment to create an inclusive culture where everyone is accepted and valued for who they are, enabling everyone to bring their authentic selves to work.

When you join the Pacific National team, you’ll be encouraged to take ownership of your career and we’ll be there to support you with a range of exciting initiatives including:

- Industry leading programs focussed on your growth and career development.
- Paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for primary carers at full pay after 12 months service.
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
- A focus on your mental health and wellbeing through our PeerConnect program.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program, administered by Benestar, offering confidential counselling services for employees and their eligible family members, paid for by us at no cost to you.
- Access to Unmind, a digital platform that gives you access to tools, training and exercises that will support your mental wellbeing.
- Discounted fitness and wellbeing benefits with membership to WhereFit, our wellbeing benefits partner.
- Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, travel, retail brands, vehicles and more.

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employe