Lead Environmental Professional

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**Full-Time**

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**Quality, Health, Safety and Environment**

**Vestas Australia has an excellent opportunity for an environmental professional. Vestas is one of the world's largest renewable companies. And what better way to contribute to the environment and help build a sustainable future for generations to come?**

**As a Lead Environmental Professional, you will be part of the large construction team support the projects across Australia and New Zealand and manage the environmental aspects of the full EPC scope of our wind farms.**

Manufacturing and Global Procurement>COO APAC>Regional Construction HSE APAC

**Travel requirements: This position will be located at the Melbourne Head Office but will require travel to other locations in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Periods in other remote site locations may also be required from time to time.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Support the HSE Manager to provide environmental leadership within the PMO, CMO teams to comply with environmental legislative requirements and the Vestas Management System
- Support the HSE Manager to lead the role out of National Environmental improvements and initiatives
- Support the HSE Manager to ensure that project teams have adequate environmental resources, training and support to comply with the Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP) and project approvals
- Guide project teams to manage subcontractor environmental performance
- Implement programs following the CEMP including
- Review and update of CEMPs
- Conduct audits of construction projects to ensure compliance with CEMPs and Vestas Management Systems
- Manage delivery of environmental processes and documents to support the delivery of CEMP programs
- Provide environmental training to PMO, CMO and Vestas site staff
- Act as the point of contact for the PMO and the CMO with the client and regulators on behalf of Vestas about environmental matters
- Maintain a professional relationship with the client’s and subcontractor’s Environmental Representatives
- Report to senior management about environmental performance Assist in ensuring all work carried out complies with project Quality, Environment and Work Health & Safety requirements and in accordance with Vestas policies and project objectives, targets and legal requirements

**Qualifications**:

- 10 years experience in a construction management environmental role
- Experience managing and documenting compliance activities
- Experience in implementing controls and managing documents that demonstrate compliance with
- Environmental Consents conditions
- Wind industry experience preferred but not mandatory

**Competencies**:

- Understanding and implementation of Environmental Management Systems
- Strong Environmental technical skills, in particular, advising on Erosion and Sediment Controls, Water Quality, Flora and Fauna, Rehabilitation and measures to comply with project consent conditions
- Understanding software programs that support Environmental Management
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including oral and written communication skills, within a professional service provider environment
- Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- A strong commitment to Safety and Quality at all times
- Excellent time management
- Good report-writing skills
- Intermediate user of MS Office, MS Office skills, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

**What we offer**:

- A strong safety cultures
- Dynamic and fast-paced work environment
- An opportunity to work with the world leader in wind energy.
- The opportunity to further develop your skills and professional development.
- Global career progression prospects. Diversity and Inclusion

**Additional information**:

- Please note: We do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including before the advertised closing date.

**Our Benefits**
- Join the World's Leading Wind Energy Solutions Provider
- Excellent Career Development opportunities both Nationally and Globally
- A workplace that embraces Diversity and Inclusion
- Flexible workplace arrangements
- 13 weeks Paid Primary Carers Leave
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carers Leave
- Employee Assistance Program

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**About Vestas**

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We specialize in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore.

Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than our competitors in the renewable energy arena. We consider ourselves forerunners within the industry, as Vestas continuously aims to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 173 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, Vestas has an unmatched history demonstrating our expertise within the field.

With 29,000 employees globally, Vestas