Principal - Energy and Climate Change

5 days ago


South Brisbane, Australia OceanaGold Full time

Company Description

OceanaGold is a multinational gold producer committed to the highest standards of technical, environmental and social performance. For more than 31 years, we have been contributing to excellence in our industry by delivering sustainable environmental and social outcomes for our communities, and strong returns for our shareholders.

Our global exploration, development, and operating experience has created a significant pipeline of organic growth opportunities and a portfolio of established operating assets including the Didipio Mine in the Philippines; Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand; and the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America. The gold, copper, and silver we produce are essential to the renewable energy and transport sectors, life-saving medical devices and technology that connects communities around the world. They also contribute to sustainable economic growth in the regions where we operate and direct employment for more than 2,500 people.

**OGC VALUES**: CARE | RESPECT | INTEGRITY | PERFORMANCE | TEAMWORK

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.

**Shortlisting will commence immediately. Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia.**

**Job Description**:
OceanaGold are seeking a **Principal - Energy and Climate Change**, to drive the implementation of key strategic company energy and climate change initiatives. Based in our Brisbane Corporate Head Office and reporting direct to the Executive Vice President Chief Technical and Projects Officer, your ability to support, coach and develop group capability will ensure success in this challenging newly created senior in-house specialist appointment.

**Key tasks and responsibilities**:

- Identify Site based _energy generation opportunities_ (solar, wind, small hydro, heat transfer etc).
- Establish and implement group energy and fuel monitoring processes.
- Undertaking Site energy use audits and Identify energy reduction/efficiency actions and Operational Plans.
- Research and track innovations by OEMs in alternative (non-carbon) fuels and work with global operations to assess and adopt innovations.
- Maximise clean energy consumed at operations by identifying and engaging actual and potential commercially viable clean energy providers.
- Provide in house technical knowledge to support operational implementation of energy reduction and transition plans.
- Establish and implement group reporting to allow comparison of energy use performance between operations and against global industry.
- Track the energy management performance of all operations against their plans and collective delivery of OceanaGold's targets.
- Provide QA/QC of data collected and reported for the OceanaGold Sustainability Report related to energy consumption, GHG emissions and total carbon footprint.
- Interface with Sustainability team members to translate emerging policy into required operational actions.

**Qualifications**:

- Tertiary qualifications in engineering
- More than 15 years of experience in developing and implementing best practice levels of asset management standards, systems, frameworks and structures to support business units spread across multiple global locations.
- 10 years plus experience in interpreting strategy and policy in order to set and deliver continuous improvement objectives within budgeted expectations.
- Strong demonstrated experience providing guidance and training on the identification, assessment and management of risk.
- Excellent planning, analysis and reporting skills as well as the ability to work at an advanced level to develop strategies for management of stakeholder expectations.
- The ability to work independently while guiding and training others on managing projects and/or programs within desired cost, time and quality parameters.

Additional Information
- Make your mark in a newly created appointment driving leading edge improvements in mining industry capability.
- Strong and proactive senior professional technical team with an advanced work culture.
- Exceptional working environment where people are valued and respected - Brisbane.



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