ES&H Manager

Requisition ID: 289289

• Relocation Authorized: None
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework
• Work Location: Brisbane, with role mobilising to site on 2/1 roster.

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Project Overview
Bechtel Mining and Metals offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the mining sector across multiple commodities including Iron Ore, Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Coal, Lithium and Rare Earths markets.

The M&M Global Business unit also has offices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia along with execution units in the United States, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and other project locations around the world.

The Project is a greenfield mining, process, material handling and ship loading project with a focus on sustaining production, minimise environmental impacts, strengthen long-term relationships with neighbouring communities and foster local economic development.

Job Summary
As an ES&H Manager you will be responsible for developing, integrating and implementation of all aspects of project-related Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) (including medical and industrial hygiene), processes, plans, procedures, systems, methods and policies critical to the success of ES&H where you will ensure that complex requirements are properly interpreted by evaluating and applying appropriate ES&H principles and formulating scopes of work, plans, and methodologies suitable for achieving and maintaining compliance with ES&H requirements applicable to the assigned project.

You will be responsible for providing technical assistance and supervisory direction to other environmental, safety and/or health project personnel. Identifies resources needed to implement the ES&H programs/plans.

Major Responsibilities

• Develops and manages the ES&H 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.
• Leads 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 defence should litigation result.
• Provides technical assistance and supervisory direction to other environmental, safety and/or health project personnel.

Education And Experience Requirements

• A recognized degree from an accredited college or university
• A sufficient number of specialised courses
• Prior practical work experience in environmental, safety and/or health

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Advanced knowledge of a field of environmental and/or safety 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, erosion and sediment.
• Knowledge of technical vocabularies and terminology common to industrial hygiene, health physics, safety engineering, and environmental compliance. Experience in implementing and managing ES&H training programs.
• Written and oral communication skills.

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