Part-Time, Senior Environmental Advisor

Newmont has recently acquired Newcrest Mining creating the world’s leading gold mining company. 

With operations around the world, our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities where we operate. We aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and supported to bring their whole unique self to work. We bring out the best in each other, inspiring performance and a shared belief that what we do matters. 

Our Cadia operation in Social Performance is now recruiting for the position of Part-Time, Senior Environmental Advisor

Operations near and far 

Cadia Valley Operations is located in Central Western New South Wales, approximately 25 kms outside the vibrant regional township of Orange and a convenient three hours from the capital city of Sydney. Employees reside in varied accommodation options in and around the district of Orange with the surrounding area’s occupied by wineries, stone fruit orchards, farming and national parks.

Employees have access to the area’s wide range of amenities, including a prominent health sector with a modern well-equipped regional hospital, excellent educational facilities, shopping, large selection of sport and recreation options, transport and other services such as childcare.

Who we’re looking for:  

This fantastic part-time opportunity entails working two days a week in our environmental department at Cadia Valley Operations, offering the potential for flexible work arrangements.

The primary focus of the Senior Environmental Advisor (part-time) is to ensure Cadia’s compliance through monitoring and reporting requirements across a range of environmental parameters as well as provide generalist environmental support for site operations and project teams for 2 days per week.

Reporting to the Superintendent Environment, your on-going development will be well supported by our large and dedicated team of environmental experts.

While previous environmental experience working in mining, or similar heavy industrial sector is desirable, we are seeking a skilled GIS and database manager to support the environmental team.

You’ll be structured and well organised, with exceptional time management skills and your stakeholder management and interpersonal skills will be impeccable.

Other responsibilities include:

Sustainability

• Supports and provides input into the design and delivery of the strategies, frameworks, policies, and practices for the workstream.
• Identifies and implements workstream improvement initiatives, implementation plans and outcomes.

Technical Accountabilities

• Promotes adherence to company policies and safe practices.
• Understands and can implement business systems management principles and change management processes.
• Able to produce high quality mapping for internal and external use.
• Generate reports from monitoring data.
• Conduct QA/QC processes for data management.
• Audit systems to ensure data integrity.
• Technical ability in ARC GIS

You will also possess the following: 

• A Bachelor of Environmental Science, Engineering (Environmental) or Spatial Science
• Experience in GIS and data management
• Exposure to operating and maintaining an environmental management system, environmental risk registers and management plans.
• High level of proficiency with GIS software, ideally including ArcGIS and GQIS
• Sound understanding of managing environmental compliance in plant operations and project execution.
• Data analysis and report writing skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic work environment.
• Understanding of NSW planning and regulatory framework for State Significant Developments.

Our commitment to you  

Newmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Underpinned by our values of Safety, Sustainability, Integrity, Responsibility and Inclusion, our commitment is to respect the rights of every individual to work to their highest potential, free of discrimination, as well as the cultures, religions, and governing codes applicable to each country in which we operate.  

If you share our values and feel that you could make a meaningful difference in this role, submit your application through our website before the advertised closing date. 

At this stage, we are not accepting any external agency CVs for the opportunity. 

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