Lead Specialist, Environment & Safety I

Job Description

• JOB DETAILS:
  
  

Position Title: Lead Specialist Environment

Broad Band: E1: M11: Experienced professional

Reports to

Department & Function

Job Code:

Date Prepared/Revised

Talent Pipeline Layer: Managing Self Expert Consultant (MS)

• OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:
  
  

Monitor the impact of Ma'aden sites and operations on the environment, identifying environmental issues and recommending solutions pertaining to the health of communities and work to protect the environment from serious hazards

• QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
  
  

Qualification

• National Diploma (Environment related)
• Specialised licences or certifications
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
  
  

Experience

• 8 Years relevant experience
• International Experience Preferred
  
  

Skills

• Effective management skills
• Acute safety awareness and attitude
• Sound knowledge and understanding of practical impact of all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements
• Sound knowledge and understanding of Ma’aden codes, regulation, rules, procedures and processes
• Subject matter expert on the specific processes
• Competent in using applicable technology software and/or systems
• Teamwork and ability to deal with diversity
• Sound understanding of fundamentals of business processes
• Proficient attention to detail
• Coping with pressures and setbacks
• Advanced ability to gather information and accumulate data
• Results driven
• Design thinking
• Facilitation and influencing skills
• Curios and innovative
• Ability to adapt to and facilitate change
• Proficient knowledge of Ma'aden commercial practices
• Effective oral and written communication
• Analytical and critical thinking
• Advanced knowledge of discipline processes and procedures
• Advanced problem solving and decision making skills
• Advanced writing and reporting skills
• Following rules, regulations and procedures
• Advanced proficiency at application of theory to practical design and detailed design
• Apply and demonstrate sound problem analysis techniques
• KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  
  

Focus Area

Operational / Functional

Legal

• Consistently deliver solutions which contribute to business results and improved competitiveness (consulting advice, business options)
• Deliver quality solutions/ service cost effectively on time and within risk parameters
• Provide advice that are generally accepted and implemented on programmes and systems, creating a competitive advantage for organization, leading to quality results
• Continuously develop extensive knowledge relating to the field of work and personal mastery in technical skills application
• Deliver cost effective results
• Risk results
• HSE targets
• Conduct research & development that leads to new solutions being implemented in the organization
• Development, oversee application and compliance
• Review accuracy, analyse and interpret
  
  

Develop environmental policies, standards and guidelines for application across Ma’aden

Custodian of corporate environmental data, leading and lagging indicators

• Manage and coordinate
• Manage and coordinate
  
  

Initiate and conduct audits and assurance for existing operations and projects

Provide support for Affiliates (including Environmental standards – ISO14001)

• Execute and influence
• Manage
• Manage
  
  

Liaison with environmental regulatory bodies to assist in shaping future regulatory frameworks and legal requirements

Support in gaining and the renewal of environmental related licenses (EPO)

Environmental studies

• Manage and guide
• Manage and coordinate
• Execute and advice
  
  

Support in stage gate process

Independent peer review

Reviewing Environmental impact and risk assessment to assure quality

Provide support in gaining and the renewal of environmental permits

• Facilitate and advice
• Manage and coordinate
• Manage and guide
• Manage and guide
  
  

Support organisation to achieve and maintain environmental compliance

Support in permit applications and renewals

Support environmental incident investigations and follow up

Reviewing environmental studies

Leadership

• Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals
• Expert utilization & direction through selling and obtaining support for value adding ideas leading to business improvement
• Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness
• Expertise transfer, sharing and development
• Plan and project management
• Establish policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods; application, review and development
• Deliver expert solutions as a thought leader, to meet changing business & work requirements through Trends, analysis, problem solving and quality decision making
• Process and risk impact, reporting and corrective action
• Extract, capture and disseminate knowledge within knowledge management standards
• Get results through empowering others to act
• Enable team members to achieve competence for career progression
• Coaching and development of own staff
• Mentor
• Avail staff for training and development required due to change initiatives
• Avail staff for development opportunities (incl. rotation to other Affiliates; International assignments)
• Ensures team motivation and team wellness
• Lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values
• Apply new ideas and work methods and opportunities for improving business results through team engagement
  
  

Relationships

• Creating effective stakeholder and expert networking relationships (e.g. customers, suppliers, universities and specialist bodies)
• Demonstrate influential relationships with manager peers and company business leaders
• Contractor/consultant relations & management
• Communication of expertise (best practices, technical reports, position statement) in a collaborative and consultative approach which consistently meet business needs
• Develop and facilitate the implementation of new solutions in area of expertise
• Participate in and maintained expert networks
• Facilitate effective communication up and down from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams
• Network and collaborate with service providers (e.g. finance, HR, IT, etc)
• Build and maintain sound relationships with consultants and external service providers
• Identify and support inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain
• Build and maintain sound networking with external professional bodies/forums
• Community and government officials
• Green activists
• Media and press
  
  

'* Build credibility and constructive working relationship with multi-disciplinary project teams

• COMPETENCIES:
  
  

Technical/Functional

• Expert knowledge of pertinent laws, government regulations and understanding of its practical implications
• Expert understanding of geographical features and general biology
• Expert competence conducting environmental impact studies
• Advanced knowledge of operational/mining policies, rules, processes and procedures
• Expert knowledge of Ma'aden's safety codes, regulations, rules, procedures and goals and objectives
• Expert competence in risk identification
• Expert understanding of layout of work area and risks
• Expert HAZOP competence
• Expert knowledge of Ma'aden standards and quality requirements
• Expert competence applying Ma'aden HSE management system
• Expert knowledge of Ma'aden Safety Culture Transformation Program
  
  

Leadership

• Developing self and others
• Drive digitalisation within the function
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Continuous improvement
• Team work
  
  

Safety

• Safety advocate - anywhere and everywhere
• Advanced knowledge and application of HSE rules and procedures
• Sound knowledge of applicable HSE legislation and regulations and its practical implications
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others
• Ability to contribute to fostering a safety culture
• Drive and facilitate Ma'aden Safety Culture Transformation Program
• Advanced knowledge of applicable safety codes, regulations and procedures
• Embrace Ma'aden Safety Culture Transformation Program
• Qualified first aid provider