Expert Risks, Soil, Biodiversity

For one of our clients, a major oil&gas company, we are looking for a Senior Expert Risks, Soil, Biodiversity & Sustainability who will be a subject matter expert on all environmental management topics, in particular on environmental risk assessment, biodiversity and soil management topics, (including spills), driving the development, implementation and auditing of strategy, targets, KPIs, reporting processes and management plans related to the area of expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Advises senior management on the most suitable methods within the area of expertise; focuses on identifying and exploiting the Group-wide synergies related to the area of expertise and thus prioritizing the various related initiatives in line with available resources and targets
• Shows creative and innovating thinking for developing policy, strategy, targets and KPI's on Group level on environmental risk assessment, biodiversity and soil management but also on environmental management topics in general, in alignment with company team, thus driving the reduction of environmental and in particular biodiversity and soil-related risks (including spills) within the Group; advises and develops specific measures in conjunction with relevant senior and operational management, in line with local/international best practices as identified via periodical benchmarking reviews
• Is responsible for recommending, developing, managing and monitoring standards, processes, communications, trainings and systems for improvement of environmental risk assessment, biodiversity and soil management (including spills) at Group level along with the associated cross-divisional audit program and monitoring of improvement measures implementation
• Oversees the development of appropriate Environmental Management Plans, Spill response plans and Biodiversity action plans across all of Group operations; actively contributes to ensuring consistency of approach and use of synergies
• Supports, monitors and improves group wide biodiversity and soil related reporting (incl spills), including the definition, implementation and follow-up of general environmental risk assessments; constantly evaluates reporting performance process, ensuring efficiency, relevance and data quality
• Develops, delivers, monitors and reports on training programs targeted at relevant operational HSSE staff across Group covering environmental risk assessment, biodiversity and soil management topics, driving capability building for all positions involved in this complex process
• Coordinates the preparation of environmental performance related information to external and internal stakeholders, including but not limited to input into the Group's Annual and Sustainability Reports
• Participates as HQ HSSE subject matter expert in investigating serious environmental incidents upon request by the Line Manager, providing an adequate level of support / experience in order to identify the root-causes and to establish corrective measures to mitigate risks and avoid similar events, overseeing the sharing of lessons learned as applicable.

Requirements:

• University degree in technical engineering or HSSE related field.
• A professional lead with extensive knowledge across own discipline.
• Has excellent understanding of the business context, all interfaces and interdependencies and manages complex workflows with other disciplines. ISO 14001 auditor.
• Soft skills: proven ability to work on complex issues without supervision, highly innovative, excellent analytical, presentation, interaction and communication skills, Ability to analyse problems and develop appropriate business solutions; ability to create good relationships with operations and with external networks including Government organisations; well-developed leadership and coordination skills, excellent interpersonal, entrepreneurial and communication skills; possess excellent organizational and project management skills; good listener and facilitator, observant, perceptive
• IT skills: computer literate with solid knowledge of standard Office software, MS Teams, Project Management
• Language skills: excellent command of (written and spoken) English and Romanian
• Working knowledge: knowledge of environmental management systems and ISO14001 in particular
• Experienced in development and implementation of Environmental Management Plans including Biodiversity action