Senior Advisor - Environment

at  Oceanagold

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

OceanaGold is a growing intermediate gold and copper producer committed to safely and responsibly maximizing the generation of Free Cash Flow from our operations and delivering strong returns for our shareholders.
We have a portfolio of four operating mines: the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America; Didipio Mine in the Philippines; and the Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand. Our operations are supported by a global workforce with significant exploration, development and operating experience.
Our Purpose is mining gold for a better future. The gold, copper, and silver we produce are essential to the renewable energy and transport sectors, life-saving medical devices and technology which connects communities around the world. Our activities also contribute to economic growth and improved health and education outcomes in the regions where we operate. We provide direct employment for over 3,700 people and indirect employment for many more.
Our Vision is to be a company people trust, want to work and partner with, supply and invest in, to create value. This Vision is brought to life by our Values – Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance and Teamwork – which put our people, host communities, the environment and our stakeholders at the forefront of our decision-making.
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JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for coordinating and providing functional environmental support to the Macraes Operation. This role ensures compliance with statutory acts, regulations, consent conditions and company environmental standards. The Senior Advisor - Environment is to provide environmental, site and consent knowledge to relevant projects and Exploration.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 5 years cumulative post graduate experience, with a minimum of 3 years work experience in a regulatory monitoring environment.
• Mining industry experience.
• Skills in a mixture of Biodiversity, Water, Closure, Hazardous Substances Management, Vibration, Climate Change and Tailings Storage Facilities management.
• Regulatory processes.
• Environmental monitoring and reporting.
• Supervising a team.
• Mapping software such as ArcGIS or QGIS

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

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.
If you share the same values and have what we are looking for, please apply online now via our careers website:
https://careers.oceanagold.com/jobs
**Applications close 10 July 2024. Shortlisting will commence immediately. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.

• Assist the operation to meet all regulatory and OceanaGold requirements, standards, and guidelines.
• Establish and manage time, focus and priorities of direct reports to achieve individual and team performance goals.
• Monitor and keep up to date with changes in the regulatory environment.
• Liaise with personnel, consultants, auditors, and legal advisors to ensure company environmental performance and targets are achieved.
• Ensure site awareness of regulatory and statutory obligations through day-to-day interaction and specific training and awareness.
• Establish and maintain relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Present environmental focused information to external groups.
• Monitoring, assessment, and reporting of environmental aspects of the Macraes Operation.
• Support the preparation of consent applications as required.
• Advise appropriate site personnel of any non-compliances, non-conformances or environmental irregularities and assist in resolutions.
• Participation in an on-call roster to provide 24/7 coverage for monitoring if required.