Environment Graduate

Job no: 507457
Work type: Fixed Term to Permanent, Full Time Fixed
Location: New South Wales
Categories: Energy, Health Safety Security Environment (HSSE)

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We’re committed to our customers. And the environment too. But we’re also committed to all those who work with us. Our promise is to give everyone the opportunity to be engaged with what they do. To grow, learn and succeed. But it’s not without challenges. Change is continuous in our industry. It’s part of how we do business now. And change can take us out of our comfort zone. But it’s also creating exciting opportunities for people willing to step up and take on a challenge.

EnergyAustralia Mount Piper is a large, base-load coal-fired power station just west of the Blue Mountains and Lithgow, NSW, offering an amazing 1-year opportunity as the Graduate Environment Officer. The preferred candidate needs to live in the local area ideally no further than 30mins drive from site.

About the Role

You will form part of a small, but highly effective on-site Environmental Management team, whose objective is to achieve compliance with Environment Protection Licenses, Water Management Licenses - and other related statutory requirements. The preferred candidate needs to live in the local area ideally no further than 30mins drive from site.

In your role of Environmental Graduate, you’ll assist in collecting environmental monitoring data, reporting & analysing through the interpretation of this environmental data. You’ll work within the Environmental Management System to ensure it is relevant and reflects current standards and compliance – as well as providing technical information and advice, ensuring continual sharing, and improvement of environment knowledge on-site.

With the provided mentoring from the Team Leader, and assistance of team members, you will be actively involved in on-site environmental issues and events to ensure that the risk of environmental non-compliance is eliminated or handled appropriately.

Your role will include:

Managing water resources in the upper Coxs River Catchment.
Assist with data collection, monitoring and reporting to achieve compliance with relevant statutory requirements.
Assist with the facilitation; review and reporting of environmental audit programs.
Participate in the management of designated elements of the Environment Management System (EMS) to ensure that Mt Piper maintains ISO14001 certification.
Assist with the review of Mt Piper’s environmental risk register and environmental management plans
Contribute to immediate and effective responses to all environmental incidents or events to ensure that environmental non-conformances are eliminated or minimised.

About You
To be successful in the role you will have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

Degree level qualifications in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or Resource Management
Experience in data collection including data management systems to accurately record and present data in appropriate formats and to approved standards.
Document and Environment Management Systems capability and understanding
Ability to identify environmental problems and develop technically appropriate solutions through demonstrated incident investigation techniques. At the Upper Level, the demonstrated capacity to deliver solutions/outcomes in response to environmental problems
Demonstrated sound organisational skills in document control, record management and business system applications such as business planning, budgeting and financial/contract evaluation processes.

How to Apply

If you share our passion for making customers a priority, doing the right thing, leading change and want to be part of an organisation focused on making a positive impact, click the 'Apply’ button to submit your application online.

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Advertised: 30 May 2023 04 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 10 Jun 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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