Environmental Assessment Manager

Position:  Environmental Assessment Manager

Reports to:  Senior Manager Environmental Assessment and Permitting

Sector:  Environment

Job Location: Environment

Role Purpose:

Support the development and implementation of NEOM’s Environmental Assessment and Permitting function.

Key Accountabilities:

The NEOM Environment Department is searching or a dynamic and innovative environmental professional to join the Environmental Assessment and Permitting Team. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for an experienced career professional with highly developed technical knowledge and organization skills.  The NEOM giga-project aims to be the most environmental conscious and sustainable development project on the planet.

The Environmental Asessment Manager supports the environmental assessment and approvals function. Supported by Sr Environmental Assessment Specialists, they develop environmental assessment strategies to meet masterplan requirements and coordinate high quality and timely assessments of proposed activities and projects.  As a key contact point for proponents, they assist with coordination of team members from various environmental discipines at a masterplan level. They also ensure NEOM’s environmental and sustainability standards are communicated to developers and contractors.  The role also requires:

• Supporting the Senior Manager – Environmental Assessment and Permitting in coordinating an Environmental Assessment and Permitting system
• Providing both technical and management supervision to match forecast project delivery demands.
• Procurement and management of a suite of programs run by Environmental Consultants that support the Assessment & Permitting team
• Coordinate the Environmental Assessment process including day to day coordination of project timelines and deliverables, acting as an interface between NEOM’s internal sectors, external proponents, and external Environmental Consultants.
• Review and assessment of technical environmental approval reports and documentation submitted by Sector ‘Proponents’ or external Environmental Consultants, in line with NEOM policy and planning objectives.
• Ensuring continued alignment of NEOM’s environmental planning and approval systems with IFC performance standards and world’s best practice.
• Identifying and contributing to planning and post approval initiatives in a dynamic and complex environment with tight timeframes, competing priorities and conflicting stakeholder’s needs, views and opinions.
• Understanding the goals of each division and department and how those goals are aligned to the long-term strategy of the organization and specifically to the environmental services department.

Participating as a positive and proactive member of NEOM’s Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Team to match forecast project delivery demands.  

Background, Skills & Qualifications:

The Environmental Asessment Manager should have a track record of coordinating, delivering environmental planning and/or assessment services under an advanced regulatory system at a Major Capital Project, mega-project, municipality or city scale.

The role will require:

• Minimum of fifteen (15) year-experience across the fields of consulting, research/academia, environmental planning, assessment and/or approvals.
• Strong written and verbal communication & report writing skills
• Strong supervision, people management and mentoring skills
• Proven record of successfully coordinating an environmental program or regulatory process.

Strong technical environmental skills across marine built and natural environments and/or sustainability.

Qualifications:

• As a minimum, a Bachelors degree in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Planning, or similar