Director - Environmental (RD 4)

Lead the Environmental Management function for City Operations, establishing and maintaining the governance, standards, assurance and compliance framework needed to manage environmental risks across city assets, public spaces, activities and operations. Ensure environmental permits, monitoring, reporting and corrective actions meet applicable regulatory requirements, while embedding environmental performance, resource efficiency, biodiversity and sustainable operational practices into day-to-day City Operations. 

Core Responsibilities 
• Lead the City Operations environmental management function and translate environmental strategy, regulatory obligations and corporate requirements into operational plans, standards and controls. 
• Establish the environmental governance and assurance framework for City Operations, including compliance obligations, performance monitoring, inspections, audits, reporting and corrective-action tracking. 
• Ensure required environmental permits and approvals are identified, maintained and complied with for City Operations assets, activities and operations. 
• Oversee environmental monitoring and compliance across city assets and public spaces, including emissions, waste, discharge, water use, landscaping, vegetation, biodiversity and habitat protection requirements. 
• Maintain effective engagement with the Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture and the National Center for Environmental Compliance (NCEC), including regulatory submissions, monitoring reports and corrective action plans. 
• Provide environmental advice during asset readiness, handover, operational change, events and new activities to ensure environmental requirements are considered before operation. 
• Lead investigation and remediation of environmental non-compliances, incidents and emerging risks, driving timely corrective and preventive actions. 
• Define environmental KPIs and leading indicators, analyze performance trends and provide clear management reporting and escalation of material risks. 
• Coordinate with Health & Safety, Worker Welfare, Asset Management, Infrastructure, Community Management, CCU, Operations, Risk, Procurement and service providers to embed environmental controls into operational delivery. 
• Build environmental capability across City Operations through awareness, guidance, training and contractor/service-provider requirements. 

Specific Responsibilities 
• Develop and maintain the City Operations Environmental Management Plan and supporting procedures, registers and compliance obligations. 
• Maintain an environmental aspects and impacts register and support integration of material environmental risks into City Operations risk management. 
• Establish inspection and audit programs for operations and service providers, with risk-based follow-up and closure verification. 
• Ensure environmental requirements are appropriately incorporated into scopes, contracts, procurement evaluations and service-provider performance reviews. 
• Coordinate environmental input to emergency preparedness and business resilience where environmental impacts may arise from incidents. 
• Support operational sustainability initiatives focused on waste minimization, pollution prevention, water efficiency, resource conservation and protection of the public realm.

Generic Responsibilities

• Contribute to annual business planning, workforce planning and budget management for the function. 
• Lead, coach and develop the environmental team and technical service providers. 
• Promote a culture of accountability, prevention, continual improvement and evidence-based decision-making. 
• Maintain accurate records and provide timely reports, presentations and recommendations to City Operations leadership. 
• Perform other related duties consistent with the role and business requirements. 

Key internal interactions

• City Operations leadership and functional directors 
• HSE & Workers Welfare 
• City Assets Management and Infrastructure Assets Management 
• Operations, CCU and Operational Resilience 
• Governance, Risk & Controls 
• Contracts & Procurement 
• Finance & Controls 
• City Community Management and relevant project/handover teams 

Key External Interactions

• Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture (MEWA) 
• National Center for Environmental Compliance (NCEC) 
• Relevant government and regulatory authorities 
• Environmental consultants, laboratories and specialist advisors 
• Operations, maintenance and service-provider contractors 
• Developers, delivery partners and other external stakeholders as required 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, Sustainability, Engineering or a closely related discipline. 
• Master’s degree in a relevant field is desirable

Professional Certifications

• Recognized environmental management / auditing qualification is desirable, such as ISO 14001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer. 
• Professional membership or certification with a recognized environmental body is desirable

Skills

• Strong knowledge of environmental management systems, compliance assurance, permitting, monitoring and regulator engagement. 
• Knowledge of environmental aspects and impacts, pollution prevention, waste, water, emissions, biodiversity and environmental incident management. 
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, analytical, risk-management and decision-making skills. 
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to present technical issues clearly to senior leadership and external authorities. 
• Ability to manage consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary interfaces in a complex city or large-asset operational environment.