Environment Supervisor – Monitoring/Compliance at Newmont Goldcorp Corporation

About This Role:

• To develop and implement environmental monitoring programs, in accordance with internationally accepted protocols, Newmont standards and regulatory requirements
• To interpret monitoring data, evaluate environmental conditions and predict potential changes in the environment, associated with mining activities.

In This Role You Will:

Environmental Monitoring

• Develop and implement all water and non-water monitoring programs to meet environmental standards required by NGGL and regulators.
• Manage the on-site environmental laboratory.

Environmental Compliance

• Register and track compliance.
• Report non-compliances immediately to management.
• Develop corrective action plans and track to completion, where required.
• Ensure compliance with multiple regulatory requirements, as well as internal Newmont standards.
• Participate in the environmental risk assessment process.
• Coordinate the development of action plans to address and minimize significant environmental risks.

Environmental Data Collection and Assurance

• Manage the water and non-water data collection and interpretation process.
• Review data/documents to confirm whether these meet quality and compliance standards required to satisfy NGGL and regulatory reporting commitments.
• Ensure Environmental Data assurance.
• Coordinate Environmental Protection Agency, Minerals Commission, Water Resources Commission and/or other (regulatory) agency officials as well as third  party auditor’s environmental inspections and audits.

Permitting

• Coordinate and support environmental permitting requirements.
• Track and document permit conditions and requirements in the site commitments.

Environmental Reporting

• Provide environmental input for company meetings.
• Coordinate reviews of key performance indicators to ensure that emerging environmental issues are communicated and addressed.
• Prepare external environmental reports and submit to the Environmental Protection Agency, Minerals Commission, Newmont Corporate office and others as required.

Team Leadership

• Manage all direct reports by:
  • performing performance appraisals.
  • recommending further/ relevant training courses and development actions in accordance with Newmont’s people development program(s).
  • enhancing communication with staff through regular feedback, contact, meetings and briefings, etc.
  • building sufficient employee ‘bench strength’.
  • conducting robust succession planning.
• Approve the Compliance and Monitoring teams’ work schedules.

Health and Safety

• Lead Environment’s departments contribution to the zero harm goal of Ahafo North with focus on quality safety interactions, inspections, audits, risk assessments & impact mitigation and control systems.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• First degree in Environment Sciences, Engineering or a related field.

Additional Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Ghanaian Environmental Regulations as they apply to mining.
• HSE Superintendent Competency in Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical) Regulation (LI2182).
• Thorough understanding of Environment Management Systems.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years’ environment experience working in the mining or related industrial operations environments.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a leadership role.
• Experienced working with ISO4001 or similar Environmental Management Systems.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced interpersonal skills (interacting with diverse functional and cultural backgrounds).
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Strong reporting skills.
• Strong planning, prioritizing and coordination skills.
• Strong consultation skills.
• Strong assessment skills.
• Strong auditing skills (environmental auditing).
• Sound change management skills.
• Risk management skills.
• Sound computer literacy skills – MS Office (Word, Excel,PowerPoint and Outlook).

Behavioural Attributes:

• Strong Leadership.
• Strong Detail Focus.
• Accuracy.
• Commitment.
• Diligent.
• Directive and takes initiative.
• Efficient.
• Honesty and Integrity.
• Goal orientated.
• High quality orientation.
• High level of transparency.
• Reliable and independent.
• Ability to multitask.

Working Conditions

• Working environment of incumbent is safe.
• Besides planned work, daily activities are determined by emerging business needs and priorities as dictated by Management. This situation leads to performing different tasks at the same time.