Group Manager Environment

The Group Manager Environment is accountable for leading VicTrack's environmental strategy and performance across its diverse land and asset portfolio. This role is responsible for providing expert environmental advice, strategic direction, environmental compliance, driving sustainability initiatives and embedding best practice environmental management (including data systems, policies and procedures) into all facets of VicTrack's operations, projects and partnerships.

The role provides strategic leadership across environmental planning, risk mitigation, and stakeholder engagement, while enabling cross functional collaboration to deliver integrated solutions. It drives delivery of VicTrack's environmental management system and environmental sustainability strategy to ensure statutory obligations are achieved and the delivery of services are consistent with VicTrack's business objectives.

• Identify, anticipate and manage environmental risks to ensure compliance with legislation while ensuring organisational goals are met
• Develop, implement and monitor long term environmental compliance and proactive programs

Offer of employment is strictly subject to successful background (pre-employment screening) and criminal history check. VicTrack is an equal opportunity and human rights employer.

• An in-depth understanding of environmental legislation and government led targets (sustainability, climate change and renewables)
• Experience in environmental project and program management and direction
• High level of conceptual, analytical and judgement skills to develop and implement innovative solutions in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to recognise, anticipate and manage political and community sensitivity
• Strong understanding of biodiversity, cultural heritage, asbestos and hazardous materials management and sustainability highly regarded
• Post-graduate qualifications in the environmental field would be highly regarded
• Demonstrable senior experience and a record of achievement in environmental management, with experience in one or more of the following competencies: contaminated land management and remediation; biodiversity management; sustainability, asbestos and hazardous materials, general environmental management
• Experience in preparing executive reports, board papers and board subcommittee reports
• Ability to think innovatively and apply initiative
• Ability to assess environmental risk at the project, portfolio and corporate level
• Technical expertise in contaminated land management including assessment and remediation
• Ability to develop and champion renewable energy and sustainability initiatives
• Experience dealing and working with industry and regulators (e.g. DEECA, EPA)
• Demonstrated expertise in applying risk management practices / processes
• Demonstrate an ability to influence and gain support from various internal and external stakeholders for environmental and sustainability initiatives to deliver on organisational objectives
• Experience operating at senior management level
• Experience in the direction of environmental and sustainability programs to achieve compliance with legislation and organisational targets, including an understanding of mitigation strategies to minimise adverse impacts
• Experience in developing and implementing environmental policy, procedure and strategy
• Ability to effectively and decisively solve problems with commercial sensitivity and acumen
• Experience managing and directing a team of professionals
• A relevant tertiary degree/qualification in a science, environment or engineering discipline

The challenges of our fast-growing sector put our people at the front of some of Victoria's most exciting projects in telecommunications, property development and project delivery - with job opportunities as diverse as our organisation.

• Comprehensive health & wellness programs
• Free access to on-site gym and end of trip facilities
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (36 unpaid)
• Stable work environment - Victorian Government state-owned enterprise
• Training and development opportunities to help you grow and develop your career
• Flexible work environment | hybrid work - 3 x days in office, 2 x days WFH