Environmental Lead

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of environmental professionals supporting the Prelude and Crux assets.

• Build strong partnerships across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Wells, Projects, and HSSE functions to embed environmental stewardship into business activities.

• Serve as the primary environmental focal point, providing expert advice and support to enable safe, compliant, and sustainable operations.

• Drive integration of environmental considerations into operational planning, execution, and strategic decision-making.

• Ensure effective implementation, maintenance, and operationalization of the Prelude and Crux Environmental Plans.

• Promote understanding of environmental obligations and commitments across operational teams.

• Monitor compliance with environmental approvals, regulatory requirements, and Shell's HSSE & SP and SEAM frameworks.

• Support the preparation, management, and delivery of environmental approvals, revisions, and regulatory submissions.

• Lead the identification, assessment, and management of environmental risks and opportunities.

• Ensure environmental controls and requirements are effectively applied across operational activities.

• Drive proactive management of key environmental aspects including emissions, waste, water, biodiversity, discharges, and environmental incident prevention.

• Identify and implement risk mitigation measures to manage high environmental risks and improve performance outcomes.

• Lead environmental assurance activities and support delivery of Shell Australia's assurance program.

• Monitor environmental performance, identify emerging risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Facilitate learning from incidents, audits, assurance findings, and industry best practices.

• Simplify processes and ways of working while maintaining effective governance and risk management.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators and industry bodies.

• Provide visible environmental leadership and advocacy across the organization.

• Influence decision-making to ensure environmental considerations are balanced alongside operational, safety, and business objectives.

• Promote environmental awareness and capability development through coaching, communication, and engagement.

• Bachelor's degree or higher qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams within a complex operational environment.

• Strong commitment to Goal Zero, environmental stewardship, and personal accountability.

• Significant experience managing environmental aspects, impacts, and risks within industrial, energy, offshore, or resources sectors.

• Strong knowledge of environmental compliance frameworks, approvals, regulatory requirements, and environmental management systems.

• Broad understanding of environmental disciplines including air quality, carbon and greenhouse gases, water management, waste management, biodiversity, biosecurity, and emergency response.

• Experience implementing and operationalizing Environmental Plans and regulatory commitments.

• Ability to translate environmental requirements into practical, operationally effective solutions.

• Strong risk management capability with a proven ability to balance compliance, business performance, and operational outcomes.

• Knowledge of Australian and international environmental legislation and standards, particularly within offshore operations.

• Understanding of Shell's environmental commitments, including Respecting Nature and Net Zero Emissions ambitions.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, presentation, and influencing skills.

• Proven ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities, with a passion for developing people and building inclusive, high-performing teams.

• Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and fostering a positive team culture.

• A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on simplification, innovation, and delivering sustainable business outcomes.

• Subject Matter Expertise in an environmental discipline is desirable, with the ability to achieve TA2 accreditation during tenure in the role.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.

• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Note: We are keen to support flexible working arrangements, subject to local regulations and legislative frameworks. If this is of interest to you, please describe in your application the type of flexible working arrangements for which you would like to be considered (e.g., part-time, job share). We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here .