Environmental, Biodiversity and Permitting Manager
- Join an international leader in mining & metals offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities
- Influence the work we do alongside our local communities; whose lives and livelihoods depend on the environments where we operate
- Open to suitably qualified national and international candidates. Role located in Salta, Argentina.
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for a Environmental, Biodiversity and Permitting Manager, who will provide the leadership, direction and strategy in biodiversity matters, permit and regulatory compliance during project construction and mining operation. The role is responsible for development and implementation of the Rincon Environmental and Biodiversity Management Strategy and associated plans. The role will lead a team to conform with regulatory requirements and reporting, and biodiversity activities in alignment with IFC Performance Standards, and successfully implement these on the site.
The position will lead a team of professional, consultants field staff and report to the Health, Safety, Security and Environment Business Partner for Rincon.
The Environmental, Biodiversity and Permitting Manager will:
- Leadership in HSEC: Demonstrate leadership and commitment to Rio Tinto's HSEC standards and values.
- Regulatory Interactions: Lead and support engagements with regulatory entities, ensuring necessary communication to obtain permits and comply with requirements.
- Project Change Collaboration: Work with the project team to report changes in scope to regulators.
- Biodiversity Management: Provide direction on biodiversity matters, complying with project priorities and legal requirements.
- Critical Habitat Studies: Lead studies on critical habitats and no net loss/net gain calculations, developing mitigation strategies.
- Environmental Management Plans: Develop and implement environmental management plans for operations and construction activities.
- Permits and Consultant Management: Direct the permitting and environment team, coordinating biodiversity technical studies and logistical support.
- Conservation Programs: Design conservation programs in collaboration with communities and NGOs to address biodiversity threats.
- Productive Relationships: Maintain effective working relationships with key biodiversity stakeholders.
- Field Study Coordination: Coordinate necessary field activities for data collection and regulatory compliance.
- Mitigation Planning: Design and plan mitigation for biodiversity and ecosystem service impacts to achieve no net loss of biodiversity.
- Natural Resource Collaboration: Collaborate with teams on ecosystem services management and compensation activities.
What you’ll bring
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
- Degree related to conservation, ecology, or other related environmental science
- >10 years on roles managing or coordinating permitting processes and its execution, preferably in mining or oil and gas industries in Argentina
- Proven experience with ICF Performance Standard 6: Biodiversity Management
- Deep understanding of environmental regulatory requirements in Salta and Argentina
- Strong experience with regulatory compliance requirements and yearly reporting
- Strong organizational and reporting skills
- Extensive experience in managing consultants to deliver scope on time and budget.
- Business fluency in English and Spanish.
- Experience in designing, managing and implementing biodiversity and/or offset initiatives in developing contexts;
- Significant experience with threatened species and critical habitats, experience with effective mitigation measures particularly in the Puna / Andes is favored;
- Experience collaborating with external stakeholders (government, community, IFC, NGOs, etc,) to deliver positive environmental outcomes;
- Experience successfully leading and managing a technical team of biodiversity specialists / consultants
- Experience planning and delivering projects in alignment with mining industry risk management frameworks
- Robust experience working with social and cultural professionals to implement projects with both environmental and social outcomes (ideally in the Puna / Andes), including government and community capacity-building initiatives.
Sobre Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto es una empresa líder mundial en minería y materiales. Operamos en 35 países donde producimos mineral de hierro, cobre, aluminio, minerales críticos y otros materiales necesarios para la transición energética mundial y para que las personas, las comunidades y las naciones prosperen.
Llevamos 150 años dedicándonos a la minería y operamos con conocimientos acumulados a lo largo de generaciones y continentes. Nuestro objetivo es encontrar mejores formas de proporcionar los materiales que el mundo necesita, esforzándonos por innovar y mejorar continuamente para producir materiales con bajas emisiones que cumplan con las normas medioambientales, sociales y de gobernanza adecuadas. Pero no podemos hacerlo solos, por lo que nos centramos en crear vínculos que nos permitan resolver problemas, crear posibilidades para todos y aprovechar oportunidades.
Lugar donde Usted va a trabajar
Reconocidos como pioneros y líderes en la industria de los minerales industriales por la calidad, la fiabilidad de su suministro y el apoyo técnico, estamos orgullosos de hacer que la vida moderna funcione. El litio forma parte de nuestra cartera de materiales esenciales para un futuro con bajas emisiones de carbono y es un elemento clave necesario para las tecnologías con bajas emisiones de carbono. La unidad de Materiales para Baterías está compuesta por las operaciones de Boratos en EE.UU., el proyecto Jadar en Serbia y el proyecto Rincón en Argentina, líderes en la extracción de boratos y litio para un futuro más sostenible. El proyecto de litio Rincón es un proyecto grande y sin desarrollar de salmuera de litio, localizado en el corazón del triángulo del litio en la Provincia de Salta, Argentina, un epicentro emergente para proyectos totalmente nuevos. Es un recurso de larga vida, escalable con una de las huellas de carbono más bajas en recursos de litio en el mundo. Esta adquisición es una aprobación ulterior significativa de nuestro compromiso con el sector de materiales para baterías y el rol del litio en un futuro con bajos niveles de carbono.
Cada voz tiene importancia
En Rio Tinto, son particularmente bienvenidas las aplicaciones de las Comunidades Indígenas, de mujeres, de la comunidad LGBTQIA2, de operarios maduros, de personas con discapacidades y de gente de diferentes contextos culturales. Estamos comprometidos con un ambiente inclusivo donde la gente se sienta cómoda de ser quien es. Queremos que nuestra gente sienta que todas las voces son escuchadas, todas las culturas respetadas y que una variedad de perspectivas no solo es bienvenida – si no que es esencial para nuestro triunfo. Nos tratamos unos a otros de forma justa y con dignidad independientemente de la raza, género, nacionalidad, origen étnico, religión, edad, orientación sexual o cualquier otra cosa que nos hace diferentes.
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Working at Rio Tinto
Help us deliver the materials that make human progress possible.
The plane you’re flying in just landed. You fire up your phone and get your laptop out of the overhead bin. Immediately, you’re in work mode – thousands of miles from your office. Do you ever stop to think about all the materials that make life in the 21st century possible? At Rio Tinto, we discover, develop and deliver the materials that drive human progress. When you work with us, you’ll experience advantages you won’t find anywhere else.
Working in one of our function’s teams
We supply the materials that drive human progress. You make it all possible.
With business operations that stretch from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Perth, Western Australia, we have exciting opportunities in virtually every discipline imaginable. From HR to marketing, finance to technology, infrastructure to supply chain, and much more, the opportunities are endless. Join us and enjoy:
Our application process
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Apply
The first thing you’ll need to do is apply to the role. You can do this with your LinkedIn profile or you can upload your resume. We’ll also ask you to complete a few questions before you submit your application.
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Undergo assessments
Our assessments are designed to help us work out whether you are suitable for the role. We will let you know which ones you’ll need to complete.
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Interview(s)
Our interviews could be in person or online. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know you a bit better, answer any of your questions and talk about the exciting career opportunity you have applied for.
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Offers and checks
At this stage, we will let you know if you have been successful. If you have been, we’ll need to conduct a couple of checks, such as a background or security check. You may also need to do a medical assessment depending on the role you have applied for.
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Join the Rio Tinto team
Once the checks have been completed, we’ll be in touch to talk with you about your start date and answer any questions you may have before you start with us.