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Anglo American's Metallurgical Coal business's, Canadian Coal Operations, Vancouver

Anglo American's Metallurgical Coal business unit is one of Australia's largest producers and exporters of metallurgical coal, with extensive coal mining interests in Queensland and New South Wales, as well as the Peace River metallurgical coal mine in British Columbia, Canada. We are committed to creating value from coal safely and responsibly, growing our business through our attractive project pipeline and investing in the communities in which we operate. We strive to achieve gender diversity within our workforce, and women are strongly encouraged to apply for all vacant positions. As part of Anglo American, we are helping build the leading global mining company.

Environment Specialist

As part of our growth strategy, we are developing key coal assets in Canada, including large scale coal projects with considerable capital investment.  In line with these growth strategies and with a deliberate focus on safe project delivery and performance optimization, we are seeking an experienced Environment Specialist with an educational background in the Environmental area and 5-10 years of mining industry experience. 

The position leads the environmental and project design aspects of our current and future projects.  Within this role, you will work with the projects team and construction contractors to ensure that environmental standards, objectives and targets are achieved throughout the project life cycle.  You will lead the development and implementation of Project Environmental Standards, including water management, reclamation, sediment and erosion control and wildlife management.  This position reports to the Environmental Manager, and is an integral member of the project study team.

With your expert knowledge of the legal and corporate obligations for Canadian mining and exploration activities, you will provide authoritative and expert advice in relation to provincial and federal approvals.  You will develop and prepare detailed, comprehensive and workable Environmental project documentation delivered on time and to agreed standards.

Key to your success in this role will be your relevant qualifications, sound working knowledge of Federal and Provincial environmental legislation, your ability to manage external consultants, and your ability to build positive external and internal partnerships.

This role is based in our Vancouver Project Office and some travel to the Peace River Coal region will be required.

As well as a very competitive salary package, Anglo American offers exceptional training and development opportunities to all employees. If you have the ambition to work for a leader in the mining and resources area, and the drive to deliver results on consistent basis, apply now.

Note that it is generally expected that applicants for available positions in Canada are legally entitled to work in the jurisdiction of the position (i.e. visa or citizenship).