Company Description

Anglo American is a leading global mining company, and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast-growing consumer-driven demands of the world's developed and maturing economies.

We are constructing a state-of-the-art underground mine to enable the extraction of Polyhalite - a unique multi-nutrient fertiliser - along with the necessary infrastructure both above and below ground that will be required for transport, processing, and distribution.

POLY4 is our flagship multi-nutrient fertiliser product. Made from polyhalite, it contains four of the six macro-nutrients and many micronutrients that are essential to plant growth. It allows farmers to maximizetheir crop yield, increase quality and improve soil structure with one simple product.

Job Description

Join us a Permitting Officer, where you willsupport the Environment and Permitting Manager in identifying, securing, implementing and ensuring compliance with‘Development and Environmental' Permits necessary for the construction. And the development, implementation and assurance of compliance with a governance system for all Permits necessary for the construction and operation of the Woodsmith Project.

• Support the preparation of documentation to support applications specifically for D&E Permits, variations thereof and for the discharge of Conditions.
  
• Liaise with external specialist technical advisors working on development of the above materials, as applicable.
  
• Liaise with BU, Project and EPCM stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate input to the development of the above materials.
  
• Supporting and participating in the process of review and acceptance of above materials.
  
• Carry out the timely and accurate submission of above materials.
  
• Ensure that D&E Permit applications are followed up at the appropriate time to ensure no delays to Project progress.
  
• Ensure that all relevant D&E Permits are maintained until no longer required and then ensuring that Permits are 'closed' when no longer required.
  
• Support liaison with Permitting Authorities, consultees and stakeholders to the Permitting process, as necessary.
  

‘All' Project Permits (D&E/Non-D&E)

• Participate in the development of a matrix of Project-wide Permitting requirements that align with Group Minimum Permitting Requirements.
  
• Implement and carry out assurance of Project compliance with a governance system for all relevant D&E/Non-D&E Permits necessary for the construction and operation of the Woodsmith Project.
  
• Liaise with internal stakeholders, the EPCM and Contractors to identify and assign accountabilities for Permit acquisition, implementation and compliance. Identify gaps and develop actions plans to close them.
  
• Specific responsibility for the creation and curation of robust and traceable records of compliance with the requirements of all relevant Project Permits, utilising Project Permitting IT Tools (e.g. ISOMETRIX) in accordance with Group Minimum Permitting Requirements/Integrated Permitting Way.
  
• Participate in meetings with Contractors, Regulatory Authorities, the Permitting Authority and other relevant parties, as necessary.
  
• Prepare internal and external reports in relation to Environment & Permitting, as per Project and Anglo American Requirements.
  

Management of Permit Conditions & Commitments

• Ensure that all (D&E/Non-D&E) Permit conditions and commitments are captured in the Permitting module of ISOMETRIX and that compliance actions are identified and assigned to relevant owners.
  

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  

Technical Knowledge:

• Demonstrable experience of the process of discharge of and compliance with the requirements of Planning Permissions, Development Consent Orders and other project approvals
  

Additional information

• A valid UK country driving license is required for this role
• This role may require a company medical assessment in line with the role requirements.
• A background screening application is also required for this role.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

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