Environmental Lead
Description
Western Australia, Australia
Job Family Group:
Health, Safety, Security, and Environment
Worker Type:
Regular
Posting Start Date:
September 22, 2026
Business Unit:
Integrated Gas
Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals
Job Description:
About the Role
The Environment team plays a critical role in supporting Shell's environmental requirements by ensuring environmental compliance, managing environmental risks, and driving continuous improvement across our operations. Through close collaboration with asset teams, we protect the environment, respect local communities, and support Shell's journey toward a lower-carbon future.
As the Environmental Lead, you will be a key member of the West Safety & Environment Leadership Team, leading a team of environmental professionals supporting both the Prelude FLNG and Crux assets. In this role, you will provide environmental leadership, technical guidance, and strategic direction to ensure environmental risks are effectively managed, and environmental requirements are embedded into planning, decision-making, and operational execution. You will partner closely with operational, technical, project, and HSSE teams to ensure environmental commitments are understood, implemented, and integrated into day-to-day activities.
As a people leader, you will foster a high-performing and inclusive team culture while building environmental capability across the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact by influencing environmental performance, regulatory compliance, and sustainable business outcomes within a complex offshore operating environment.
Accountabilities
Environmental Leadership & Business Partnership
-
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.
Environmental Plan Implementation & Compliance
-
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.
Environmental Performance & Risk Management
-
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.
Assurance & Continuous Improvement
-
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.
Stakeholder Engagement & Advocacy
-
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.
What You'll Bring
-
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.
What we offer
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 applic