Environmental Lead

Western Australia, Australia

Job Family Group:

Health, Safety, Security, and Environment

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

September 8, 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 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. 

Shell in Australia 

Shell has operated in Australia since 1901. From operating Australia’s first oil refinery, which was central to meeting Australia’s fuel needs, to fuelling the first Qantas commercial flight in the 1920s, to playing a foundation role in building some of Australia’s largest and most innovative natural resource developments. 

Throughout this 125-year relationship the needs of our customers and the nation have changed and we have continued transforming our portfolio to meet these needs. Today, we are a leading natural gas producer and are playing our part in the transition to a low-carbon future by investing in the power sector, renewable energy sources and carbon abatement activities. 

Shell has a significant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) business in Australia that makes a valuable contribution to today’s energy supply. This integrated gas portfolio includes our two Shell-operated gas production and liquefaction businesses, Shell QGC in Queensland and Prelude Floating LNG offshore in Western Australia, and our joint venture interests in Gorgon and North West Shelf in Western Australia and Arrow Energy in Queensland.  

Today, Shell’s portfolio in Australia also includes zero- and low-carbon energy businesses such as commercial and industrial retailer, Shell Energy carbon farming specialist, Select Carbon the 120MW Gangarri solar development; residential energy retailer, Powershop Australia a 49% stake in WestWind Australia a 50% share of Kondinin Energy and several grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Solutions projects. High quality Shell branded fuels and lubricants are available right across Australia, through an exclusive brand license arrangement with Viva Energy.  

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