Environmental Audit, Risk & Incident Manager

The Company

We call ourselves "dreamers and doers" for a reason: we can make happen not just what is possible, but what is impossible. We are collaborating on fresh ideas and new solutions in our engine room of creativity and innovation. By becoming part of our team at NEOM, you will join other top talent in their fields from all over the world. These visionary minds and adventurous spirits were drawn by the chance to make history in creating a place of the future from the ground up.

Role purpose

Develop, implement and manage an audit program intended to identify environmental non-compliance and environmental process deviations that present risks to optimal environmental outcomes.

Accountabilities

The Audit, Risk and Incident Manager supports the development, implementation and coordination of a highly effective Audit, Risk and Incident Program intended to ensure that project development activities within NEOM are executed in a manner which is fitting for a world-class project of NEOM’s status.

• Report Audit, Risk and Incident program activities to Director, Compliance, Governance and Corporate Services, Chief Environment Officer and other relevant stakeholders.
• Establish and oversee a high performance audit, risk and incident management function.

Audit

• Establish and oversee an annual environmental audit program utilizing suitably qualified internal and outsourced resources.
• Develop and implement audit processes, procedures, checklists, performance metrics and audit training programs.
• Develop and implement and audit program intended to assure NEOM that regulatory compliance is being achieved by regulated development entities.
• Identify thematic, spatial, organizational issues which present operational and enterprise level risk to NEOM.
• Report compliance performance and status to internal stakeholders, and external stakeholders to meet regulatory requirements
• Present the audit findings to the NEV Department Managers and Directors
• Develop and oversee the implementation of a program of business process audits, IFC compliance audits,
• Manage a program engagement with responsible stakeholders to ensure that effective Corrective and Prevention Action is systemically implemented to mitigate risks and non-compliance.
• Develop and oversee the execution of environmental audit programs conducted by other environmental functions across the project.

Risk

• Develop and maintain NEOM Environment’s Enterprise Risk Register.
• Engage with NEOM’s Governance Risks and Compliance (GRC) Dept, providing NEV input to their programs, including fraud / enterprise risk; controls development; incident reporting; policy development; etc.
• Build strong working relationships to ensure close alignment between NEV and GRC functions

Incident

• Provide incident and remediation response advice to NEOM proponents, and where required, lead the environmental and sustainability regulatory (non-compliance notices, fines, and prosecutions) response processes, in conjunction with other relevant parties.
• Establish and oversee a suitably efficient and rapid response incident management model.
• Manage a program of incident corrective actions to ensure that incident root causes are mitigated across the program.
• Analyze incident data to identify current trends and emergent risks.
• Develop and manage programs for the reporting and investigation of incidents that cause, or have the potential to cause environmental harm.

Skills And Experience

The Audit, Risk and Incident Manager should have a proven and successful track record in environmental project management of major construction projects across an array of economic sectors.

• Experience in managing PMC activities is required
• Experience of ISO14001 implementation is essential.
• Strong technical environmental skills across terrestrial, marine and coastal environments
• Lead auditor qualifications and experience is required.
• Excellent leadership and management skills is essential.
• Masters degree in Environmental Sciences (or related discipline).
• Experience of mega-project environmental program management at a client (representative) level is essential.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years experience in environmental project management of major construction projects across an array of economic sectors.
• Experience in the development of reporting tools is required.

Qualifications

• IEMA Lead Auditor or equivalent
• CEnv
• MSc in Environmental Science or Environmental Management.