We are searching for a Sustainability Specialist who will provide environmental and sustainability support to Company management including (but not limited to); 

• Identifying and establishing Company Operation’s Environmental, Social and Sustainability obligations;
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant and applicable Environmental, Social and Sustainability related regulatory and legislative requirements and standards (national and international);
• Identifying and establishing Company Management System’s key documented controls over Environmental, Social and Sustainability matters;
• Monitoring and ensuring all associated permits required to operate the Company facilities in the Netherlands, Russia and Turkiye are in place.

Function

• Responsible for ensuring the Company’s compliance with the EU Corporate Social Reporting Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022), including the development of all relevant policies and procedures to inform the Company’s first sustainability report and all subsequent public sustainability reports;
• Responsible for the identification/obtainment/ management/ maintenance of all company permits and land rights required to operate the facilities in compliance with relevant obligations;
• Overall responsible for environmental and social monitoring in compliance with Company standards (inclusive of Green House Gas monitoring) and local requirements;
• Responsible for the Environmental, Social and Sustainability components of the HSSE-CMS;
• Responsible for ISO14001 Certification and its maintenance;
• Responsible for the development and implementation of an ISO 50001 Energy Management System for the Receiving Terminal and its Certification;
• Responsible for the management of in-house permitting/Environmental, Social & Sustainability resources and budgets;
• Responsible for the technical management and oversight of permitting/Environmental and Social  contracts;
• Responsible for the management of permitting and Environmental, Social and Sustainability tools e.g. permits manuals/databases, permits archives, permits schedules, stakeholder database, legal register, etc.;
• Final review and sign off of company’s sustainability, permitting and Environmental and Social deliverables;
• Main interface with senior government officials and other stakeholders (e.g. Gazprom, cable owners, upstream/downstream operators, etc.) on permitting, Environmental, Social and Sustainability topics;
• Main interface with government officials regarding vessels permits required to operate in the EEZ and Territorial waters;
• Main interface with company’s internal departments and branches on permitting, Environmental, Social and Sustainability topics;
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• University degree in Environmental Science/Engineering;
• Higher education or professional body membership associated with sustainability;
• 5-10 years of experience in permitting, sustainability and environmental management fields on similar  large scale/status natural gas facilities;
• Experience in permitting and interface with relevant authorities in Turkiye and Russia is an advantage;
• HSSE experience is an advantage; 
• Experience in working in multidisciplinary international teams and interfaces;
• Experience with the management and delivery of Social Impact Assessment documentation to international financing standards on similar large scale gas facilities;
• Experience with the management of similar large scale gas facilities, in regard to Environmental, Social and Sustainability matters;
• Experience with the development and implementation of CSR policy and community investment programs of similar large scale gas facilities; 
• Excellent knowledge of main applicable operation permitting procedures and standards;
• Excellent knowledge of ISO 14001 standard and its implementation; 
• Knowledge of Russian or Turkish permitting and environmental legislation and requirements is beneficial;
• Good command of English language sufficient to fulfil job tasks;
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, diplomatic, ability to interact effectively at all  levels;
• Takes charge, strong proven management skills;
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Package – MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, etc., education requirements, E&S tools.