Senior Environmental Assessment Specialist

Position description

Miyamoto International (“Miyamoto”) is in business to make the world safer. Miyamoto is a global multi-hazard engineering and disaster risk management firm that provides resiliency expertise that sustains industries and safeguards communities across the globe.

We are seeking qualified applicants for a global roster for potential professional services to be considered to deliver work globally for leading international organizations. This solicitation is to be included in a roster, not for selection of a position. In the future, Miyamoto may be contacted as a supplier to provide professional services and would utilize this roster in fulfilling specific scope needs. Worldwide travel availability and willingness is critical to the roster.

NOTE: In applying for inclusion in this roster and if selected for additional review, follow up information, including proof of credentials, will need to be supplied rapidly. Please only apply for roster consideration if you are immediately available to respond to additional data calls and can be responsive to any immediate follow-up requests.

Position Summary

Success in this position requires strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, as well as adherence to client/ requirements and the delivery of timely, high-quality operational results and reports.

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications and Experience

• Education: University degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience: Minimum 10-15 years of relevant post-registration experience. Able to take professional responsibility for delivery of the service. Demonstratable, industry recognized specialist knowledge though unique experience, research and/or publications.
• Knowledge: Lead a technical team and work across the team to gather information, lead technical analysis and report writing. This role may also involve elements of Project Director scope (executive action) and Expert Review. Technical areas include addressing environmental assessment requirements such as:
  • Environmental values that must be protected. Environmental values shall be based on the country-specific Environmental Protection (EP) Act, the EP Regulations, EP policies (EPPs), and relevant guidelines. The assessment should cover both the short and long-term scenarios and state whether any relevant impacts are likely to be irreversible.
  • Provide all available baseline information relevant to the environmental risks of the project. Provide details about the quality of the information provided, in particular: the source of the information; how recent the information is; how the reliability of the information was tested; and any uncertainties in the information.
  • Demonstrate how the construction, operation, and decommissioning (to the extent known) of the project would be consistent with best practice environmental management. In general, the preferred hierarchy for managing likely impacts is: (a) to avoid; (b) to minimize or mitigate; and (c) if necessary, and possible, to offset.
  • Provide detailed strategies regarding all critical matters for the protection, or enhancement as desirable, of all relevant environmental values in terms of outcomes and possible conditions that can be measured and audited.
  • Impact minimization measures should include ongoing monitoring and proposals for an adaptive management approach, as relevant, based on monitoring.
  • Present feasible alternatives of the project’s configuration (including individual elements) that may improve environmental outcomes. Discuss the consequences of not proceeding with the project.
  • For unproven elements of a resource extraction or processing process, technology or activity, identify and describe any global leading practice environmental management where available.
  • The assessment and supporting information should be sufficient for the client to decide whether to proceed with the project or not.
  • To the extent of the information available, the assessment should endeavor to predict the cumulative impact of the project on environmental values over time and in combination with impacts created by the activities of other adjacent and upstream and downstream developments and landholders—as detected by baseline monitoring. This will inform the decision on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the setting of conditions. The absence of a comprehensive cumulative impacts analysis need not be fatal to the project. The EIS should also outline ways in which the cumulative impact assessment and management could subsequently be progressed further on a collective basis.
  • Include a consolidated description of all the proponent’s commitments to implement management measures (including monitoring programs). Should the project proceed, these should be able to be carried over into the approval conditions as relevant.
  • Provide all geographical coordinates throughout the EIS in latitude and longitude against the Geocentric Datum of the Country.
  • An appropriate public consultation program is essential to the impact assessment process. The proponent should consult with local, government authorities, and potentially affected local communities as directed by the client.
  • The EIS should describe the consultation that has taken place and how the responses from the community and agencies have been incorporated into the design and outcomes of the project. The public consultation plan should be prepared in consultation with the client and relevant government authorities. Include, as an appendix, a public consultation report. The report should detail how the public consultation plan was implemented including the results.
  • In general, the EIS shall address the following requirements as a minimum:
    • Executive summary
    • Introduction
    • Project owner
    • Outline of EIS process applicable in the context of the country
    • List of permits required and the outline of the approval process
    • Project description
    • Proposed development details
    • Site description
    • Climate
    • Proposed construction & operation
    • Assessment of critical matters requiring treatment in relation to activities causing a high or medium level of environmental harm that has the potential to create a perception by the community to cause harm to the environment or matters that of national environmental significance.
    • Assessment of routine matters such as:
    • Land use
    • Flora, fauna
    • Biosecurity
    • Water quality
    • Water resources
    • Flooding & regulated dams
    • Air
    • Noise & vibration
    • Waste management
    • Cultural heritage
    • Social & economic considerations
    • Transport
    • Hazard & safety
    • Permit required including further explanation of the documentation required and the applicable processes. The specialist may be engaged to prepare and source any permits information that may be required.
• Languages: Fluency in English (oral and written) is mandatory.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute effectively to diverse and cross-sectoral teams, including across remote and multi-cultural environments. Ability and willingness for rapid, worldwide deployment is critical for roster consideration.

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