Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GHD is a global professional services company committed to environmental sustainability. They are seeking a Mining Program Manager to lead a program of work within their Environmental Assessment and Remediation Group, ensuring compliance with mining laws and managing stakeholder engagement across multiple projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead an integrated program plan for mining-related environmental work, including closure, waste management, and supporting technical disciplines
- Ensure compliance with relevant mining laws, environmental regulatory authorities, and any consent order requirements; drive readiness to meet cleanup criteria
- Coordinate technical SMEs and delivery partners; align field execution, reporting, and data management under standardized PMO controls
- Maintain program visibility through governance cadence, dashboards, evidence packs, and verifiable deliverable acceptance
- Manage stakeholder engagement and issue escalations with clear decision rights and documented outcomes
- Maintain regulatory compliance in active production settings while enabling operations through timely environmental support
- Lead programmatic delivery across geographically dispersed sites; bundle work to improve field resourcing, scheduling, and regulatory reporting efficiency
- Coordinate regulatory SMEs by basin/state and support early regulator engagement, advocacy, and consistent reporting expectations
- Oversee program tools and controls such as compliance tracking by basin/regulatory authority, digital field data collection, and data visualization for program visibility
- Implement early deviation detection and mitigation (cost, scope, compliance) and promote standardized billing, invoicing, and PO processes
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in the environmental market with a strong record of developing and implementing projects within the industry
- Bachelor degree in a science-or engineering related field
- Demonstrated experience leading multi-project programs or value streams within a PMO-style governance model
- Proven ability to establish decision rights, governance cadence, change control, and risk management practices
- Experience working with regulated environmental, operational, or industrial programs with strong compliance expectations
- Strength in performance management, financial oversight (forecast/variance), and partner/vendor/subcontractor governance
- Strong communication skills and ability to lead integrated teams across multiple disciplines and geographies
- Experience with digital field data collection, automated reporting workflows, and analytics dashboards used for compliance/performance monitoring
- Background in Upstream field support programs (basin/state regulatory environments) and/or mining closure and waste management programs
- Familiarity with structured delivery frameworks that embed assurance (verification, documentation, audit trails) into workflows
- Professional Registration (Engineer or Geologist) is a plus
Benefits
- 401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
- Paid time off – Our PTO benefit is designed to provide eligible employees with a period of rest and relaxation, sick, and personal time throughout the year. PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
- Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees. GHD observes 9 holidays per year. Holiday pay will be based on the regular set schedule for the employee
- Wellness Benefit- Regular full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program. GHD will reimburse 50% of the cost of the following to maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually for such items as: Health club membership fees, Home exercise equipment purchases, Bicycles, Race, run & marathon entrance fees, Smoking cessation programs, Weight loss programs (i.e.—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig), Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices
Company Overview
Addressing the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and communities. It was founded in 1928, and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, AUS, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.ghd.com.