Environmental Manager

Company Description

Meridian is the largest producer of renewable electricity in Aotearoa and we strive to deliver clean energy for a fairer and healthier world. We only generate electricity from 100% renewable resources – wind, water and sun, because we believe that’s the best way forward for our planet and our communities. And, we’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and supporting others in our communities to do the same.

Together, our two brands, Meridian and Powershop retail electricity to more than 380,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand with a strong aspiration to grow. Now that’s a pretty impressive combo! 

Mō te tūranga | What you’ll be doing

Deliver environmental management for our iconic existing assets and consents for new renewable development, by leading Meridian’s response to environmental and regulatory management. You’ll provide expert technical direction and management of the environmental and related regulatory processes for each project/asset through their life cycle from investigation, development, construction, operation, compliance through to consent replacement in collaboration with the project and/or asset manager. 

You’ll be managing multiple work streams involving teams of diverse technical specialists inside and outside Meridian and therefore will require a collaborative working style to manage these key relationships. This role is key to ensuring we proactively deliver excellence in environmental performance and that Meridian is recognised as a responsible user of natural resources.

We practice flexible work at Meridian, this role will involve some travel as and when required to our existing assets and new development sites across the country.

Ngā pukenga kei a koe mō tenei tūranga | What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. resource management/planning, environment management, environmental science)
• Significant experience in all aspects of consent management and acquisition, environmental resource management, and statutory planning
• Significant experience of understanding all aspects and application of the Resource Management Act and other regulatory frameworks applicable
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management
• Ability to understand, interpret and apply technical, engineering, and scientific reports and advice

He aha koe i hono mai ai ki a mātou? | Why join us?   

At Meridian, we value all people. We embrace different ways of thinking, living and working, because we believe diversity benefits us all. It makes our capabilities even stronger. We encourage all our people to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work and we’re proud to have a diverse and inclusive workplace. So, no matter who you are, you’ll find it a great place to work.

We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’. We work hard and value the importance of connection and fun, whether this be through daily quizzes, morning teas, birthday and cultural celebrations both in person and virtually!

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA both socially and environmentally. We proudly support KidsCan and the Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities to empower and support projects where needed. There are many opportunities to volunteer to any of our partnerships throughout the year.

Ngā painga ki a mātou | What we can offer   

We value work/life balance so our WFH and flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:

• an attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts from a number of partnerships
• Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind 
• enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leave
• life, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won’t need!)
• enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
• access to the Meridian employee share scheme
• excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
• award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
• employee discounts off your power with Meridian or Powershop, every bit counts
• a one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)

Tono mai ināianei tonu | Apply now 

All in all, we’re an awesome place to work. If this sounds like you and you want to bring your energy and use your power to make a difference (pun intended), then apply today and tell us why!

If you would like the full Position Description, click here, If you’ve any questions, or please email [email protected] and one of our team will get back to you. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed, please get in touch via email or phone if there are any parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers), we’re more than happy to help.

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