Tech Specialist – Environment Insights

Whats the role

Shell's Environmental Reporting System (SERS) needs replacement to ensure regulatory compliance. The new program, "Environmental Insights," will report environmental metrics like GHG emissions, waste, water, and biodiversity. It's a top priority for Shell, receiving high-level visibility. The program aims to deliver a streamlined, integrated reporting solution, enhancing transparency and insights into environmental targets and regulatory commitments. It supports Shell's Powering Progress strategy and will implement Sphera Environmental Accounting and Compliance Assurance modules to improve reporting processes and data accuracy.

As a Technical Specialist Environment Insights is responsible for taking a lead role in coordinating and developing regulatory reports and applications for project operations, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and legislation. Update environmental management plans, provide analytical support for GHG energy management systems, and troubleshoot issues for accurate emission reporting. Support audits, environmental monitoring programs, and provide daily technological support. Identify improvement opportunities using data analysis and best available technologies. Manage operational issues, support the net-zero emissions journey, and lead benchmarking activities. Ensure quality of operations reporting, increase collaboration, and champion continuous improvement initiatives.

What youll be doing

• Responsible for taking a lead role in the coordination and development of regulatory reports and applications required for Project operations including regulatory requirements stipulated by the Commercial Lease, Project Certificate, water licenses and other regulatory instruments, legislation and approvals.
• Responsible for developing a proficient understanding of applicable environmental regulations and legislation and communicating implications on Project operations to management.
• Update Project Environmental Management and Monitoring Plans to reflect Projection operations and procedures.
• Provide analytical support in activities pertaining to GHG energy management systems (PI, EC, LIMS, EEST, CEMIS) and troubleshooting issues to ensure accurate emission measurement and reporting in SERS, Planning Systems and GCAT.
• Support and coordinate audits and verification of environmental data.
• Support the coordination of environmental monitoring programs and initiatives in tandem with site environment teams.
• Day to day technological support to operations (monitoring, guidance, optimization, trouble shooting, product quality assurance)
• Developing opportunities for improvement in key areas, including pro-active identification of abatement opportunities using Data Analysis including economic modelling, Best Available Technologies (aligned with asset improvement plans, external commitments, regulatory reporting and legal compliance).
• Manage and follow-up on operational issues, performance metrics, and determine root cause of the problems and implement sustainable corrective action.
• Support the net-zero emissions journey for the asset including bringing operational learning to different performance management and business planning processes.
• Support internal and external benchmarking activities (including data collection, analysis and reporting) and lead the effort to improve the existing systems and ways of working.
• Ensure Quality of Operations Reporting and Data Integrity. Track the quality of deliverables within the agreed cost and timeline and resolve if any quality issues complaints raised by stakeholders in a satisfactory & timely manner
• Increase collaboration within TAO and with other processes
• Champion in Continuous Improvement (CI) implementation and ensure delivery of benefits.

What you bring

• Masters of Science/M.tech in Chemical Engineering/Process Engineering/ Environmental Engineering, or Bachelors Degree in Carbon Management.
• 5+ years of experience in an LNG, upstream, petrochemical or refining facility with experience in GHG management.
• Advanced knowledge of air quality calculation methodologies
• Advanced knowledge of equipment and emission sources within oil and gas
• Advanced knowledge of existing and emerging global air water regulatory reporting requirements
• Enhanced data skills (e.g. working with large environmental data sets and calculation tracing)
• Business analyst skills (requirements collection/documentation, process mapping, analytical thinking, etc.)
• Awareness of digital system architecture planning (data flows)
• Serves as team resource in monitoring GHG accounting protocols, protocol changes, and interpretations of GHG accounting rules
• Leading and executing proper and timely preparation of emissions data to support all sustainability reporting (inclusive of CDP reporting), including preparation of accurate and efficient quarterly emissions data reports
• Ensuring that all emissions accounting processes are effective, efficient, and properly controlled
• Optimizing internal procedures that ensure alignment to external standards and guidelines
• Working with verification/assurance providers on annual emissions verification for reporting, Supporting external audit, verification and compliance requirements for all legal emissions accounting and reporting
• Identifying, obtaining, and maintaining credentials as the sustainability industry evolves and to meet asset and company needs
• Leading training of Energy Transition staff on process and standards to ensuring compliance on evolving standards and guidelines
• Driving simplification and digitization of reporting, where applicable; reducing cycle times, re-works, and manual activities, while instigating controls; and supporting business initiatives and cross-functional projects
• Works with project teams in developing GHG inventories and forecasts as well as techno-economic analyses of mitigation strategies for a range of local government and private sector clients.
• Works with project teams to develop qualitative decision support tools that evaluate climate action strategies through multiple lenses, including potential for mitigation, adaptation, resiliency, equity, and green economy benefits
• Ability to effectively lead a team of multi-disciplinary highly skilled staff. Goal oriented with a high degree of achievement drive and initiative and ability to get things done. High analytical ability combined with pragmatic approach to solving problems. Service oriented and customer focused.
• Influences policy formation on contribution of specialization to business objectives. Influences at level of division internally and influences customer/suppliers and industry at senior management level. Decisions impact work of employing organizations, achievement of organizational objectives and financial performance. Develops high-level relationships with customers suppliers and industry leaders.