Contracting And Procurement Sustainability Adviser

Our Client, a Global Oil and Gas Operator is seeking a Contracting & Procurement Sustainability Adviser for a 12-month contract with potential to extend. This role will be based in Perth CBD.
Primary Objectives:

• The C&P Sustainability Adviser supports the strategy, delivery, monitoring and continuous improvement of modern slavery, local and Indigenous content in the supply chain.
• The role coordinates sustainability compliance reporting; and maintains sustainability process documentation.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities safely and efficiently in accordance with company policies and procedures, protecting people, assets and the environment.
• Contribute to Supply Chain safety and environmental objectives and monitor agreed actions.

Modern Slavery Management

• Review, develop and maintain the C&P modern slavery management framework to ensure ongoing compliance with legislation requirements including reporting and annual statements and associated fit for purpose risk assessment approach and contracting and vendor onboarding process guidance.

AIP and Local Content Management

• Lead and improves C&P sustainability activity across, Australian Industry Participation against the Jobs Act, Scope 3 emissions, reporting, dashboards, process documentation and compliance requirements.
• Works collaboratively across Supply Chain, HSE, Corporate Affairs, Legal, Operations, government, suppliers to improve transparency, consistency and sustainability outcomes.
• Provide C&P input to the Northern Territory Offshore Gas Operator Communication Forum, aligning relevant Northern Territory Government and Client objectives.
• Ongoing engagement with relevant industry bodies and non-government organisations, to improve local content outcomes and visibility within communities that the Client operates in.
• Coordinate C&P activities to deliver to the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), including working group participation, quarterly updates, stakeholder engagement and collaboration with the Corporate Affairs team.
• Maintain Scope 3 emissions data through quarterly updates and provide supporting data to HSE for annual reporting and Australian sustainability reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with HSE to streamline data and reporting processes and support initiatives that reduce Scope 3 emissions.
• Develop and maintain a C&P sustainability roadmap with clear objectives, priorities and improvement opportunities.
• Improve the consistency and visibility of sustainability reporting through dashboards or a control-tower approach.
• Coordinate C&P responses and actions relating to relevant Dow Jones reporting.
• Maintain effective formal and informal communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively, safely and respectfully with personnel and relevant external stakeholders.

Skills and Qualifications:

• University degree in a relevant discipline is desirable
• Experience with SAP and Ariba in a Supply Chain environment.
• Experience developing and implementing modern slavery, local content and AIP framework, for compliance and business outcomes.
• Working experience in Contracts & Procurement or wider Supply Chain roles
• Communicates complex information clearly and engages a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strategic, proactive, organised and improvement-focused, with sound judgement and attention to detail.
• Collaborative and capable of balancing multiple sustainability, change and reporting priorities.
• Supply Chain, including Contracts and Procurement and Logistics
• Corporate Affairs, including corporate social responsibility stakeholders
• Health, Safety and Environment
• Legal
• Operations teams
• Northern Territory Government
• Suppliers and other external stakeholders

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.