Environmental Engineering Manager

The Role

Location and Work Arrangement

• The role is listed as fully remote in the United Arab Emirates.

Environmental Leadership

• Develop environmental engineering strategies, standards, procedures, and management systems.
• Lead environmental assessments, studies, investigations, technical reviews, and environmental impact assessments.
• Manage environmental requirements throughout feasibility, design, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Identify environmental risks, impacts, constraints, and opportunities across projects.
• Provide environmental engineering input into project planning and design decisions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to environmental engineers and specialists.
• Coordinate environmental requirements with Health, Safety, Quality, Sustainability, Engineering, and Construction functions.

Compliance and Stakeholders

• Manage environmental permitting, approvals, licenses, regulatory submissions, and compliance obligations.
• Coordinate with regulatory authorities, consultants, contractors, laboratories, and external stakeholders.
• Conduct environmental audits, inspections, compliance reviews, and project assessments.
• Investigate incidents, non-conformances, complaints, and potential violations, then lead corrective and preventive actions.
• Track permits, commitments, findings, corrective actions, and regulatory requirements.

Monitoring and Controls

• Establish environmental performance objectives, targets, monitoring programs, KPIs, and dashboards.
• Manage monitoring of air, water, soil, noise, waste, biodiversity, and other relevant parameters.
• Oversee sampling, testing, inspections, surveys, data analysis, technical reports, and consultant deliverables.
• Oversee waste management, hazardous materials, spill prevention, pollution control, remediation, and restoration activities.
• Support water conservation, wastewater management, emissions, biodiversity, habitat, land management, and resource-efficiency initiatives.

Sustainability and Project Support

• Integrate climate, resilience, sustainability, and environmental considerations into engineering solutions.
• Support carbon reduction, energy efficiency, environmental due diligence, and performance-improvement initiatives.
• Review environmental aspects of construction methods, temporary works, site activities, designs, and project risks.
• Participate in risk assessments, design reviews, constructability reviews, and project governance meetings.
• Promote environmental awareness, emergency preparedness, and response for environmental incidents and pollution events.

Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience managing environmental engineering or environmental management activities.
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation, permitting, compliance, and regulatory processes.
• Experience with environmental impact assessments and environmental monitoring programs.
• Experience managing environmental consultants, contractors, laboratories, and specialist providers.
• Strong understanding of environmental risk assessment and mitigation.
• Knowledge of pollution prevention, waste management, water management, emissions, and environmental controls.
• Experience with environmental management systems and audit processes.
• Strong project-management, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret technical environmental studies, engineering reports, and monitoring data.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management, documentation, reporting, and regulatory-submission skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and environmental risks simultaneously.

Preferred Experience

• Professional environmental or engineering certification is highly desirable.
• Additional regional or international environmental experience is an advantage.
• Experience with infrastructure, construction, industrial projects, consulting, or sustainability-related engineering is preferred.

Performance Indicators