Environmental General Manager (Mining Industry)

About the role

General Manager of Environmental is responsible for leading, developing strategy, managing, controlling, and evaluating all aspects of environmental management at the group level to support mining activities, processing plants, and company development projects. This position ensures all business units and company operations conduct environmental management in accordance with applicable regulations from KLHK, ESDM, regional government, international standards such as ISO 14001 and IFC Performance Standards, and company commitments to ESG, PROPER, Net Zero, and business sustainability. The role involves building company environmental governance, ensuring environmental compliance, managing strategic environmental risks, improving environmental performance, and serving as a bridge between the company and regulators, auditors, investors, and external stakeholders on environmental matters.

Key responsibilities

• Develop short-term and long-term environmental management strategies, policies, standards, and programs at the group level aligned with business strategy, ESG, and company sustainability targets

• Develop and ensure implementation of environmental governance system, environmental management system (ISO 14001), and company environmental standards across all business units and operations

• Ensure compliance of all business units with environmental regulations from KLH, ESDM, the Ministry of Forestry, the Ministry of Industry, the regional government, and applicable international standards

• Direct environmental compliance management, monitoring and reporting, including environmental permits, audits, data collection, and environmental performance reporting

• Lead management of strategic environmental risks, including hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, acid mine drainage, emissions, pollution, and climate change risks

• Develop strategy for controlling environmental impacts, including water management, waste, emissions, biodiversity, reclamation, watershed rehabilitation, and mine closure

• Integrate environmental aspects with ESG programs, sustainability reporting, Net Zero, PROPER, and external investor and stakeholder requirements

• Lead development of environmental organization through coaching, mentoring, capability development, and coordination with environmental functions across all sites

• Comply with all Safety, Health, Work, and Environment (K3L) requirements and actively participate in safety culture implementation

• Support implementation of sustainability and responsible mining principles in all company activities

About you

• Minimum S1 degree in Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering, Environmental Science, Forestry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field

• Minimum 15 years of experience in environmental management in mining, mineral processing, or heavy industry

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior management position in the environmental field

• Experience leading multi-site environmental functions

• Experience in environmental compliance, AMDAL, environmental permits, monitoring, reporting, PROPER, and environmental risk management

• Experience interacting with regulators, auditors, investors, consultants, and external stakeholders

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities

• High integrity and commitment to environmental sustainability

• Strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities

• Communication and cross-organizational influencing capabilities