Environmental Performance Manager

Environmental Performance Manager – Permanent Full Time – Perth CBD

Lead Western Power’s environmental strategy for WA’s energy transition.

Step into a key role driving best-practice environmental approvals and management for our transmission projects. You’ll shape strategy, influence stakeholders, and safeguard network growth while navigating complex social and environmental challenges.

Your Role in Action  

• Provide effective leadership, continuously improving the competence, capability, and professionalism of the Western Power workforce through training, education, support, development, reward, and coaching.
• Develop, execute, and continuously improve environmental transmission programs, ensuring alignment with overall business requirements and outcomes.
• Influence the development and prioritisation of Western Power’s transmission network plans to meet regulatory obligations and agreements.
• Manage and monitor assigned budgets, resources, environmental systems, and data to deliver affordable and effective outcomes for customers and the business.
• Lead high-profile, complex programs of work with significant cost or reputational impact, coordinating across management disciplines to manage risks, stakeholders, change impacts, communications, and resources.
• Strategically engage and influence government stakeholders to support policy reform initiatives and ensure Western Power’s positions are understood.
• Accountable for developing strategies that support the implementation and embedding of the Social Performance framework, including Nature Positive/Offset Strategy.

What Makes You a Great Fit 

• Bachelor’s degree qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Urban and Regional Planning or related discipline.
• Significant broad knowledge and expertise in managing and delivering large scale, strategic Programs of work with Director/ Portfolio Management level experience in successful transformation projects delivery preferably within an electrical or utilities environment.
• Proactive, tenacious, and strong influencing - skills to drive successful delivery of results and meet stakeholder expectations.
• Substantial leadership experience having managed and developed high performing teams.
• Solid experience and knowledge in setting strategy, planning, and leading strategic and business change.
• Substantial experience that highlights strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Forecasting, planning and resource management experience, including budget management
• 10+ years of experience working in infrastructure, construction, maintenance and operational field practices or other technically based industries with complex operational safety, environmental, approval and community issues.
• Sound knowledge of statutory, environmental & heritage approvals planning policies and procedures and ability to demonstrate practical application.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and written skills with the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences, influence outcomes, negotiate and speak in public forums where stakeholders have opposing interests.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.  
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.

Applications close on the 2nd of October 2025

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Find out more about our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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