Environmental Advisor – Upstream
Location: Afungi / Pemba, Mozambique
Rotation: 4 weeks on / 4 weeks off
Contract Type: Long-term assignment

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Environmental Advisor to join a major upstream LNG development project. Working on a rotational basis, you will play a key role in ensuring environmental compliance, managing regulatory activities, and supporting the implementation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (EIA / ESHIA) and Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) for a large-scale offshore-to-onshore subsea development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate and implement the Project Regulatory Compliance Plan and Environmental Management Plan.
• Support all environmental and regulatory activities, ensuring best practices are applied.
• Obtain and track project permits, licences and approvals; steward compliance status.
• Interface with design and execution teams to embed environmental requirements into project plans.
• Review and approve contractors’ environmental deliverables (e.g. EMPs, Waste Management Plans, Spill Response Plans).
• Supervise and monitor environmental performance and data reporting for compliance with lenders and local authorities.
• Conduct regular site visits and ensure alignment on environmental monitoring procedures across shallow and deep-water activities.

Project Context

• Large-scale LNG development with offshore subsea infrastructure tied back to an onshore LNG plant.
• $20B investment, 17,000-acre site, 18 subsea wells, private airstrip and marine facilities.
• 5-year construction period followed by 25 years of production.

Requirements

• Degree in Environmental Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in environmental management (preferably large construction or O&G projects).
• Experience with International Finance Corporation (IFC) project funding requirements.
• Knowledge of Mozambique environmental regulations (desirable).
• Fluent in English; Portuguese is an advantage.
• Current BOSIET and OGUK Medical certifications.
• Strong communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.