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Reference ID R185257 Updated 08/13/2025
Health, Safety, Security, and Environment
Australia
Brisbane
N/A

If you have a passion for ensuring regulatory compliance and environmental outcomes, the Environment Compliance Advisor position could be your chance to work within an inclusive team to make lasting change. This role will allow you to ensure that we are compliant, and we know it and drive a culture of environmental compliance within the business.  

What’s the role

The Compliance Team’s role is a critical one that identifies and supports the management of environmental compliance risks for the business.

As Environment Compliance Advisor, you will assure Shell’s environmental compliance on the east coast of Australia. You will partner with the business, identify issues and deliver high quality, fit-for-purpose strategies and implementation plans to assist with managing and highlighting environmental compliance risks and opportunities.

You must have a deep commitment to our values, code of conduct, Goal Zero and visibly demonstrate a simplification and delivery mindset, balancing immediate activities with longer-term direction setting. You are expected to role model inclusive behaviours and help build an environment where different views and perspectives are encouraged and valued.

What you’ll be doing

The Environment Compliance Advisor will focus on reactively and proactively managing and responding to compliance obligations and risks to maintain Shell’s environmental and social license to operate on the east coast of Australia. Key components of the role include:

  • Regulatory Risk: Identify and communicate areas of regulatory risk by driving the implementation and utilization of QGC’s regulatory condition assurance process to assure condition compliance, regulatory reporting and implement improvement opportunities;

  • Manage regulatory and environment risk through ISO14001 accredited management system: Champion and contribute to Shell QGC’s certified ISO:14001 EMS to drive a culture of ownership and accountability for environmental issues across the business;

  • Provide environment oversight: Contribute to the delivery of Shell Australia’s environmental assurance programs including 3rd party audits, ISO audits, internal assurance and incident management; and

  • Partnering with stakeholders: internally to provide regulatory compliance advice and support to Shell Assets, and to represent Shell Australia’s interests in interactions with the regulator including incident management and inspections.

What you bring

When it comes to nurturing collaborative stakeholder relations, your interpersonal and influencing people skills will make a difference. You will inspire people to make changes that will have a direct impact on our success.  Furthermore, you will have:

  • Deep commitment to Goal Zero and personal accountability;

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher qualification in a technical/environment/law related discipline (essential);

  • Working knowledge and experience in the application of State and national environmental legislation, policy and standards;

  • Strong technical writing and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues succinctly;

  • Experience in the development, improvement and implementation of ISO14001 environmental management systems integrated within business management systems;

  • Management Systems Auditor competency (e.g. ISO14001) (preferable);

  • Field environment management experience in CSG/LNG or related industry (preferable):

  • Proven interpersonal skills, with a willingness to proactively connect stakeholders across and external to the business;

  • Relentless drive for simplification and improvement; and

  • A commitment to authentic, honest, open and transparent communication with the courage to share views, insights, uncomfortable truths whilst accepting and supporting decisions made.

APPLICATION PERIOD WILL RUN UNTIL AUGUST 24.

After you submit your application, you will receive an email providing a link to an online assessment that is a mandatory part of the process and has a validity period. The email will come from HireVue - please check your spam/junk mailbox if you do not see the email. Once completed, your application will be reviewed to determine next steps. Thank you for your interest in Shell.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

  • Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.

  • Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.

  • Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.

  • Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

  • Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

  • Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.

  • Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

  • Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.

  • Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

  • Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and

  • international teams.

  • Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Note: We are keen to support flexible working arrangements, subject to local regulations and legislative frameworks. If this is of interest to you, please describe in your application the type of flexible working arrangements for which you would like to be considered (e.g., part-time, job share).

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn’t feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we’d still love to hear from you. Consider creating a profile in our Talent Community so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities that may align with your skills.

Shell in Australia

Shell has operated in Australia since 1901. From operating Australia’s first oil refinery, which was central to meeting Australia’s fuel needs, to fuelling the first Qantas commercial flight in the 1920s, to playing a foundation role in building some of Australia’s largest and most innovative natural resource developments.

Throughout this 124-year relationship the needs of our customers and the nation have changed and we have continued transforming our portfolio to meet these needs. Today, we are a leading natural gas producer and are playing our part in the transition to a low-carbon future by investing in the power sector, renewable energy sources and carbon abatement activities.

Shell has a significant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) business in Australia that makes a valuable contribution to today’s energy supply. This integrated gas portfolio includes our two Shell-operated gas production and liquefaction businesses, Shell QGC in Queensland and Prelude Floating LNG offshore in Western Australia, and our joint venture interests in Gorgon and North West Shelf in Western Australia and Arrow Energy in Queensland.

Today, Shell’s portfolio in Australia also includes zero- and low-carbon energy businesses such as commercial and industrial retailer, Shell Energy carbon farming specialist, Select Carbon the 120MW Gangarri solar development; residential energy retailer, Powershop Australia a 49% stake in WestWind Australia a 50% share of Kondinin Energy and several grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Solutions projects. High quality Shell branded fuels and lubricants are available right across Australia, through an exclusive brand license arrangement with Viva Energy.