In-Country Approvals Planning Lead

IN-COUNTRY PLANNING APPROVALS LEAD

ROLE DESCRIPTION

• Responsible for the provision of consolidated, accurate and timely approvals pathway advice on all business scopes.
• Facilitating business planning, reporting, prioritisation and risk management, to de-risk business planning through accurate factoring of approval requirements and maximising business outcomes through proactively de-risking approval pathways.

COMPANY VALUES
Working in accordance with the Company Values and demonstrating commitment, active involvement and leadership in relation to the business’s Safety requirements.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE
Managing the Project Approvals Planning team to work effectively with key internal stakeholders to deliver fit-for-purpose business guidance on Approvals and Agreements, to achieve business approved schedule timeframes.

KEY TASKS

• Manage a team working closely with applicable internal business stakeholders to identify and define future business activities, and activity changes (scopes) that may require external approvals or agreements.
• Oversee the utilisation of established Approval Planning processes and systems to:

• Provide early approvals screening and appraisal advice to business scope owners as required.
• Provide clearly documented business scopes to the Functional Approvals Teams for assessment and provision of approval plans and associated schedule information.
• Consolidate integrated approval advice and status, to facilitate business planning, reporting, prioritisation and risk management.
• Communicate defined approval pathway and schedule to applicable business scope owner, for business scheduling and planning purposes.
• Establish preliminary approval schedules as required.
• Track performance against key approval schedule milestones.
• Engage across Approvals Planning team, Functional teams and business scope owners and other key stakeholders to prioritise approvals and associated approval activities.
• Establish and support communication pathways between Functional Teams and Project representatives.
• Ensure materials are accurate and aid communication at approvals planning meetings and forums.
• Effectively communicate and escalate as required identified approvals schedule risks and mitigations and monitor approval risk profile.
• Analyse approvals data and report to the business on monthly Approvals Status.
• Ensure project information is current and correct within the Integrated Approvals Schedule.
• Manage team members accordingly, to support delivery of key tasks.
• Mentor and coach team members in line with Company Values.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Coordinate and track business activity scoping and approval advice processes to completion.
• Track approvals deliverables.
• Coordinate applicable Approval Planning meetings.
• Coordinate changes that occur through the business activity scoping process.
• Escalate approval schedule items that have an unacceptable risk to business schedules.

ESSENTIAL

• More than 10 years demonstrated background of working in Mining, Approvals, Project Management or related role.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills.
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to deliver to deadlines.
• Ability to coordinate, prioritise and manage competing demands and priorities.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced high-pressure environment.
• Strong leadership abilities to guide a team to implement a new process across multiple disciplines and customer groups.

DESIRABLE

• Proficiency with GIS software.
• Exposure to scheduling.
• Project Management qualifications

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.