At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead impactful projects in sustainable infrastructure and environmental management within the mining sector.
- Company: Join Palladium, a global leader in creating positive change across diverse communities.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real difference by driving sustainable solutions that benefit communities and the environment.
- Qualifications: 7+ years in environmental management, with strong expertise in mining and ESG implementation.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
About Palladium: Operating in over 50 countries, Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural capital, health, energy, climate and environment, and digital transformation—strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support inclusive and sustainable development.
This Opportunity: The Sustainable Infrastructure team, part of the broader Economic Growth & Natural Capital (EGNC) Portfolio based in Palladium's Americas region, partners with mining companies to design and implement positive impact programs—such as workforce skilling, reforestation, and sustainable agriculture—that benefit mining communities and regions. The team works across the entire mining life cycle, helping clients achieve ESG targets while building the foundation for community resilience beyond mine closure.
Palladium is seeking a Senior Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure – Environment to lead team management and provide technical expertise across business development and project delivery in environmental risk management, impact strategy, and implementation, particularly within mining, infrastructure, climate, and nature-based solutions. The role requires strong expertise in environmental risks in mining, including experience designing and implementing environmental management plans, and overseeing biodiversity, decarbonization, major hazards, tailings, waste, water, air, and rehabilitation initiatives.
Location: The position can be based out of Palladium’s London office. Applicants must have current/future work authorization in the UK as visa sponsorship cannot be provided.
Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
- Project Management: Lead multidisciplinary project teams to deliver high-quality, client-focused results across complex assignments. Oversee proposal development, budgeting, project planning, implementation, and reporting to ensure timely and effective delivery.
- Business Development: Contribute to the identification, assessment, and pursuit of new business opportunities with a focus on opening business with new clients and broadening Palladium’s work in the closure and environmental performance space.
- Technical Work: Work with the team to develop short-term inputs and/or consultancy assignments on topics such as environmental risk management, biodiversity, decarbonization, major hazards, tailings, waste, water, air quality, rehabilitation, regional economic development, climate finance and nature-based solutions.
Essential Criteria:
- 7+ years of senior-level experience in a client-facing management role on large, private/public sector projects, especially relating to mining industry, environmental management, closure, and/or ESG implementation.
- 5+ years working directly with mining companies as clients.
- Fluency in English and at least one other language, in either French, Spanish, or Portuguese.
- Masters in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, Economics, Anthropology, Sociology, Business Administration, International Development, Politics or related discipline preferred.
Core Abilities Required:
- Strong ability to manage multiple simultaneous tasks and/or complex projects/assignments.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Financial acumen and the ability to generate and analyze financial reports and forecasts using Excel.
- Sound problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”.
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