Sustainability Principal in Whitby

Anglo American is a leading global mining company, and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world‑class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast‑growing consumer‑driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies. We are constructing a state‑of‑the‑art underground mine to enable the extraction of Polyhalite – a unique multi‑nutrient fertiliser – along with the necessary infrastructure both above and below ground that will be required for transport, processing, and distribution. POLY4 is our flagship multi‑nutrient fertiliser product. Made from polyhalite, it contains four of the six macro‑nutrients and many micronutrients that are essential to plant growth. It allows farmers to maximise their crop yield, increase quality and improve soil structure with one simple product.

Join us as the Sustainability Principal to lead development and implementation of an Environmental Sustainability Strategy for Anglo American’s Crop Nutrients business, helping to achieve business and internal group sustainability goals, in compliance with internal and statutory requirements.

• Lead the development, implementation, monitoring, and performance reporting of the Crop Nutrients Environmental Sustainability Strategy, encompassing greenhouse gas emissions, water, energy, and waste management.
• Develop and maintain climate change risk assessments, resilience strategies, and mitigation plans.
• Oversee the collection, analysis, verification, and KPI monitoring of environmental data (energy, waste, recycling, emissions, water, etc.) and ensure accurate reporting in line with statutory obligations and Anglo American requirements (e.g., ESOS, SECR).
• Lead cross‑functional sustainability initiatives in collaboration with the Project Team, Social Performance & Corporate Relations, Commercial (marketing, strategy, business development), Legal, and R&D.
• Act as the primary interface with project management, engineering, and operations teams to embed sustainability objectives that support the business case while remaining aligned with scope definition, permitting constraints, and the project development schedule.
• Propose and co‑develop practical, value‑adding sustainability solutions with project teams that enhance the business case without adversely affecting design progress.
• Translate project configurations and development plans into clear, compelling reports and narratives to support broader business, product positioning, and advocacy activities.
• Manage the interface with the Commercial Team, providing accurate reporting, insights, and strategic analysis on the sustainability attributes of the polyhalite product suite to support marketing, advocacy, and business development efforts.
• Support the development of the carbon neutrality roadmap for the Woodsmith Project and collaborate with the techno‑economic lead to assess study outputs and trade‑offs in relation to the roadmap.
• Work collaboratively with the Commercial Team on marketing initiatives, strategic projects, and business development opportunities centred on sustainability.
• Support the ongoing development, improvement, and maintenance of the Project’s Environmental Management System.
• Stay informed of current and emerging policy / industry developments relating to sustainability and provide expert advice on sustainability matters to internal stakeholders across the organisation (e.g. procurement).
• Implement and manage an audit programme to assess project and supplier compliance with sustainability requirements, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure timely completion of corrective actions.
• Lead engagement with external stakeholders on environmental sustainability matters, including interaction with Anglo American Group teams and third‑party auditors.

Qualifications:

• An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline.
• A postgraduate qualification (Masters / Doctoral degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity.

Role‑Specific Knowledge:

• Environmental laws, regulations and reporting requirements/frameworks relating to sustainability.
• Sustainability assessment techniques and tools relating to climate science, resource management, ecosystem functions and interactions with human activity.
• Project management of complex studies and assessments.
• Proven ability to work within and understand other cultures.
• Ability to influence at senior levels, challenge the status quo and drive innovation.
• Ability to communicate complex information in varying forms (verbal, presentation, report) to audiences ranging from technical team members to CEOs.
• Proven ability to justify, budget, execute and manage workloads.

Safety:

• Provides consistent outstanding behaviour in relation to safety practices with a deep understanding of the importance of safety.

Additional Information:

• Effectively utilise analysis tools for interpreting environmental data.
• Understand and be able to synthesise cross‑functional information across a project/business to drive sustainability performance.
• Collect, analyse and report against environmental metrics.
• Undertake greenhouse gas accounting and reporting.
• Evaluate energy use and develop proposals for energy efficiency measures.
• Develop management systems to recognised standards.

Social Process Skills:

• Influence AA Sr. management and technical staff to embed sustainability objectives that support the business case while remaining aligned with scope definition, permitting constraints, and the project development schedule.
• Effectively influence and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to achieve required outcomes.
• Communicate effectively across boundaries at appropriate levels.
• Adapt style to audience to constructively influence in an open and equitable manner.
• Use networks in all stages of decision making to ensure decisions are not made in isolation.
• Collaborate effectively and work with diverse teams with competing priorities.
• Actively listen and probe for understanding, interacts in an open, honest and constructive manner.