Environmental Regulatory Senior Advisor

Overview

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

The Regulatory Advisor will represent Optus at various government agencies, law firms, jurisdictions (Federal, State and Local authorities), TIO, committees, utilities with which Optus must secure access rights for its cable assets. Further you will be required to undertake environmental due diligence and obtain approvals in supporting its network deployment and maintenance activities.

The position may, as the need arises, be required to participate in the development of codes of practice and prepare submissions to various jurisdictions that ensure the interests of Optus are appropriately recognised and protected. You will be required to also travel in relation to the projects.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Land Access processes that are part of the end-to-end delivery of all Fibre Orders across the business are met
• Ensure regulatory (environmental approvals) have been considered and that the fibre installations are legally permitted
• Ensure agreements / licences provide suitable tenure and “right to occupancy” for Optus to use identified sites, land and facilities negotiated with public and private landowners, Councils and other public authorities, utilities and carriers
• Develop and implement opportunities to improve agreements / licence execution throughput and process flow, while continually seeking to review and update processes
• Provide advice relating to land access matters, with reference to the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth)., while proactively attending to compliance matters such as objections, complaints and enquiries in relation to same
• Implement, maintain and monitor an Environmental Management System (EMS)
• Maintain Monthly / Quarterly reporting of activities and initiatives.

Qualifications

Perks

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170. We’re here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch within 48 hours.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit www.optus.com.au / about / inclusion-diversity.

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