Natural Resources Manager

About the Organization

We are dedicated to environmental stewardship and the responsible management of natural resources. Our mission revolves around operational excellence, adherence to regulatory standards, and promotion of sustainable development. Our distributed teams collaborate closely across various disciplines including Natural Resources, Environmental Management, Geology, Engineering, Sustainability, HSE, Legal, Finance, Procurement, government bodies, consultants, contractors, community stakeholders, and executive leadership to safeguard natural assets and optimize resource use for sustainable growth.

Role Overview

The Natural Resources Manager will oversee the evaluation, management, development, conservation, and sustainable use of natural resources throughout the organization's projects and operations. This role demands a mix of technical expertise, strategic planning, environmental knowledge, regulatory compliance, project and risk management, stakeholder engagement, and commercial insight.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and execute natural resource management strategies that align with company goals, sustainability commitments, legal requirements, and long-term resource plans.
• Lead evaluation, planning, development, conservation, utilization, and monitoring of natural resources in operational areas.
• Perform resource assessments addressing availability, quality, developmental needs, constraints, and sustainability projections.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary technical studies involving geology, hydrology, ecology, environmental factors, land use, and other resource-related domains.
• Collaborate with teams including Engineering, Operations, Environmental, HSE, Sustainability, Geology, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Project Management.
• Create resource-management plans encompassing extraction, utilization, conservation, restoration, environmental protection, and operational demands.
• Monitor resource utilization ensuring compliance with permits, environmental standards, and sustainability objectives.
• Identify and implement opportunities to enhance efficiency, minimize waste and environmental impact, and maximize long-term resource value.
• Support feasibility analyses and investment evaluations for resource projects, infrastructure, development programs, and environmental initiatives.
• Conduct economic and commercial evaluations including capital expenditure, operational costs, risks, and expected returns.
• Maintain comprehensive natural-resource databases, GIS datasets, technical records, inventory data, monitoring information, permits, project documentation, and management reports.
• Define and track KPIs related to resource use, environmental performance, operational efficiency, compliance, and strategic outcomes.
• Oversee environmental and resource monitoring programs to detect changes, risks, degradation, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure all resource-related activities adhere to environmental laws, land-use regulations, permits, regulatory standards, HSE protocols, and organizational policies.
• Develop and sustain relationships with government bodies, regulators, landowners, local communities, consultants, contractors, and external experts.
• Assist with regulatory processes including applications, licensing, permitting, approvals, assessments, and reporting.
• Assess environmental, technical, operational, regulatory, financial, and stakeholder risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Manage external service providers such as consultants, contractors, environmental specialists, surveyors, labs, and technical advisors.
• Review and endorse technical reports, environmental assessments, resource studies, monitoring results, and consultant outputs.
• Contribute to land-use planning, rehabilitation, restoration, biodiversity conservation, water management, waste management, and related environmental programs as necessary.
• Design and promote resource conservation and sustainability initiatives focused on efficiency and environmental impact reduction.
• Stay informed about evolving regulations, environmental standards, climate risks, market trends, technological advances, and best practices.
• Evaluate new technologies and management methods to improve resource assessment, conservation, utilization, and operational productivity.
• Prepare strategic reports, technical presentations, investment recommendations, risk analyses, plans, and executive updates.
• Provide expert advice to senior management on resource challenges, opportunities, risks, compliance, and sustainability perspectives.

Performance Metrics

• Efficiency in resource utilization
• Resource availability and sustainability
• Effectiveness of resource development efforts
• Compliance with environmental regulations
• Adherence to permits and regulatory frameworks
• Reduction of environmental impacts
• Success in resource conservation
• Minimization of waste and resource losses
• Operational efficiency improvements
• Project execution performance
• Cost-effectiveness in resource management
• Quality of environmental monitoring
• Progress in rehabilitation and restoration
• Stakeholder engagement quality
• Effectiveness of risk mitigation
• Sustainability result achievements
• Performance in regulatory audits
• Completion of technical studies and projects
• Preservation of long-term resource value

Candidate Profile

• Strong background in natural resource or environmental management, geology, mining, water resources, forestry, land management, energy, sustainability, or related fields.
• Experience with resource assessment, sustainable management, development, conservation, or regulatory compliance.
• Familiarity with complex infrastructure, energy, mining, land development, environmental, water, or resource management projects is an asset.
• Capability to develop and implement resource or environmental management plans.
• Comprehensive knowledge of environmental regulations, permitting, and compliance standards.
• Proven ability to coordinate technical studies and multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong project and risk management skills.
• Experience liaising with government authorities, consultants, contractors, and community stakeholders.
• Analytical acumen and problem-solving capacity.
• Ability to interpret technical data, environmental reports, and management documentation.
• Commitment to sustainability and responsible resource use principles.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Organizational strength to manage multiple priorities and projects.
• Experience with GIS, environmental databases, resource monitoring tools, or technical platforms is advantageous.
• Commercial insight including evaluation of resource development prospects.
• Highly analytical, environmentally aware, commercially savvy, and goal-oriented.
• Capability to work effectively and autonomously in a fully remote environment.
• Experience in the UAE or broader Middle East region is beneficial.