Program Manager - Soil and Groundwater

Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Job Family Group:

Health, Safety, Security, and Environment

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

May 11, 2026

Business Unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role 

The SEAM organization integrates Safety, Environment & Asset Management activities and positions from all lines of business (Integrated Gas, Downstream & Upstream). With a broad geographical footprint, this enables the team to support Shell’s business & assets around the world. 

VP Carbon, Environment & DSR is accountable for Group Environmental Framework, analytics and modelling in support of Net Zero Emissions and Net Carbon Footprint aspirations, delivery support to the businesses for limited, high impact carbon and environment aspects, standard environment and carbon products, solutions and opportunities, Technical consultancy and/or brokering environmental solutions, Carbon and Environment People Capability & Skill pool Development (GDHs), Environmental Partnerships, C&E GPOs: Green House Gas, Soil and Groundwater, Ecosystem services, circular economy, product stewardship, Carbon and Environment due diligence for New Business Development. The SEAM GMs report into this role, providing HSSE support to the Shell businesses.

What you’ll be doing

 

The Soil and Groundwater Solutions team is a diverse and inclusive virtual global team which delivery model is benchmarked as Industry leading to top quartile for all areas of its activities.  Reporting into the SGW Regional Manager for Middle-East & Asia (MEA), the Soil and Groundwater (SGW) Program Manager is responsible for safely managing soil and groundwater liabilities and delivering the SGW Sustainable Risk Management program for all businesses within assignment area. Project portfolio includes multiple Classes of Business (CoBs) across multiple countries and regulatory regimes, with a strong focus on Mobility Malaysia.

Accountabilities: 

• Drive Goal Zero performance culture with environmental consultants and their subcontractors using Learner Mindset, Human Performance and other approaches to deliver Goal Zero.
• Perform the legal health and safety duties of the ‘Client’ on behalf of Shell under the markets you will be accountable for.
• Develop risk management strategies for reducing soil and groundwater liability in assigned portfolio, including complex environmental projects, sites in litigation and due diligence.
• The portfolio includes projects ranging from initial assessment through remedial action planning, remedy implementation, project management and closure in the most cost-effective manner to deliver the business objectives. 
• Lead development and management relationships with both internal and external stakeholders (i.e., regulators and communities) to deliver cost effective sustainable risk management strategies and appropriately manage technical and non-technical risks. 
• Principal focal point for SGW business partners and SGW consultants on program delivery, performance within approved budgets and delivery against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). 
• Drive replication of best practices and identification of continuous improvements for managing SGW projects across portfolio. 
• Oversee and ensure proper implementation of the Program Delivery Model and technical assurance processes. 
• Ensure that Shell SGW standards are met on all projects, including requirements in the SEAM Framework, RBSAM and Technical Position Papers (TPPs). 
• Ensure Strategic Environmental Team (SET) sites are identified and appropriately managed and resourced. 
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal business stakeholders within portfolio, ascertaining deep understanding of their business drivers to develop appropriate sustainable risk management strategies.
• Develop budgets for business stakeholder consideration in annual Targets and Resources planning.
• Develop environmental liability estimates (i.e. lifecycle cost to closure) in compliance with Downstream Environmental Liability Policy for all projects within portfolio.
• Manage financial approvals and spending with environmental consultants and ensure compliance with the SGW Financial Approvals Process.
• Manage and track OPEX, CAPEX and provision budgets and the interactions between them, coordinating with business and SBO financial stakeholders as well as internal SGW stakeholders and supporting the maintenance of accurate financial data in the SGW ENFOS system.
• Coordinate advocacy efforts to influence regulations, support development and approval of sustainable risk-based approaches, and lead implementation of sustainable risk-based strategies within portfolio. 
• Maintain appropriate records in compliance with SGW processes and Shells Records Management policies.

Special Challenges

• Working across multiple regulatory jurisdictions, establishing credibility and trusted working relationships with regulators and driving sustainable risk-based approaches.
• Working on complex projects with high reputational and non-technical risks.
• Work within framework of Group Environmental Solutions Strategy (GESS) approaches and guidelines, developing ways of working with SGW consultants to drive mutually beneficial collaborative working relationships.
• Working closely with stakeholders to understand business objectives and delivering SGW projects within those objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Driving decision making with limited data.
• Working in a virtual organization.
• Delivering at pace to support acquisition and CAPEX investment timelines set by the business, and driving consultants to do so.
• Approximately 20% travel will be required.

What you bring  

• Strong aptitude for Learner Mindset and Continuous Improvement.
• A genuine passion for (HS)SE.  
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in environmental project management, remediation, risk and liability.
• Engineering/Science Degree, preferably in environmental/ geology/ hydrogeology/engineering discipline.
• Ability to lead, influence, persuade and deliver in a manner suitable to various stakeholder groups.
• Negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to challenge and ability to build internal and external relationships based on trust and to integrate across multiple businesses and functions. 
• A broad understanding of the business drivers of the different CoBs.
• Analysis and decision-making skills.
• Proven track record of contract management experience and skills (managing / improving contractor performance on complex project and for portfolio of projects).
• Proven success in delivering and managing change.
• Shell SGW Subject Matter Expert (SME) designation is a plus.
• Familiarity with Malaysia Environmental Quality Act (EQA) is a plus
• Note on locations – This is a virtual role, and is based in Menara Shell, Malaysia

What we offer 

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself. 

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together. 

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead. 

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices. 

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise. 

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.  

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working. 

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performancerelated salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world. 

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents. 

• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply. 

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and  

• international teams. 

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes. 

 

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.  

 

Shell in Malaysia 

Shell has been a partner in fuelling Malaysia’s progress for over 130 years. Our journey with the nation is intertwined – in as much as Shell has played a role in growing the country’s energy sector, Malaysia has also played a significant role in the company’s progress. 

 

Our business has diversified from a modest kerosene venture to a group of companies engaged in every aspect of the modern oil and gas business. 

 

Today, Shell maintains a strong multi-faceted presence in the country through our longer-term investments, innovation-sharing, and impact to local communities. 

 

We helped pioneer Malaysia’s oil and gas industry and fuelled its growth. We discovered Malaysia’s first oil onshore, then took the industry offshore, and most recently into the technically-challenging depths of Deepwater. 

 

Shell’s strong retail network fuels the journeys of millions of Malaysian motorists every day. In fact, Shell is even able to offer one of the most differentiated fuel and lubricant products, some of which were pioneered right here in the country. 

 

We fuelled the ambitions of Malaysians: whether the generations of retail business partners; thousands of Shell scholars over the years; young entrepreneurs from our LiveWire programme; or Shell staff and alumni who are Malaysian luminaries today. 

 

Shell continues to be one of the top employers in Malaysia with thousands employed in our upstream, midstream and downstream businesses, as well as in our service and support functions. 

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