Environmental Officer
REQUISITION ID:
8821
LOCATION:
Eastern Cape, ZA, 5500
DEPARTMENT:
HSEQ
Mission: Main activities of an Environmental Officer is to ensure all legislative and regulative standards are met on wind farms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor site legal compliance and ensure the site meets all local/national regulatory requirements and client requirements
- Ensuring site’s compliance to the ISO 14001:2015 standard, EMPr and EIA
- Provide advice on compliance to national Environmental legal requirements (e.g. NEMA Act, NEMA Waste Act, etc.) & implement relevant procedures and policies
- Ensure storage of Hazardous Chemical Substance in the work area in accordance with global standards and local legal requirements to prevent unsafe conditions in the work area as well as pollution
- Identify the environmental aspects and impacts in the project area to prevent environmental pollution
- Ensuring all the reporting related to the environment such as Waste, Wastewater, Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions is done on a regular basis to related parties
- Monitor and measure the performance environmental parameters such as waste, water consumption, energy consumption in accordance with company standards
- Ensure each company operational process complies with regulatory aspects related to the environment in accordance with local legal regulations
- Renew all required environmental permits, as a form of legalization of the company's operations related to environmental aspects
Duration: 18 months
Type of contract: Fixed Term Contract
Qualifications and Training:
- Bachelor’s degree majoring in Environmental Science/Environmental Management or National Diploma in Environmental Science
- Good English language skills (read, write and speak fluently)
- Driving Licence
- Understand the application of ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
- Computer literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Experience:
- Having a minimum 3-5 year(s) of experience in construction industry handling environmental management and local regulations (wind farm experience will be an advantage)
- Health and safety awareness.
- Must have basic report writing skills
- Must be able to compile comprehensive and effective Environmental Method Statements
Profile:
- Adequate personnel responsibilities experience.
- Able to identify and assess work related issues, and coordinating with his /her direct superior in providing solution(s) to overcome environmental issues
- Good team skills and ability to adopt to project needs.
- Very good communication skills.
- Good planning skills.
- Ability to work with different cultures.
- Willingness to go on extended business trips within SA.
- English language.