Environmental Officer, Construction at Seriti

Key responsibilities include:

Environmental Compliance and Permits:

• Be fully conversant with the conditions of all environmental permits issued for the project (Environmental Authorisations, General Authorisation, biodiversity permit, etc.).
• Maintain the permits register and ensure that the necessary legal permits and / or licenses are in place and up to date.

Environmental Management Programme Implementation:

• Be fully conversant with the EMPrs.
• Be familiar with the recommendations and mitigation measures of the EMPrs and and assist in the implementation of these measures.
• Ensure that all stipulations within the EMPrs are communicated and adhered to by the Employees, Contractor(s).

Site Environmental Responsibilities

• Demarcate the construction area, clearly marking and communicating restricted, sensitive and no-go areas
• Confine the development site to the demarcated area.
• Conduct environmental audits with regards to the EMPrs and authorisations compliance (on the contractor’s EO (cEO)).
• Assist the contractors in addressing environmental challenges on site.

Assist in incident management:

• Reporting environmental incidents to the Site Manager, ensuring that corrective action is taken, and lessons learnt shared.
• Assist the contractor in investigating environmental incidents and compile investigation reports
• Follow-up on pre-warnings, defects, non-conformance reports.
• Measure and communicate environmental performance to the Contractor.

Training and Awareness:

• Conduct environmental awareness training on site together with Environmental Control Officer (ECO) and cEO.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Communicating with landowners, as and when required;
• Acting as Developer’s Environmental Representative on site and working together with the ECO and contractor.

Education & Experience

• Tertiary qualification(s) in Environmental science / management
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a large infrastructure and construction environment as an EO or ECO
• Sound technical and commercial understanding of the construction Industry
• Good understanding of the appropriate South African Legislation and International Standards and Regulations
• Desirable to have wind farm project delivery experience
• Demonstrated high level of commercial acumen, with a proven ability to navigate complex deal structures.
• Demonstrated capacity to work for a multitude of internal and external clients with conflicting interests and priorities. Demonstrated capacity to influence outcomes.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop and manage relationships to ensure outcomes are achieved as harmoniously as possible.
• Demonstrated capacity to work both autonomously and within the team environment; use initiative; solve problems through analytical thinking; and make decisions within an intense construction environment.
• Experience with environmental, health and safety risk mitigation controls.