Environmental Officer at McCain Foods

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Environmental Officer in support to the Environmental Manager is responsible for the coordination, administration and coaching to successfully manage the ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management system for 2 manufacturing sites, to ensure compliance to environmental legislative requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor environmental compliance to current policies, procedures, registers, legislation and regulation for Delmas and Springs Manufacturing Plants
• Coordinate and schedule environmental surveys based on environmental compliance requirement and evaluate outcomes and reporting deviations.
• Continuous monitoring of updates in legislation which might impact procedures, policies, permits and licensing. Communicate to Environmental Manager
• Monitor compliance status via plant inspections, legal registers, internal plant-based registers, validity of all permits and licensing as per legislation and regulatory ISO14001:2015 requirement.
• Report risks, loading of environmental incidents / non-conformances on intelex. Responsible for root cause analysis, corrective and preventative action.
• Conduct Environmental risk assessments and implement necessary control measures.
• Evaluate test results received from third party contractors in relation to our permit and licensing conditions and parameters. Reporting any deviations to Environmental Weekly monitoring of abstraction volumes to ensure we remain in allowed abstraction volumes as per water use license.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• National Diploma in Environmental Management or equivalent.
• Approximately 3 - 5 years relevant experience in a food production environment with experience in developing and continuous compliance to ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management systems.
• Minimum 2 years ISO 14001:2015 internal audit experience or exposure
• Valid driver’s licence
• Knowledge and understanding of ISO14001:2015 environmental legislation, standards, licensing and permits as well as environmental Management standard ISO 14001:2015