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 to ensure compliance to environmental legislative requirements, alignment to ISO14001:2015 certification standards and drive improvements at the McCain Foods plants for Delmas and Springs relative to the management system
Job Accountabilities
Management of ISO14001:2015 policies, procedures, legislation and regulation for Delmas and Springs
- Monitor environmental compliance to current policies, procedures, registers, legislation and regulation for Delmas and Springs
- Continuous monitoring of updates in legislation which might impact procedures, policies, permits and licensing. Communicate to Environmental Manager
- Attend Environmental Forum meetings
- Renew any environmental licensing / permits before expiration
- Coordinate and schedule environmental surveys based on environmental compliance requirements
- Apply for any updated environmental licensing / permits as and when required
No major audit findings for environmental compliance ISO14001:2015 with relation to internal audits and external audits (Environmental legal compliance audits, WUL audits, ISO14001:2015 EMS audits, department of water and sanitation audits and Global Environmental compliance audits
- 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.
- Schedule and conduct environmental internal audits when and where required
Monitoring the budget, external complaints and Intelex system
- Oversee financial activities, i.e. requisitions, purchase orders, goods received and payment confirmation as well as assisting with annual departmental budget
- Assist in complaints investigation
- Assist in monitoring and management of the intelex system
Environmental awareness training & monthly environmental management meetings
- Coordinate and conduct Environmental awareness training for both Springs and Delmas Plant
- Draft and circulate of monthly toolbox talks
- Draft, minute and update monthly environmental management meetings
Borehole consumption monitoring
- By daily evaluation of the Polar Monitoring program, to monitor safe abstraction of borehole water within allowed allocation and enough time for recovery of aquifer.
- Weekly monitoring of abstraction volumes to ensure we remain in allowed abstraction volumes as per water use license.
Environmental risk management
- Environmental hazard identification
- Conduct Environmental risk assessments
- Implementation of risk control measures utilizing the environmental hierarchy of risk control
Monitoring and evaluating environmental performance
- Evaluate weekly and monthly third-party contractor reports. Report any deviations to Environmental Manager
- Evaluate test results received from third party contractors in relation to our permit and licensing conditions and parameters.
- Reporting any deviations to Environmental Manager
- Evaluate environmental survey outcomes and report deviations to Environmental Manager
MDI programme for environmental
- Coaching on MDI program
- Reporting on MDI progress daily and weekly related to environmental performance on KPI’s defined as per global
Job Holder Requirements
- National diploma / Degree in Environmental Management
- 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 4 years ISO 14001:2015 internal audit experience or exposure
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