Senior Environmental Officer at Anglo American

Job Description:

Key Result areas:

• Environmental Aspects: Identify significant environmental aspects and impacts, analyze trends, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Risk Management: Collaborate with section heads to manage significant environmental risks, develop action plans and management programs, and monitor the implementation thereof.
• Compliance and Planning: Review compliance requirements, plan actions with stakeholders, forecast trends, and produce reports for heads of departments.
• Data Collection and Reporting: Collect legal and group monitoring data, track performance, propose improvements, and produce reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Tool Management: Update and manage environmental tools, plans, and procedures, providing feedback for system improvements.
• Operational Assurance: Facilitate assurance processes and incident investigations, proposing recommendations to reduce risks.
• Legal Requirements: Assess legal requirements for operational changes and ensure compliance.
• Procurement: Manage procurement processes for compliance and operational needs.
• Licensing: Assist with license applications, renewals, and amendments.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Manage stakeholders and share knowledge through environmental awareness campaigns and best practices.
• Training: Conduct formal and informal training, including coaching and practical demonstrations.
• Safety Practices: Exemplify adherence to safety practices and understand their importance.
• Leadership: Lead, support, coach, and motivate team members to ensure compliance and improve environmental performance.
• System Improvement: Drive the improvement of the environmental management system through engagements and assessments.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate professionalism, care, and respect in all interactions with stakeholders

Qualifications:

• Ndip (Environmental Science / Management) or Natural Science
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 -Environmental Management Systems standards, is critical.
• Understanding of environmental legislation.
• Ability to plan and execute the plan
• Ability to manage allocate budget.
• Valid EB/Code 8 driver’s license.

Experience:

• Experience in environmental management in a mining environment (2-3 years as a minimum).
• Contractor management experience
• SAP knowledge is essential.
• Isometrix experience is advantageous
• Registration with SACNACP, is advantageous.

Skills and Competencies:

• MS Office knowledge is essential.
• Ensures goals, delivery expectations and standards are clear for self and others.  Focuses equally on “how” things must be delivered as well as what needs to be delivered.
• Ability to prioritize, to achieve intended outcomes within the required timeframes
• Analytical skills – capability to analyse data and trend evaluation
• Effective communication in business language (English) and other official languages across boundaries at appropriate levels and has sound written and verbal communication skills.
• Facilitation, report-writing and presentation skills.