Officer Environmental Management
Position summary
Introduction
Job description
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide support in executing the implementation of the International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO)14001 environmental management system and related procedures in the designated business areas.
2. Ensure compliance with legislative and governance requirements in the designated business areas.
3. Execute the process to obtain environmental approvals for environmental authorisation, waste, water usage,atmospheric emission licenses and tree cutting permits.
4. Implement and monitor environmental management plans.
5. Perform environmental investigations.
Skills and Competencies Required
Behavioural:
• Strong drive to learn
• Integrity
• Safety consciousness
• Professionalism
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
Leadership:
· Entrepreneurial mind-set
· Self-starter
· Deliver on expectations
· Results and delivery focused
· Work as part of a team
Knowledge:
· Link technical and legal aspects related to environmental compliance issues
· Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
· Environmental impact assessments
· Approval processes for statutory environmental approvals applicable to the designated business area
e. g. environmental authorisation, waste management, water usage, atmospheric emission licenses, tree cutting permits.
· Environmental risk and due diligence assessments
· Environmental law
· Environmental auditing
· Environmental incident investigations
· Eskom business policies, procedures and directives
· Design and test solutions to problems and formulate plans
· Environmental national, provincial, local by-law statutory/legislative requirements
Skills:
· Strong communication
· Diversity management
· Apply analytical and logical thinking
· Gather and analyse information
· Attention to detail
· Conflict resolution and negotiation
· Should demonstrate in practice the ability to interact with and mobilise stakeholders
· Presentation
· Multi-disciplinary problem solving
· Write effective and professional reports
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):
B Degree/Advanced Diploma in Natural
Science/Environmental Management at
NQF7 with 360 credits
Experience:
2 years of relevant experience and/or successful completion of the Eskom/Eskom subsidiaries Graduate in Training Programme in Environment Management.
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