Skills and Competencies Required

Behavioural:

 ·        Strong drive to learn

·        Be results and delivery focused

·        Be able to work as part of a team

·        Integrity

·        Safety consciousness

Leadership:

·        Entrepreneurial mind-set

·        Self-starter

·        Conflict resolution

·        Ability to deliver on expectations

Knowledge:

 ·        Ability to 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 the designated area of the business (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

·        Environmental statutory/legislative requirements national, provincial/local by-laws

Skills:

·        Strong communication

·        Diversity management

·        The ability to apply analytical and logical thinking

·        Gathering and analysing information

·        Designing and testing solutions to problems and formulating plans

·        Attention to detail

·        Conflict resolution and negotiation

·        Should demonstrate in practice the ability to interact with and mobilise stakeholders

·        Presentation

·        Multi-disciplinary problem solving

·        Ability to write effective and professional reports

Key Responsibilities

·        Provide support by implementing and executing the implementation of an international organisation of standardisation (ISO) 14001 environmental management system and related procedures in the designated areas of the business.

·        Ensure compliance to legislative and governance requirements in the designated areas of the business through the implementation of compliance measures.

·        Execute the process for obtaining environmental approvals for environmental authorisation, waste, water usage, atmospheric emission licenses and tree cutting permits.

·        Implement and monitor environmental management plans.

·        Perform environmental investigations.