Environmental Officer

The Environmental Officer is responsible for monitoring and reporting environmental activities and environmental performance on site to the Environmental Superintendent.

More of your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in retaining ISO 14001 certification and minimize operational impacts on the environment
• Assisting with internal and external environmental audits so that Operations are legally compliant changes to new laws are implemented as well as implementation of standards and the Environmental policy
• Capturing and analysing collected accurate environmental data on time reporting on the operation
• Conducting environmental inspections on site to identify environmental impacts such as Air Quality; Water Management; Waste Management; Land and Biodiversity management and ensure that action plans to address the gaps or findings are addressed by different stakeholders
• Compiling mine specific environmental reports from internal inspections and audits
• Proactively identifying and advising the Environmental Superintendent on environmental challenges identified during internal inspections and audits
• Capturing environmental incidents identified in the Mine environmental incident reporting system
• Conducting internal site inspections/audits to identify deviations from the mine approved Environmental Management Programme Report legal requirement
• Providing support to the Environmental Coordinator/Superintendent on operational compliance with relevant environmental legal requirements and other SHE legal requirements
• Submitting various environmental reports in accordance with Mines’ Environmental Management System (EMS) to the Environmental coordinator on the specified timeframes
• Assisting the Environmental Superitendent in the implementation of a systematic process to track environmental legal compliance on all conditions and commitments from EMPRs; EAs and IWULs
• Ensuring that all environmental issues are identified and managed by  the internal mine environmental management system
• Assisting the operation in obtaining environmental permits/licenses on time to allow project implementation within project timelines
• Managing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, understand and deliver on their departmental needs, and identify and resolve issues timeously