Environmental Officer

The Big PictureHowden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global leader in air and gas handling products, services, and solutions. Howden's core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling and has over a century of experience in doing so.Howden South Africa Division is looking for an experienced Environmental Officer for all our Howden sites to ensure compliance with set Environmental standards (internal, client standards & statutory compliance).What needs to be done?Provide assurance, advice, assist, and support to the Howden Construction and Project Manager in managing environmental issues on the project, ensuring compliance with ISO 14001:2015, Environmental Authorization (EA), Environmental Management Plan (EMP), National Environmental Management Act, Waste Management License (WML), Tree cutting permits, Animals Protection Act, Eskom standards, and any applicable environmental compliance obligation.Conduct Environmental incident investigations and inspections.Enforce applicable Environmental acts and regulations on the project.Provide technical advice to the construction and project manager on project environmental risks.Assess impacts on sites and write impacts and aspects registers along with method statements for environmental issues on site.Effectively liaise and communicate with senior management on environmental issues encountered on site.Advise Howden and the customer of any environmental issues that may be encountered on the project.What do you need to bring?Degree in Environmental studies.Environmental management training – ISO 14001:2015.SACNASP Registered as a natural scientist.SAMTRAC or Equivalent / Higher certification will be advantageous.Incident and accident investigation course.HIRA course.Basic SHE audit course.Understanding of the Environment and related regulations applicable to the working site.Must be computer literate.
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