Job Title: Specialist Environmental Management Skill Level: 10/11 Division: SHE – Manufacturing Location: Durban __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We seek your expertise to drive environmental compliance, innovation, and sustainability across various critical areas, ensuring we meet both legal requirements and our own high standards.
Key Responsibilities: TSAM 5-Year Environmental Action Plan: Lead the direction, approval, and implementation of our comprehensive environmental action plan, ensuring timely roll-out and success.
Environmental Reviews & Genchi Genbutsu: Coordinate and present at SAEC (full wording) meetings, manage environmental reviews, and conduct top management Genchi Genbutsu (Go Gemba) (activities.
Plant Environmental Kaizen Activity: Drive continuous environmental improvement through Kaizen initiatives, including planning, implementation, verification, and sharing of best practices.
Environmental Risk Reduction: Proactively manage environmental risks by inspecting high-risk areas, monitoring compliance, and implementing new standards for safety and environmental health assessments.
Environmental Performance: Oversee key projects aimed at reducing environmental impact, including water and waste reduction efforts.
Business Partner Environmental Programs & Activities: Collaborate with suppliers and logistics partners to track CO2 data, verify Kaizen activities, and support ISO 14001 certification efforts.
Consolidated Environmental Management: Support environmental management programs in selected plants, conduct audits, and drive continuous improvement in environmental performance.
Qualifications & Experience: Relevant NQF 7 qualifications (BSc/BTech – Chemistry / Natural Sciences / Environmental Science / Chemical/Environmental Engineering) Reasons for Essential Qualification: Legal statutory compliance, Job output requirement.
8 -10 Years' experience in Environmental Engineering/Management.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) experience will be advantageous.
Experience in automotive manufacturing will be advantageous.
Understanding suppliers and logistics in manufacturing will be advantageous.
Water and Waste Management experience is required.
Sound understanding of Environmental legal requirements, developments and standards such as EPR, ISO14001, GHG reporting protocol, SBTI, CBAM.
Thorough understanding and hands on implementation and auditing experience on Environmental Management Systems in a corporate environment.
Experience in Project Management.
Skills & Competence: Accurate information gathering, analysis and strategic planning ability.
Creation of innovative vision, Appropriate judgment & problem solving.
Decision making, prioritization and allocation of resources, evaluation, and feedback.
Establishing frameworks and systems for effective operation and management.
Ability to work independently and a highly motivated individual.
