Officer Environmental Management

To execute environmental management activities within the designated area of the business

Skills and Competencies Required

Behavioural

Strong drive to learn

Integrity

Safety consciousness

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 licences, 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

Skill:

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

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

Ensure compliance with legislative governance requirements in the designated business areas

Execute the process to obtain environmental approvals for environmental authorisation, waste, water usage, atmospheric emission licenses and tree cutting permits

Implement and monitor environmental management plans

Perform environmental investigations