Environmental Specialist

• Oversees, and conducts regular environmental, field and site inspections and examinations to assess conditions, determine pollution level and report hazardous locations

• Site visits and inspections conducted to assess conditions - reports / feedback presented.
• Arranges sampling of food, soil, air, soil and water at facilities for further analysis / testing at the Laboratory.
• Identifies and addresses environmental violations by developing and recommending solutions to eliminate pollution and environmental hazards.
• Inspects and test the output of the companys equipment using variety of tools and methods, depending on the contaminant.
• Ensures that relevant environmental and waste policies, processes, practices and procedures are implemented and enforced.
• Checks that waste management, waste bins, housekeeping and pollution control equipment are in working order.
• Makes recommendations to assist in reducing environmental impact such as recycling or making energy-efficiency improvements.
• Works with emergency response team to address environmental incidents such as chemical leaks and spills.
• Maintains management information systems that identify the location of hazardous sites, chemical inventories, and complaint investigations.
• Sampling arranged at the Laboratory test results available and released for further analyses or action.
• Equipment testing performed.
• Regular checks to ensure appropriate waste management methods in place and in working order.
• Environmental awareness campaigns / efforts (recycling or energy-efficiency improvements etc).
• Compliance with environmental regulations, procedures and standards related to pollution and waste management.
• Investigates environmental accidents and proposes corrective actions.
• Management Information Systems (MIS) maintained.
• Keeps abreast with local, national, international and industry body environmental regulations.
• Ensures compliance with local, national, international and industry body regulations related to hazardous environments.
• Reviews and recommends improvements to existing environmental programs for compliance assurance.
• Obtains, maintains, modifies and renews
• Compliance with local, national, international and industry body environmental regulations.
• Environmental programs reviewed and improvements presented.
• Environmental permits and licenses processed in a timely manner.
• Waste disposal procedures adhered to in accordance with legislation and relevant regulations.
• Prepares permit applications and agreements as needed by regulatory bodies.
• Ensures that waste is disposed of at the legal landfill site and transported in a legal manner.
• Operates within controls and procedures in order to ensure the integrity of Company.
• Identifies and reports risks or areas of concern to management within own department and area of responsibility.
• Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and procedures to prevent fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure.
• Compliance with applicable regulations and procedures.
• Risks reported to Manager.
• Availability of documentation and records.
• Cost and expenditure monitored waste minimized.
• Represents the business by visiting hazardous areas such as dump sites, and attending environmental seminars etc.
• Oversees waste disposal and pollution control programs.
• Implements spill prevention programs and hazardous waste regulations.
• Educates workers on environmental health and safety procedures, as well as to raise awareness on Environmental matters.
• Designs and implements effective employee training programs.
• Attendance seminars, workshops etc.
• Programs successfully implemented and compliant with the necessary regulations.
• Awareness campaigns.
• Training programs successfully implemented and attended by employees.
• Prepares findings reports and shares results with the businesses, agencies and the SHEQ Manager.

• Generates environmental reports as
• Test findings reported to applicable stakeholders.
• Reports prepared and presented in a timely manner to applicable stakeholders.
• Incident reports closed out on time.
• Checks incident reports to ensure they have been closed out.
• Maintains effective working relationships with customers (both internal and external) towards rendering highest quality of services.
• Provides guidance and direction to management for ensuring environmental compliance.
• Represents Company in meetings with relevant stakeholders.
• Identifies and solves problems creatively whilst demonstrating a high level of integrity in line with Company core values.
• Client / Customer / Employee satisfaction index.
• Comebacks / discrepancies minimized.
• Compliance with applicable regulations and procedures.
• Contributes to the budget preparation process.
• Promotes and communicates the effective, efficient, economical and transparent use of financial and other resources.
• Assists in developing project proposals and statement of work and determine overall budget and schedules.
• Monitors and controls expenditure against budget and ensures spending occurs within budgetary limits and Company financial guidelines, report deviations to direct Manager.
• Explores opportunities to control and reduce costs.
• Budget input provided in a timely manner.
• Compliance with applicable regulations and procedures.
• Cost and expenditure monitored waste minimized.
• Project proposals, statement of work in accordance with set budgetary stipulations and pre-determined schedules.
• Opportunities to control and reduce cost presented and implemented.

• Computer Literacy (MS Office Suite; and other job-specific software systems).
• Knowledge on environmental assessment, monitoring, reporting, policy making, and planning.
• Project management skills and know how to write project proposals.
• In-depth knowledge of regulatory requirements, interpretations, and health and safety programs.
• Excellent understanding of environmental and natural sciences principles.

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