Officer: Environment Monitoring

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

Coordinate all environmental monitoring aspects and ensure compliance with monitoring regulations and rules, provide technical and administrative support for all activities regarding environmental monitoring, documentation, and quality auditing. To monitor and verify that all environmental impacts are kept to a minimum during all phases of mining operations.

Key Performance Areas:

• Coordinate and implement the Biodiversity and Bio-Physical Monitoring network and schedules.
• Provide infield and technical troubleshooting solutions for monitoring and related equipment.
• Oversee daily monitoring stations and equipment management, inventory processes and compliance.
• Respond to and investigate hazardous conditions or spills and make recommendations to mitigate hazardous conditions.
• Communicate valuable information to stakeholders and line management to work toward mitigating negative environmental impacts.
• Ensure the set-up of equipment or stations to monitor and collect pollutant information from operational sites.
• Implement programmes for monitoring of environmental pollution.
• Recommend processes to prevent violation of environmental regulations by monitoring trends/incidents.
• Maintain all relevant documentation, files and diagrams relating to monitoring aspects and equipment locations/monitoring networks.
• Collect samples of gases, soils, water, wastes, industrial wastewater and other harmful products, in order to conduct tests on pollutant levels and identify sources of pollution.
• Assist with the updating of the environmental permit register, audit permit conditions and implement corrective action.
• Assist and provide recommendations to ensure that rehabilitation and/or restoration of affected areas by Contractors or operational activities takes place.
• Oversee Biodiversity and Monitoring Related Level 1 incidents.

Requirements and experience:

• Grade 12 or current NSSCO with 20 points over 5 subjects.
• BSc / BTech / BA Degree in Environment Management or Natural Science.
• An Honours Degree or equivalent will be an added advantage.
• 3 years relevant experience in Environmental Monitoring.
• Mining and/or large construction environment experience is an added advantage.
• Supervisory experience will be an added advantage.
• Valid Code B/BE Drivers License.