Environmental Officer

**Position Title**:Environmental Officer

**Position Type**: Regular - Full-Time

**Position Location**: Springs

**Grade**: Grade 03

**Requisition ID**: 28335

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**:
The Environmental Officer in support to the Environmental Manager is responsible for the coordination, administration and coaching to successfully manage the ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management system to ensure compliance to environmental legislative requirements, alignment to ISO14001:2015 certification standards and drive improvements at the McCain Foods plants for Delmas and Springs relative to the management system.

**KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS**:
**Management of ISO14001:2015 policies, procedures, legislation and regulation for Delmas and Springs**
- Monitor environmental compliance to current policies, procedures, registers, legislation and regulation for Delmas and Springs
- Continuous monitoring of updates in legislation which might impact procedures, policies, permits and licensing. Communicate to Environmental Manager
- Attend Environmental Forum meetings
- Renew any environmental licensing / permits before expiration
- Coordinate and schedule environmental surveys based on environmental compliance requirement

**No major audit findings for environmental compliance ISO14001:2015 with relation to internal audits and external audits (Environmental legal compliance audits, WUL audits, ISO14001:2015 EMS audits, department of water and sanitation audits and Global Environmental compliance audits)**
- Monitor compliance status via plant inspections, legal registers, internal plant-based registers, validity of all permits and licensing as per legislation and regulatory ISO14001:2015 requirement.
- Report risks, loading of environmental incidents / non-conformances on intelex. Responsible for root cause analysis, corrective and preventative action.
- Schedule and conduct environmental internal audits when and where required

**Monitoring the budget, external complaints and Intelex system,**
- Oversee financial activities, i.e. requisitions, purchase orders, goods received and payment confirmation as well as assisting with annual departmental budget
- Assist in complaints investigation
- Assist in monitoring and management of the intelex system

**Environmental awareness training & monthly environmental management meetings**
- Coordinate and conduct Environmental awareness training for both Springs and Delmas Plant
- Draft and circulate of monthly toolbox talks
- Draft, minute and update monthly environmental management meetings

**Borehole consumption monitoring**
- By daily evaluation of the Polar Monitoring program, to monitor safe abstraction of borehole water within allowed allocation and enough time for recovery of aquifer.
- Weekly monitoring of abstraction volumes to ensure we remain in allowed abstraction volumes as per water use license.

**Environmental risk management**
- Environmental hazard identification
- Conduct Environmental risk assessments
- Implementation of risk control measures utilizing the environmental hierarchy of risk control

**Monitoring and evaluating environmental performance**
- Evaluate weekly and monthly third party contractor reports. Report any deviations to Environmental Manager
- Evaluate test results received from third party contractors in relation to our permit and licensing conditions and parameters. Reporting any deviations to Environmental Manager
- Evaluate environmental survey outcomes and reporting deviations to Environmental Manager

**EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**:

- Approximately 3 - 5 years relevant experience in a food production environment with experience in developing and continuous compliance to ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management systems.
- Minimum 4 years ISO 14001:2015 internal audit experience or exposure

**PERSON SPECIFICCATION**

**Knowledge & Skills**:

- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
- Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Power point
- A strong team player with the ability to relate to all levels of staff
- Good organizational skills - efficiently schedule own time and activities to meet all project and environmental compliance time frames
- Motivated to seek action beyond specific position responsibilities
- Ensuring that the company remains certified to ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management

**Abilities & Competence**:

- Implementation and Management of ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management system for Delmas and Springs
- To report, investigate and resolve environmental incidents with proper 8D methodology
- Weekly and monthly reporting on environmental performance for Delmas and Springs
- Able to assist in input to resource efficient operations relating to energy, electricity, water and absolute carbon emission savings

**EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS**:

- Matric
- National diploma / Degree in Environmental Management
- McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a