JOB DETAILS:
Purpose of the role:
To support departments and contractors in implementation of environmental management system, environmental management plans, standards and procedures in order to comply with legal and other requirements, prevent pollution and continually improve as regards environmental management.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences/engineering, or related field.
• GGML is an equal opportunity employer: Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Experience:
• At least five years’ experience in Environmental Management, preferably, in the Mining Industry.

Main or key accountabilities:
EMS implementation
• Provide departments and contractors with guidance on ISO14001 implementation
• Carry out an internal audit to check GGML and contractors’ conformance with ISO14001 standard.

• Coordinate preparation for and participation in surveillance and certificate audits.

• Oversee the actions agreed to address non-conformities raise during internal and external audits.

Incident reporting and management
• Attend to reported environmental incidents and provide guidance
• Oversee entering of incident descriptions on the incident database
• Follow up the implementation of agreed corrective and preventive actions

Compliance management
• Assist in implementing controls put in place to evaluate compliance with legal and other obligations, i.e.,
• Implementation and keeping the EMP up to date
• Carry out inspections and audits
• Participate in legal register review
• Regular review and update of the permit register

Risk Management
• Represent the Environment function in risk assessments ensuring that environmental risks are identified, and controls are put in place.
• Oversee the implementation of control developed to manage identified environmental risks
• Liaise with the site risk database champion to update environmental risk details on a predetermined interval.

Environmental Awareness
• Prepare and coordinate the implementation of annual environmental awareness programme
• Provide environmental awareness to employees through various forums and tools available
Any other duties as assigned by a supervisor

Additional requirement:
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication abilities.
• Ability to assess and evaluate compliance with legal and other requirements.
• Ability to use a range of tools including applications and software to analyse environmental data to validate accomplishment or identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive environmental reports
• Ability to coordinate environmental tasks/projects involving different internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to prepare and deliver environmental presentations to a different type of audiences
• Solving problems and making decisions
• Managing changes
• Managing tasks/projects to completion
• Demonstrating ethics and integrity
• Communicating effectively
• Developing, coaching, and mentoring others
• Valuing diversity and differences
• Managing effective teams and work groups