Environmental Engineer

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb seeks an Environmental Engineer to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and company policies across sites. You will support plant operations to stay aligned with regulatory and contractual obligations, and drive continuous improvement in environmental performance.

You will develop and maintain EMS documentation, coordinate with regulators, perform audits, and prepare periodic environmental reports, ensuring data accuracy and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• Environmental degree or similar.
• Environmental Engineer degree or similar bachelor's degree.
• Certified ISO 14001, Environmental Management System Internal Auditor.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage environmental programs to comply with regulatory and corporate policies.
• Maintain documentation for Environmental Management System to ensure ISO14001 compliance across plants.
• Coordinate with regulators and authorities, supplying information and facilitating site visits.

Skills

Safety management

Technical knowledge

Organization

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

Environmental degree

Environmental Engineering degree

ISO 14001 Internal Auditor

Job description

Job description

About the job Environmental Engineer

Job Scope Summary

The Environmental Engineer is responsible for the compliance with environmental regulations and targets for the administration of the company environmental policies, and procedures, supporting the plants continued operation in compliance with regulatory and corporate environmental regulations and procedures, federal and state environmental regulations, output requirements and contractual obligations.

Job Responsibilities

The Environmental Engineer manages the company's Environmental programs and development, policies, and procedures to prevent, eliminate, control and reduce work related hazards and maintain environmental responsibility

Performs the tasks concerning compliance with legal requirements and improvement measures of the Integrated Management System (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001) in conformance with the relevant norms, rules and regulations.

These tasks include in particular:

• Develop, maintain and manage all documentation related to Environmental Management System to ensure compliance with ISO14001 Guidelines, and ensure all plant specific compliance requirements
• Provide environmental support and advice to QHSE Manager and Plant Team as required
• Maintain relations with external parties (e.g. regulator, local authorities) in areas associated with environment and accompanying them during their site visit and provision of necessary information and documentation,
• Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting and monitoring with all applicable environmental regulations and compliance requirements, including procurement of any Site Environmental Permits
• Carry out and document periodic inspections and audits to check that the Plant complies with environmental compliance requirements
• Prepare monthly environmental performance reports
• Develop and maintain the Plant Environmental Aspects and Impacts Register and track any actions raised until closure
• Review risk assessments / work procedures of Plant operations and maintenance activities to ensure environmental risks are identified and managed appropriately
• Investigate and report any environmental incidents and produce HSE Alerts / Lessons Learned
• Maintain all required records and documentation via entering, transcribing, recording, storing or maintaining information in written or electronic/digital form (coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing or verifying information or data),
• Follow-up daily Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) values and recording of the notes related the deviations of values, and preparation of monthly summary reports and logs,
• Ensure adequate spill kits are kept on site and organizes periodic spill drills
• Carry out / organizes environmental training for plant staff
• Manage environmental monitoring programme and ensure environmental monitoring and reporting is carried out as required
• Review records and reports concerning environmental measurement studies such as; emission measurements, underground water measurements, noise measurements and ensuring collection of environmental data and compliance checks and raise improvement actions as required
• Develop and Maintain Plant Environmental Emergency Plans for pollution protection/environmental incident trainings
• Manage waste on sites including:
  • Ensures compliance with waste hierarchy and waste compliance requirements on site
  • Labeling, packaging of wastes prior to shipment at the temporary waste collection areas for hazardous & non-hazardous wastes
  • Preparation of waste inventories and planning of waste disposal and recycle transportation,
  • Archiving of records for wastes generated at the site.
• Liaise with KVI and Besix Corporate team to feedback site performance and learnings to enable continuous improvement of the KVI and Besix O&M Environmental Management System

The above job duties and responsibilities are intended to describe the general nature of the work and are not intended to be an inclusive list of all responsibilities. Duties and responsibilities may change or vary depending on the specific needs of the business.

Educational / Professional Qualification / Training Certifications

• Environmental degree or similar
• Environmental Engineer degree or similar bachelor's degree
• Certified ISO 14001, Environmental Management System Internal Auditor

Job Experience

• Minimum of 5 years as Environmental experience in the power generation industry or similar environment implementing and auditing the Plant PMS systems
• Must have depth knowledge and experience in establishing, implementing, maintaining and auditing in ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.
• Preferably having knowledge in the Management Systems and other relevant standards (e.g., ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001)
• Knowledge of applicable environmental laws and regulations in UAE
• Knowledge of IFC Environmental Performance Standards

Compensation & Physical Abilities

• Safety Management: Ability to lead, support and ensure the team to be safe while at work and ensure team adheres to workplace safety, regulations, standards, and practices.
• Technical Expertise: In-depth practical knowledge of processes and practices in own functional area, and develop the team by sharing the relevant and updated technical knowledge.
• Organization & Administrative Skills: Ability to manage multiple tasks, planning, resourcing, organizing, negotiating, and prioritizing accordingly.
• Accountability: Demonstrate a sense of responsibility and ownership of own actions, assigned objectives, activities and processes
• Adaptability: Demonstrate reliability, high ability to work under pressure, social competency, ability to manage conflict, assertiveness and service oriented. Ability to manage any changes such as technical, organizational, social and cultural.
• Problem-Solving: Focus on resolving environmental challenges and ensuring that decisions are made based on organizational & operational directives. Demonstrate insight into the root-causes of problems and generate a range of solutions and courses of action with benefits, costs, and risks associated with each. Ability to simplify and explain complex structures.
• Team Work: Understand own role in the team and contribute to achieving teams goals and develop a constructive working relationship with team members and exchanges knowledge and experience