Environmental Officer

Meramist Pty; Caboolture; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly BBQ and drinks

Onsite canteen

Free coffee onsite

Job summary

Meramist Pty is seeking an Environmental Officer to join our Caboolture site. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, managing permits, and supporting regulatory reporting within a premium meat processing environment.

Responsibilities include wastewater and waste water system monitoring, auditing, and driving water efficiency improvements. Experience in meat processing is highly desirable and you will work with a dedicated team to uphold high standards.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Engineering or Sustainability.
• Strong understanding of environmental legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Environmental auditing qualifications are advantageous.
• Ability to work in fast-paced manufacturing or processing environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain compliance with environmental legislation, licences, permits and EA conditions.
• Maintain an environmental compliance register and monitor obligations.
• Identify non-compliance areas and escalate to management.
• Assist with regulatory requests, notices, inspections and enquiries.

Skills

Environmental Compliance

Regulatory Reporting

Auditing

Meat industry

Education

BSc Environmental Science

Tools

EMS

Job description

Meramist is a company specialised in premium beef products while being committed to delivering excellence across every stage of production. We take pride in producing high-quality beef products that meet the highest standards, consistency and customer satisfaction.

Our Vision and Mision are to be recognised as an industry leader in beef processing by continuously improving our products, maintaining exceptional quality standards and driving innovation in everything we do. We are committed to building strong relationships with our customers, suppliers and employees while fostering a culture of integrity, teamwork and continuous improvement.

Our people are our foundation of success and with this commitment, "we strive to exceed all customer expectations!"

Due to continued business growth, we are currently seeking motivated, reliable, and experienced Environmental Officer to join our team based at 78 Old Gympie Road, Caboolture, 4510, Qld.

What Meramist Offers!

• Monthly BBQ and drinks for our team members.
• Fully accessible onsite canteen for staff convenience at own cost.
• Free coffee available onsite and at the canteen area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and maintain compliance with applicable environmental legislation, regulations, licences, permits and Environmental Authority conditions.
• Maintain an environmental compliance register and ensure relevant obligations are identified and monitored.
• Monitor compliance against Environmental Authority conditions and any other environmental approval requirements.
• Identify potential areas of environmental non-compliance and promptly escape concerns to management.
• Assist management in responding to regulatory requests, notices, inspections and environmental enquiries.
• Maintain accurate environmental records and evidence of compliance.
• Ensure environmental documentation is current, controlled and readily available for audits and inspections.
• Assist with preparation of regulatory and management reports.
• Monitor the site's wastewater and trade waste management systems.
• Conduct regular inspections of wastewater systems, drainage and associated environmental infrastructure.
• Identify abnormal conditions, spills, discharges or potential environmental impacts and escalated immediately.
• Maintain records of wastewater monitoring, testing, maintenance and corrective actions.
• Assist with identifying opportunities to reduce water consumption and improve water efficiency.
• Support external contractors and laboratories undertaking environmental sampling and testing.
• Monitor potential sources of odour generated by meat-processing operations.
• Develop and implement an environmental auditing and inspection program
• Investigate environmental complaints from community or the regulator.

Qualification

• Relevant qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Engineering or Sustainability or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of environmental legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Environmental auditing qualifications are advantageous.
• Ability to work in fast-paced manufacturing or processing environment.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an environmental role, manufacturing, transport or logistics.
• Experience in the meat industry is highly desirable.
• Experience with environmental monitoring and reporting.
• Experiencing in both managing and developing an environmental management system