Environmental Officer
Meinhardt EPCM Sdn. Bhd.
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Job summary
Meinhardt EPCM Sdn. Bhd. seeks an experienced Environmental Officer to oversee regulatory compliance, emissions controls and environmental performance across major construction sites in Malaysia.
You will review EMPs, monitor dust, drainage and waste management, and support audits and CAPA closures while coordinating with PMC and GC teams to ensure adherence to approvals and local regulations. The role requires 7–10 years of relevant environmental management experience, with a focus on
Qualifications
- Minimum 7–10 years of relevant environmental management experience.
- Experience with contractor compliance and construction environmental inspections.
- Experience with earthworks, sediment and drainage controls, dust control and scheduled waste.
- Ability to investigate incidents and manage CAPA where needed.
Responsibilities
- Monitor compliance with Environmental Quality Act 1974 and project requirements.
- Review contractor EMPs, monitoring plans and risk assessments.
- Maintain environmental legal register and track permits and reporting obligations.
- Support regulatory inspections, audits and escalation of non-compliance.
- Conduct site inspections across plots and facilities; review performance and scorecards.
- Coordinate with Civil, Infrastructure and GC teams on mitigations and readiness.
Skills
Job description
- Monitor compliance with the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127), applicable subsidiary regulations, project approval conditions and other relevant requirements.
- Review contractor Environmental Management Plans (EMP), monitoring plans, environmental risk assessments and procedures.
- Verify applicable EIA approval conditions, DOE, DID/JPS and local authority requirements, where relevant.
- Maintain the environmental legal register and track applicable permits, approvals, monitoring and reporting obligations.
- Support regulatory inspections, audits and timely escalation of significant non-compliance.
- Conduct routine inspections across Plot 1, Plot 2, CLS facilities, infrastructure and assigned KVTP areas.
- Inspect dust, wastewater, runoff, sedimentation, waste storage, spills and other construction impacts.
- Review contractor environmental performance, inspections, audits and compliance scorecards.
- Record observations and non-conformances; monitor CAPA with PICs, deadlines and evidence.
- Conduct joint PMC–GC verification inspections and elevate repeat or overdue findings under project procedures.
- Monitor dust suppression for construction roads, earthworks, stockpiles and material handling.
- Verify wheel-wash effectiveness and prevent mud or debris tracking onto public roads.
- Inspect water spraying, road sweeping and wheel-wash maintenance arrangements.
- Recommend practical improvements to road cleaning, sediment removal and dust control.
- Review air quality monitoring results when required by the approved monitoring programme.
- Inspect temporary drainage, silt traps, sediment ponds, perimeter drains and erosion controls.
- Monitor construction wastewater and surface runoff discharge against applicable conditions.
- Identify blocked drains, sediment buildup, potential watercourse contamination and flooding risks.
- Coordinate mitigation with Civil, Infrastructure and GC teams and verify readiness before major earthworks.
- Review water quality monitoring reports and follow up non-compliant results.
- Verify waste segregation, storage, collection, recycling, transport and disposal practices.
- Monitor compliance with Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005.
- Inspect scheduled waste stores, labels, containers, secondary containment and inventories.
- Review transporter and facility authorisations, consignment notes and disposal records.
- Prevent uncontrolled disposal, open burning and illegal dumping.
- Inspect fuel/chemical storage, refuelling controls, spill kits and secondary containment.
- Review contractor spill response procedures and participate in environmental emergency drills.
- Investigate spills, pollution events and near misses; verify containment, remediation and CAPA closure.
- Monitor construction noise and vibration controls for piling, excavation and heavy equipment.
- Coordinate sampling and monitoring with appointed consultants or competent personnel.
- Review results against applicable regulatory and project criteria and recommend mitigation.
- Prepare weekly and monthly environmental performance reports and management updates.
- Maintain inspection, monitoring, incident, non-conformance and CAPA registers with supporting evidence.
- Track environmental KPIs, recurring findings, closure performance and pollution prevention trends.
- Maintain environmental dashboards, training matrices, risk registers and relevant EMP records.
- Present significant concerns and recommendations at project coordination meetings.
- Conduct environmental toolbox briefings and awareness training for PMC, GCs and subcontractors.
- Coordinate with DayOne, project teams, contractor environmental staff and authorities through approved channels.
- Support ISO 14001:2015-aligned management system implementation, audits and continual improvement.
- Promote waste reduction, efficient water use, resource efficiency and pollution prevention.
- Minimum 7–10 years of relevant environmental management experience, preferably in major construction, infrastructure, industrial or data centre projects.
- Experience with contractor compliance, construction environmental inspections, earthworks, sediment and drainage controls, dust, scheduled waste and incident investigations.
- Experience with PMC/EPCM or main contractors is preferred.
BE PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY GROUP
We are a well-established professional multi-disciplinary engineering practice with overseas offices in the region, providing a full spectrum of consulting engineering services. In line with our growing operations, we now invite suitably qualified, committed, team-oriented and dynamic candidates to join us.
About us
The Meinhardt Group's commitment to Malaysia has increased dramatically since we established our Kuala Lumpur office in year 1991. Meinhardt Malaysia has become a virtual centre for design and engineering excellence, combining the technical resources and expertise of the entire Meinhardt Group with the knowledge and skills of our local engineers and technicians. We deliver sound, cost-effective and innovative solutions that will serve clients long into the future.
Product & Services
We are an international multi-disciplinary organisation of Consulting Engineers, planners and managers providing consulting services in Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, Transportation and related engineering disciplines. The Meinhardt Group of Companies also provides principal consultancy, project management, construction management and planning services.
BE PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY GROUP
We are a well-established professional multi-disciplinary engineering practice with overseas offices in the region, providing a full spectrum of consulting engineering services. In line with our growing operations, we now invite suitably qualified, committed, team-oriented and dynamic candidates to join us.
About us
The Meinhardt Group's commitment to Malaysia has increased dramatically since we established our Kuala Lumpur office in year 1991. Meinhardt Malaysia has become a virtual centre for design and engineering excellence, combining the technical resources and expertise of the entire Meinhardt Group with the knowledge and skills of our local engineers and technicians. We deliver sound, cost-effective and innovative solutions that will serve clients long into the future.
Product & Services
We are an international multi-disciplinary organisation of Consulting Engineers, planners and managers providing consulting services in Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, Transportation and related engineering disciplines. The Meinhardt Group of Companies also provides principal consultancy, project management, construction management and planning services.
Perks and benefits Medical Miscellaneous allowance Dental Parking Private Retirement Scheme, Hospital & Surgical Ins
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