Senior Environmental Assessment Consultant ()

Clear Leaf Consulting (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental consulting firm is seeking a Senior Environmental Assessment Consultant in Gauteng, South Africa. The role includes project management, client liaison, and managing junior staff. Candidates should possess a Master's degree in Environmental Science or Management, along with 5-7 years of practical experience in environmental consulting. Responsibilities include conducting site visits, public participation campaigns, and producing high-quality project reports. This full-time position does not allow for remote work and offers a market-related salary.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years working experience in environmental consulting with strong practical knowledge.
• Leaders of junior environmental officers with good leadership characteristics.
• Registration as an Environmental Assessment Practitioner is an additional benefit.

Responsibilities

• Project management, including client liaison and authority management.
• Conduct Environmental Management Projects.
• Site visits for project sensitivity and legal requirements.
• Conduct Public Participation campaigns per regulations.
• Generate high quality reports and manage environmental impacts.
• Mentorship of junior colleagues.

Skills

Business Development

Change Management

Technical Project Management

NEC Technical Writing

OSHA CRM Software

EPA Project Coordination

Remedy EHS Writing Skills

Education

Masters degree in Environmental Science or Environmental Management

Job description

Job Summary

As a Senior Environmental Assessment Consultant the position requires that the applicant be the project manager for a number of projects as well as management and leadership of junior colleagues and the projects that they are managing.

This requires personal authority.

Personal authority results from experience reputation skill character and personal example.

The position will require direct involvement in project related work.

The projects in question will be complex and environmentally significant.

Responsibilities

• Environmental Impact Assessment client liaison specialist appointments and authority management required to achieve a Record of Decision.
• Conduct Environmental Management Projects such as Environmental Management Frameworks, Strategic Environmental Assessments, Risk Assessments and Environmental Compliance Officer.
• Site visits and baseline investigations to determine the project sensitivity, legal requirements and scope of specialist work.
• Conduct Public Participation campaigns in accordance with environmental regulations.
• Generate high quality reports reflecting the sensitivity of the receiving environment, the nature of the proposed project or developing and describing suitable mitigation measures to reduce the impacts.
• Develop environmental control documents to manage construction and operational level impacts.
• Assume overall project management role for the team, including regular report back to clients and internally.
• Conduct project inception meetings and attend the initial site visits.
• Ensure project programmes and budgets are set and adhered to.
• Manage deviations to timelines and budgets.
• Liaise with both clients and authorities in a professional and knowledgeable manner that results in documented decisions and a clear understanding of their requirements.
• Troubleshoot and problem solve.
• Generation of reports and project management documents required for formal project control.
• Mentorship and knowledge transfer to the various project leaders.
• Using the nascent quality management system implemented at the company.
• Set a personal example of hard work attention to detail and ethical behavior that will be lead to constantly improving team performance.
• Administrative functions to the extent determined by the work of thesenior management team.

Qualifications

• A Masters degree in any of the following: Environmental Science or Environmental Management.
• 5-7 years working experience in the environmental consulting environment with strong practical knowledge of all types of environmental management processes.
• Should have been leaders of junior environmental officers and have good leadership characteristics.
• Professional Qualifications Registration as an Environmental Assessment Practitioner with the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA); South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) or equivalent registration is an additional benefit.

Additional Info

Salary: Market Related.

Closing Date: 30 November.

Remote Work: No.

Employment Type: Full-time.

Key Skills

• Business Development
• Change Management
• Technical Project Management
• NEC Technical Writing
• OSHA CRM Software EPA Project Coordination Remedy EHS Writing Skills

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