Swakop Uranium is recruiting an Officer: Environment Monitoring, to be based in Swakopmund, Namibia.
Description
- Coordinate all environmental monitoring aspects and ensure compliance with monitoring regulations and rules, provide technical and administrative support for all activities regarding environmental monitoring, documentation, and quality auditing
- To monitor and verify that all environmental impacts are kept to a minimum during all phases of mining operations
Duties
- Coordinate and implement the Biodiversity and Bio-Physical Monitoring network and schedules
- Provide infield and technical troubleshooting solutions for monitoring and related equipment
- Oversee daily monitoring stations and equipment management, inventory processes and compliance
- Respond to and investigate hazardous conditions or spills and make recommendations to mitigate hazardous conditions
- Communicate valuable information to stakeholders and line management to work toward mitigating negative environmental impacts
- Ensure the set-up of equipment or stations to monitor and collect pollutant information from operational sites
- Implement programmes for monitoring of environmental pollution
- Recommend processes to prevent violation of environmental regulations by monitoring trends/incidents
- Maintain all relevant documentation, files and diagrams relating to monitoring aspects and equipment locations/monitoring networks
- Collect samples of gases, soils, water, wastes, industrial wastewater and other harmful products, in order to conduct tests on pollutant levels and identify sources of pollution
- Assist with the updating of the environmental permit register, audit permit conditions and implement corrective action
- Assist and provide recommendations to ensure that rehabilitation and/or restoration of affected areas by Contractors or operational activities takes place
- Oversee Biodiversity and Monitoring Related Level 1 incidents
Requisites
- Grade 12 or current NSSCO with 20 points over 5 subjects
- BSc / BTech / BA Degree in Environment Management or Natural Science
- An Honours Degree or equivalent will be an added advantage
- 3 years’ relevant experience in Environmental Monitoring
- Mining and/or large construction environment experience is an added advantage
- Supervisory experience will be an added advantage
- Valid Code B/BE Driver’s License
Notes
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted