Environmental Manager – Zewaye – Ethiojobs
Environment and Natural Resource, Natural Sciences
Ethiojobs
Our client is looking for an experienced Environmental Manager who is a true professional in environmental standards and guidelines and who is capable of telling our story and best practices to external stakeholders as well as being a professional expert to the internal organisation.
This is a new role in our company and together with Compliance and PR, the new colleague will work in their respective teams, located in Ziway, at 2 hours drive from Addis.
Tasks
- Ensures, coordinates and guides the completion of (routine) farm audits relating to environmental issues
- Acts a spokesman on behalf of the company on environmental issues and shows/demonstrates the good environmental practices of the company.
- Promotes and maintains good practices (internal and external) that protects and improves the environment in and around the farm
- Investigates environmental incidents and maintains a system of reporting incidents
- Organizes employee’s environmental awareness training to ensure that employees are familiar with the environmental risks associated with their duties.
- Implements procedural, reporting and monitoring requirements as prescribed by Environmental Legislation and applicable Regulations
- Implements, maintains and monitors an environmental (waste) management system based on the operations’ approved Environmental Management Programme and approved Water Use Licence
- Updates and maintains the operations’ environmental aspect register and monitoring management programmes/actions for significant aspects
- Ensures accurate submission/reporting of various Environment reports, to statutory/regulatory bodies, as required.
- Participates in the preparation of the farm environment plan and annual targets for action (in cooperation with other user departments) and Implements accordingly
Skillset of the candidate
- English, Amharic and Oromifa ( verbal and in writing)
- Good communicator with interpersonal skills
- Pro-active, good listener and a teamplayer
- Presentation & training skills
- Broad interest in agricultural processes
Required qualification and experience
- Master Degree in environmental science from a recognized University
- > 5 years of relevant working experience in production or processing industry or related field of work
- Advance MS office user ( word, excel and powerpoint)
- Valid driver’s license
