Environmental Assessment Practitioner/Environmental Consultant – DOENVASSPRAC

Our client, Environmental consultants in Cape Town, are currently seeking the skills of an Environmental Assessment Practitioner/Environmental Consultant for a contract role.

Main job function

1. Working professionally with all due care as an integral part of the Environmental Services Team, including quality control, meeting deadlines, managing deliverables for all environmental applications and associated processes, and ensuring Client satisfaction at all times.
2. Demonstrating accurate and timely actions to ensure that all technology platform knowledge management systems used by the Company for the Environmental Services Team are kept current, relevant, and meaningful.
3. Demonstrating accurate and timely actions to ensure that all filing knowledge management systems (such as correct file naming, saving of emails, key decisions, minutes, maps, etc.) used by the Company for the Environmental Services Team are kept current, relevant, and meaningful.
4. Demonstrating accurate and timely actions to ensure the effective implementation of administrative tasks related to taking and issuing minutes, action points, and memos that are relevant, concise, and meaningful.
5. Assist with coordinating and managing allocated Projects including: Project management, Quality control, Meeting all deadlines, Managing deliverables, Ensuring client satisfaction, Delivering on the brand promise.
6. Assistance with the development of operational systems and processes to continually improve the efficiency of the above-mentioned services.
7. Assistance with the development of new product offerings from the Environmental Services Team for the Company.
8. Assistance with Client recruitment, development, and maintaining and enhancing Client relations for the Company.
9. Assistance with Project recruitment and development for the Company.
10. Public Speaking and representing at key industry forums.
11. Assistance with strengthening existing partnerships and development of new strategic partnerships, respectively.
12. Assistance with strengthening and improving brand presence of the Company.
13. Administration and general logistical support to the Company.
14. ECO (Including site visits, providing induction workshops to contractors, addressing any issues on site, and compiling ECO Reports).
15. Assistance to Management and EAP’s with project research, drafting of relevant documentation, and any other requirements.
16. Conducting site visits as well as placing site notices when required.

Qualifications

• Environmental Qualification.
• Professionally registered with EAPASA.

Criteria

The successful candidate will understand and demonstrate how to manage Clients and Projects of International stature.

The capacity to diligently, efficiently, and effectively manage complex projects, timelines, and scenarios will need to be clearly demonstrated as will an inspirational, can-do, and people-focused leadership ability.

Professionally registered with EAPASA.

2-3 years of successful private sector EIA and ECO experience across South Africa, ideally in the renewable energy sector.

Outstanding attention to detail.

Excellent problem-solving abilities and quality control of the highest standard.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate a deep-seated passion for our organizational culture and brand aspiration.

The following skill sets are core:

• Project Management.
• Environmental Auditing and Construction Management.
• Environmental Management Programmes.
• A competent understanding of all SEMA’s and associated regulations.
• A competent understanding of the renewable energy sector, challenges, and opportunities.
• People Management.

A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.