Environment Specialist

Job description / Role

JOB PURPOSE:
Responsible for monitoring environmental requirements compliance for the organisation and serve as a local licence with regulatory authorities.

JOB CONTEXT:

The jobholder needs to collaborate closely with the other functions in Marafiq to be able to deliver proper execution of Environment regulations.
The job is required to solve non-reoccurring problems using own knowledge and experience.
The jobholder has to lead the initiatives and plans to increase the awareness on the importance of environmental and implement plans for achievement.
The job holder must execute any additional tasks assigned to him by his superior.

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal:
• Need to interact with practically all business units ¡V Potable, Waste and Sea Water Cooling and Power - and departments directly linked to environment matters (e.g. Production, Maintenance and Customer Service).

External:
• External contacts are with regulation authorities (Royal Commission)

FRAMEWORKS, BOUNDARIES, & DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY:
• The job has considerable freedom to control, organise and schedule work in dealing with the Royal Commission.
• Ensures the environmental policies are in line with Marafiq¡¦s vision, focus and high standards.
• Propose new ideas and approach to top management. Implement the Environment plan and network among all departments of the Company.
• The job is also required to solve non-reoccurring problems using own knowledge and experience.
• Final decisions are centralized with the TSD Manager.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
• University degree in Chemical Engineering or Environmental Sciences.
Minimum Experience:
• 8 years' engineering or project management experience in a heavy industrial or utilities environment.
• 3 - 5 years' environmental engineering experience.
• Experience of managing/costing projects involving external contractors.
• 1 - 2 years' project costing experience involving the use of relevant software.
• Experience of technical evaluation of design options.

Job-Specific Skills:
• Skilled in the use of engineering costing software and demonstrating capability of making optimal use of the software to achieve assignment requirements.
• Deep knowledge of all relevant local and international environmental standards, regulations, legislation and codes of practice, especially ISO 14000.
• Skilled in carrying out post-implementation environmental impact audits.
• Broad understanding of project cash flow management techniques.

About the Company

Jerry Varghese is a frontrunner group in professional recruitment solutions. We are consultants who provide integrated, comprehensive and cost effective placements in business, industry and government. Having a major presence in the Middle East, we are involved in staffing on a global scale.

For the last 25 years we have been employing our global sourcing expertise to couple with the understanding of the recruitment dilemmas faced by the GCC employers to provide tailor made solutions helping address specific recruitment challenges of the current times.

We excel in 11 industry verticals and staff our client’s varied manpower requirements irrespective of the type and the scales.

Jerry Varghese is fully geared to take up the most complex recruitment assignments and complete them with ease and on time. Repeatedly recognized by our client and candidate communities alike, our values, commitment and expertise truly make your search for human resources, end at our doorsteps.