Job Title: Senior Environmental Advisor
Location: Leba, Poland
Client: Leading Global Green Energy Major - Wind
Assignment Length: Initial 2 year contract - Expectation of extension beyond this date
Assignment Type: Residential Contract
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday ( 8 hours Day)
Work from Home: Maximum of 2 days a week
Job description:
The Environmental Advisor promotes and provides professional expert knowledge and guidance to managers, supervisors, employees and contractors on environmental work practices, safety standards, and legal regulations, and supports identification and elimination of potential risks, hazards/non-compliances and ensures control measures are in place as per local legal and permit requirements. A Environmental Advisor is expected to liaise with and support the Project QHSE Director/Manager, Package/Construction Managers and Client Representatives to ensure good levels of Environmental cooperation is being maintained and information where lessons can be learned are shared throughout the project and wider organisation. The Environmental Advisor will use a risk-based approach to the protection of the environment, including CLIENT assets and reputation and follow the statutory requirements in terms of environmental reporting defined in local legislation.
The role is based in the Leba area at the onshore construction office (under construction) and will require site visits to various locations including construction site near Leba and cable landfall site. However, flexibility is required for occasional off project site visits for company and supplier internal/external meetings, which may also be overseas.
Applicants are preferred to be local and live within 60 minutes travel time of the site/base location.
Travel expenses to the base location are not expensed by CLIENT.
Deliverables
Creation and monitoring of the Project Environmental Management Plan, Waste Management Plan, Aspect and Impact Register and similar environmental management plans,
Monthly and annual internal and statutory environmental reporting, including the waste management and emissions to the environment,
Create and deliver specific environmental trainings for the Project personnel,
Ensure that environmental risk controls and processes are implemented and are effective and report on improvement opportunities.
Deliver monthly E reporting to Project QHSE Director as well as Statutory Site Manager when relevant.
Responsibilities:
Support Project risk owners in managing environmental risks, reducing them to as low as reasonably practicable.
Monitor and assess that project environmental performance including processes described in project documents relating to environmental aspects and report any areas of concern.
Participate actively in continual improvement of protecting the environment and business performance in the project.
Continually enhance environmental awareness across the project.
Where required, be the focal point of contact for Local Authorities and other key stakeholders in relation to environmental matters on the project.
Timely and accurate submission of all legally binding environmental reports and data to authorities.
Ensuring formal and legal compliance of all aspects of the project's environmental management system with applicable regulations.
Overseeing Contractors actions and behaviours on sites when it comes to environmental aspects resulting from obtained permits, legal requirements and prepared for project documentation.
General overseeing of archaeological aspect on site
Act as an environmental protection specialist responsible for development and application of a rapid response procedure in emergency situations (e.g. contamination of sea waters with oil substances from transformers and vessels) at the offshore wind farm and training of persons participating in rescue of animals in contact with oil-contaminated waters.
Success criteria:
Maintain expert knowledge on best practice and legal requirements.
Secure Environmental conformity using agreed processes and legal registers.
Support and promote development and use of CLIENT management systems.
Proactive approach to risk management
Good technical - and people skills
Be clear, effective, and positive in verbal and written communication.
Maintain successful cooperation / collaboration with the QHSE stakeholders.
High work ethic and excellent behaviour.
Demonstrate efficient and timely collaboration internally /externally.
Report reliable and timely QHSE data.
Demonstrate analytical and structured approach to daily workload.
It is generally the expectations that the advisor can apply advanced QHSE skills to the position; has experience within subject area and knows fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures related to Environmental management and knows how to routinely apply knowledge of theories, methods, techniques, and processes to the scope of work.
Typical tasks (not exhaustive):
Implementation and supervision of the environmental management system at the Project site:
Ensuring compliance with ISO 14001 by creating, implementing and updating procedures and environmental instructions, adapted to the project specifics,
Conducting internal audits to monitor compliance of activities with both internal and external environmental requirements and identifying potential areas for improvement,
Preparing audit reports and conclusions from their conduct, as well as recommendations for management staff,
Developing appropriate internal and external reporting formats and periodical reporting,
Waste management at designated sites and reporting in accordance with the Waste Act and waste reporting requirements:
Identification and classification of waste generated at the construction site, in accordance with applicable regulations,
Monitoring contractors waste management procedures,
Development and implementation of waste management plan for the construction site and revising the contractors waste management plans,
Maintaining waste records in the online waste management system (Pol. BDO), including quantities, types and methods of waste processing of the waste produced by CLIENT at the sites,
Supervision of compliance of waste storage and transport arrangements implemented both by CLIENT and contractors with regulations and cooperation with companies dealing with waste collection,
Preparation of annual reports on waste management and submission to the appropriate office,
Reviewing the reports prepared by contractors,
Control and reporting of pollutant emissions produced by CLIENT in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act and related legislation and