Associate: Construction Environmental Management

About this role

• As the Associate:
  Construction Environmental Management, you will work primarily in the Project Execution phase (i.e. construction phase) of various renewable energy and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects, with some limited involvement in the late Project Development phase.
• You will report directly to the Manager:
  Construction Environmental Management, and indirectly to the Director:
  Project Execution and the Manager:
  Environmental Social Governance (ESG) & Risk.
• You will be responsible for environmental permitting and environmental compliance across allocated projects.
• You will be based at Head Office and will be required to travel regularly (approximately monthly for up to five days in duration) to your allocated project sites.
• While the role is primarily focused on environmental permitting and compliance as well as ECO management, the position also supports the implementation of Mulilo’s ESG requirements during the construction phase, including coordination with the ESG and Safety functions to ensure alignment with Mulilo’s ESG standards applicable to construction activities.

• Assist the Financial Close (FC) team with relevant Environmental permitting items.
• With assistance from the Project Developer, appoint the Environmental Control Officer (ECO) for allocated Projects.
• Ensure compliance with relevant pre-construction and planning requirements of the relevant Environmental Management Programmes (EMPRs).

• Assist the Manager:
  Construction Environmental Management to ensure overall environmental compliance of all Mulilo Projects in construction.
• Manage and oversee compliance of your allocated projects.
• Review ECO reports and implement recommended corrective or compliance actions.
• Ensure final ECO reports (and/or other required Environmental Audit reports) are timeously submitted to the relevant authorities.
• Support the implementation of Mulilo’s ESG requirements during construction, including coordination on internal ESG site audits and the identification, escalation, and management of construction‑phase environmental and social risks, in coordination with the Project Manager and ESG & Risk Manager.
• Coordinate with the ESG & Risk Manager and Project team on lender technical advisor (LTA) audits and support the timely close‑out of construction‑related Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) actions.
• Act as the dEO (for all your allocated Projects) indirectly reporting to the Project Manager (on‑site):
• Ensure implementation of the EMPr, environmental monitoring and reporting.
• providing environmental input to the Project Manager and Contractor’s Manager.
• liaising with contractors and the landowners.
• Be fully conversant with the EMPr;
• Be familiar with the recommendations and mitigation measures of all applicable EMPRs.
• Ensure that all stipulations within the EMPRs are communicated and adhered to by the Employees, Contractor(s) and its sub‑contractor(s).
• Confine the development site to the demarcated area.
• Conduct environmental internal audits of the Contractor and Contractor’s Environmental Officer (cEO) with regards to EMPr and EA compliance.
• Assist the contractors in addressing environmental challenges on site.
• Assist in incident management:
  Reporting environmental incidents to Mulilo and ECO and ensuring that corrective action is taken, and lessons learnt shared.
• Assist the contractor in investigating environmental incidents and compile investigation reports.
• Follow‑up on pre‑warnings, defects, non‑conformance reports.
• Measure and communicate environmental performance to the Contractor.
• Conduct environmental awareness training on site together with ECO and cEO.
• Ensure that the necessary legal permits and / or licenses are in place and up to date.

• Tertiary Degree in relevant field (e.g. science, engineering, environmental, project management, project development).
• Experience and knowledge of the South African renewable energy industry (particularly large‑scale wind and solar).
• Project development or construction, or environmental management experience within the…