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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 revising the reporting done by contractors:
Monitoring the level of gas and dust emissions generated during construction work, taking into account environmental standards,
Maintaining the required emission records and reporting them to National Centre for Emission Balancing and Management (Pol. KOBiZE), including preparing annual emission reports,
Implementing actions to minimize emissions on the Project (e.g., dust reduction) and monitoring the effectiveness of these actions,
Preparing reports on the level of emissions and corrective actions and cooperating with KOBiZE on reporting requirements. Reviewing contractors' performance in that area,
Environmental resources management and minimizing environmental impact:
Monitoring the consumption of energy, water and other natural resources within the construction project and identifying opportunities for their optimization,
Initiating actions to reduce resource consumption and strictly controlling processes that generate the greatest consumption,
Implementing selective collection programs for secondary raw materials on the construction site, e.g., waste segregation,
Employee training and education:
Organizing training for construction workers on environmental protection principles, waste management and minimizing environmental impact.
Developing information materials and brochures for workers on ecological practices and regulations applicable within the project.
Conducting periodic meetings aimed at raising ecological awareness and discussing current environmental challenges,
Monitoring and responding to environmental hazards and risks:
Systematic assessment of environmental risk at the stage of construction project implementation and implementation of emergency response procedures.
Implementation of activities that minimize the risk of negative impact on the environment, e.g., appropriate protection of waste storage sites.
Reporting and documenting incidents and analysis of their causes and effects in order to prevent their recurrence as well as taking part in contractors incidents investigations
Cooperation with local authorities and documentation management:
Cooperation with environmental institutions and preparation of required reports and statements (including in the BDO and KOBiZE systems) in accordance with legal requirements.
Maintaining environmental documentation, including waste registers, emission monitoring results, environmental reports and others.
Regular updating of knowledge in the field of environmental regulations and ensuring ongoing adjustment of procedures on the construction site,
Participating and representing the Employer during statutory inspections,
Verifying the compliance of the Project-related activities along with environmental decisions and permits issued for the Project, law and project specific documentation,
Establish good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
Contractors and sites management in the event of incidents
Providing data and information to project specific applications and data bases
Representing Project with contacts with authorities where needed
The QHSE function is not the exclusive owner of QHSE and therefore does not hold the authority to determine QHSE performance on its own. However, an Environmental Advisor is a subject matter expert and can therefore contribute to decision-making based on personal level of understanding of the business and the interdependencies with other departments.
Key Interfaces to Other Functions/ Departments (Key Stakeholders)
QHSE leadership managers
Project - & Construction Managers
Client representatives
Contractors
CLIENT employees
Local regulators/authorities
The Consultant must bring his/her own PC and/or Iphone. External consultants' equipment such as PCs, mobile phones and iPads must always be up-to-date with the latest iOS release. The owner must allow CLIENT's AirWatch security and management software for iPhones and iPads to be installed. The app is mandatory on all mobile devices used by CLIENT staff (including External consultants) to protect them from cybercrime. The owner must grant approval for CLIENT to remove apps, data and access from privately owned equipment if it is deemed to pose a risk in relation to CLIENT's security or the GDPR regulations, if the equipment is lost/stolen, or if the owner ceases to have an active contract with Magnit and/or CLIENT. When an external consultant leaves CLIENT, they must contact the IT Service Desk to remove all CLIENT apps and data. The IT Service Desk can only support privately owned equipment in connection with CLIENT's AirWatch security and management software.
Requirements
Requirements and Qualifications:
Minimum 5 years' experience in environmental management on complex, international, large-scale construction projects at sites,
Acting as environmental advisor/manager/expert on minimum 2 constructions sites, ideally where HDD or other subsurface drilling method was used
Degree or similar within Polish environmental science, either through a Polish education or an education recognized as equivalent by the Polish authorities.
Industry recognised environmental qualifications (e.g., IEMA),
Have strong management skills, are experienced in working across multiple teams and implementing environmental management systems,
Excellent stakeholder management skills, working with multiple stakeholders both internally and externally,
Excellent communication skills, ability to speak, present and write Polish and English fluently, another European language is an advantage,
Knowing and understanding the Polish environmental legislation, e.g., waste management and emissions reporting requirements,
Practise knowledge of KOBiZE and BDO data bases
Valid GWO BST training,
OEUK Medical Certificate,
Valid and active driving license.
Desirable qualifications/experience:
Experienced in delivery of training courses / material.
