Senior Environmental Officer - Dublin, Ireland - GMC Utilities Group

    GMC Utilities Group
    GMC Utilities Group Dublin, Ireland

    1 week ago

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    Permanent, Full time
    Description

    Are you looking to become part of a collaborative team whilst maximising your potential to grow and develop within your career? Apply today.

    The Role.

    GMC are currently looking for an experienced Senior Environmental Officer to join our team.

    The successful Senior Environmental Officer will be responsible for overseeing environmental compliance and sustainability initiatives related to the company's operations. Their role involves a range of responsibilities aimed at minimizing environmental impact and ensuring adherence to relevant regulations.

    Key Duties and Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

    • Technical report writing including preparation of CEMP, RWMP, EERP and documents that underpin them.
    • Preparation of Waste Classification Reports.
    • Monitor construction activities performance to ensure that identified and appropriate control measures are effective and ensure compliance with CEMP and Planning consent conditions.
    • Manage the completion of annual and periodic reporting to the Local Authority as required by the Waste Collection Permit, and Waste Facility Permit.
    • Ensure waste is managed and disposed in a proper manner and all documentation and records are maintained, kept up to date and filed away as appropriate.
    • Ownership and maintenance of environmental SOPs in alignment with Irish legal requirements and ISO 14001 certification.
    • Lead in investigations of Environmental incidents and near-misses to identify root causes, develop corrective actions, and prevent recurrences.
    • Providing leadership by overseeing, guiding, and managing junior team members and sub-consultants to meet project requirements effectively.
    • Identify training needs and provide training to colleagues and the Environmental Team where required.
    • Communicating with clients, external stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and sub-contractors to ensure compliance with all project requirements.
    • Develop, prepare, and implement key environmental compliance metrics and reports, to share with the Senior Management Team and Operations on a weekly/monthly basis as required.
    • Monitor and gain a full understanding of relevant environmental legislation updates and regulations impacting on the business, ensuring necessary changes are applied promptly and in accordance with standard procedure.
    • Good communication and people management skills. Comfortable at representing the Company in industry, stakeholder, and other relevant external group settings.

    The Candidate: Required Experience and Competencies:

    • Full clean driver's license essential.
    • A relevant qualification is desirable.
    • Civils, drainage, or utilities (water & electricity) or construction experience is essential.
    • Minimum of 8-year experience working in the environmental sector.
    • Confident, motivated and can work independently as well as part of a team.
    • Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
    • Time management abilities to meet targets.
    • Good communication, interpersonal, and people management skills.
    • Integrity and respect for confidentiality and privacy.
    • Good IT proficiency with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint.

    Become a part of something bigger.

    At the heart of GMC is our people, from engineers through to customer service and we aim to work collaboratively towards our common goals.

    GMC is an equal opportunity employer, and we aim to recruit and retain like-minded people from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of expertise.

    In GMC we foster a work culture that promotes collaboration and learning, building an environment where our people have the capacity to maximise their potential whilst gaining the opportunity to continuously develop.

    Our Future.

    Since the founding of GMC in 1981 by Gerry McCloskey, GMC has grown to be Ireland's leading Civils and Utilities company and the future for GMC is bright. We have engaged with our staff and other stakeholders to agree and publish our core values.

    One of our core values is to "Focus on the Future".

    Our growth to date reflects the confidence that our customers have in our service delivery, in the innovative approach that we bring to how we do our work, and to our culture of safety and quality.

    We have ambitious plans to develop our footprint in Ireland and overseas but understand that every decision we make contributes to people's quality of life throughout generations, and we don't take that responsibility lightly as we build Ireland's infrastructure of tomorrow, today.