Snr Environmental Scientist – EIA and Contamination – Cape Town

My client, a leading engineering consultancy, with operations across South Africa, is currently seeking a Senior Environmental Scientist to join their EIA and Contamination team in Cape Town. This is a great opportunity for an experienced consultant to take on more responsibility and act as 2nd in command.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide consultancy service to clients relating to EIA’s within a wide range of sectors
• Manage Contaminated Land and Remediation projects
• Manage multiple environmental projects with a project management approach, consistency across projects, ensuring quality of output.
• Utilizing project management tools to keep abreast of the scope, budget and timeframe of each project and to make sure project details are updated on a daily basis
• Design and carry out field investigations, organise data interpretation, evaluate and design remedial actions and report preparation

The successful candidate will have:
• At least 5 years Environmental Project Management experience within a Consultancy
• Proven project experience in soil and groundwater sampling – petroleum based contaminants
• A relevant BSc Degree preferred, advanced degrees preferred
• Previous experience in supervision of sub-contractors and consultants essential
• Knowledge / Experience in Natural Sciences & Knowledge of regulatory processes (environmental)
• Strong report writing skills
• A strong personality, and an ability to provide leadership to staff on site

To apply, please send your CV in Word format to graham@camining.com quoting the reference number GM371

This position is only open to South African citizens and preference will be given to candidates currently living and working in the Western Cape.

Unsuccessful candidates will not be contacted

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