South Africa: UNIT MANAGER ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING posted by Bridge Personnel Concepts

About the Role

Bridge Personnel Concepts is seeking a Unit Manager Environmental Engineering to join their team at a client’s plant in the Free State area. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing environmental, occupational hygiene, and radiation protection disciplines across the segment, ensuring sound engineering governance and principles are established. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to implement new technologies and systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Ventilation & Occupational Hygiene Management: Manage environmental, occupational hygiene, and radiation protection disciplines across the segment.
• Establish sound engineering governance and principles.
• Establish and control Environmental Engineering (Ventilation) Hygiene resources (e.g., instruments, equipment, systems, and staff).
• Perform internal and external audits.
• Oversee the operational status of the disciplines.
• Implement new technology, systems, and practices within the context of the Gold operational segment.
• Maintain technical excellence across the Gold segment discipline-specific.
• Implementation and evaluation of statutory COP’s, SOPs, and Managerial instructions regarding Ventilation Engineering and Occupational Hygiene.
• Technical interpretation, recommendation, and reporting to the owner of the mine and relevant statutory organisations on Ventilation Engineering and Occupational Hygiene aspects.
• Implement and evaluate monitoring programs and data management systems.

Requirements

• Certificate in Mine Environmental control (MEC)
• NQF 6 (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma)
• At least 5 years experience in a related role, of which 2 years should have been at a management level or experience in a functional/specialist area.
• Experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of management systems and database formulation.
• Working knowledge of specialist Ventilation and Refrigeration computer simulation programs where required.
• Training, via courses, formal training, or practical experience in: Legislation, Management system formulation and implementation, Safety, Health, and Environmental integration, Hazard identification and risk assessment.

Qualifications

• Level 6: Diploma and Advanced Certificates National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology (advantageous)

Additional Requirements

• Postgraduate qualification in Natural Sciences and Environmental Engineering would be advantageous.