Environmental Officer

About Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) Program Management Office (PMO)

Job Summary

The Environmental Officer will implement the capacity building program by delivering, the training, and customizing it for each Consultants/Contractor’s Environmental officers, to prepare and implement site specific environmental management plans.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Environmental Officer will implement the capacity building program by delivering, the training, and customizing it for each Consultants/Contractor’s Environmental officers, to prepare and implement site specific environmental management plans.
Environmental Officer will ensure that the capacity of the executing contractors is built by implementing the site specific environmental monitoring plans to the standards reflected in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguard Policy Statement (2009).
Carry out environmental screening of projects, and help to prepare project specific Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) and review the IEE, EMR, BAEMRs and other environmental documents of the projects
Help commissioning and managing Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), if necessary and other special studies/ assessment such as hazardous & e-waste management. Prepare environmental information materials and help the PMO in disseminating the information to the relevant stakeholders.;
Review project plan, design, cost, and bid documents to ensure environmental factors and mitigations are incorporated, and project documents and environmental documents are in harmony;
Closely check the progress and implementation of the environmental management plan and site specific environmental monitoring plans for each ongoing projects.
The Environmental Officer will conduct periodic (as deemed necessary) site visits to all projects under implementation to validate the monthly reports received from the contractors and to review and monitor implementation of the site specific environmental management plans.
The Environmental Officer will act as a focal point for all environmental issues for the project relevant administrations.
The Environmental Specialist will provide conceptual, operational and technical support on safeguard and environmental issues to PMO according to NEPA and ADB safeguard policies and procedures;
Prepare the project environmental performance reports (BAEMRs) to be submitted to ADB twice annually.
As part of implementation, support PMO in the review of reports documents submitted by contractor and documentation pertaining to safeguards compliance (including proposals, reports from contractors etc);
For Monitoring and Reporting ensure that regular inspections and compliance review is conducted by contractor/operator personnel and provide feedback to the PMO.
Prepare reports pertaining to overall implementation of environmental requirements under the Project;
Assess the overall socio-economic impacts of the Project including the sustainability of the Project interventions;
Recommend actions to be taken based on the assessments (actions should be time bound, specifying the responsible parties and the resources required, as well as performance indicators where applicable).
Perform and other tasks assigned by the PMO Safeguards Coordinator/Director.

Job Requirements

Bachelor Degree with 4 years experience in Environmental Engineering/Sciences/Agriculture/Rural Development.

Submission Guideline

Interested candidates are requested to forward their applications and detailed CV, clearly indicating the position applied for, in the subject of your email to PMO Office of Ministry of Public Works, through email at (Mentioned E-Mail ID's), clearly mentioning the position applied for in the subject line,

Closing date is 02/January/2017


Women are highly encouraged to apply


Only short-listed candidates will be notified

Functional Area

Engineering

Countries

Submission Email

pmo.recruitment@gmail.com

adbafrm@adb.org

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