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Ivanhoe MinesEnvironmental and Sustainability Systems and Compliance Specialist
Nov. 2020South AfricaEnvironmental and Sustainability Systems and Compliance Specialist
Ivanhoe MinesEnvironmental Officer
May. 2016 - Nov. 2019South AfricaSite Water Management
- Sampling and testing water quality of water supplied to employees as Per SANS241:2015 and WHO guid
- Preparation for water audits and closure of findings and recommendations
- Ensuring compliance with National Water Act;
- Review and verification of water balance figures.
Wastewater Treatment and Management - Monitoring sewage plant effluent and water recycling;
- Monitoring dust suppression schedule to prevent dust deposition and generation by mining activities; - Ensuring compliance with NEM: WA (National Environmental Management: Waste Ac) for the domestic disposal site as well as the operation as a whole;
- Temporary hazardous waste disposal site management;
- Collating and reporting waste stats
Biodiversity Management - Development of a Biodiversity management plan for the protection of listed flora and fauna;
- Establishment of site biological sensitivity using the biodiversity protocol tool and specialists’ assessments;
- Monitoring and eradication of alien invasive plants occurrence on site;
- Monitoring soil erosion occurrence on site due to surface water run-off;
- Management of Heritage resources i.e. graves, historical farm werfs and Iron Age smelter;
- Compliance to National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act as well as International Standards such - IFC, ICMM.
Air Quality - Monitoring of 15 dust-fallout monitoring stations on site and in local communities;
- Ensure compliance with regulations of NEM: AQA (National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act) IFC, ICMM and IRMA.
- Ambient and point source air quality monitoring and management;
- Meteoric weather station management including (PM10 fine particulate, evaporation, wind patterns, barometric pressure, relative humidity, solar radiation and lightning detection);
- Review and verification of dust fallout results and reporting;
- Monthly maintenance of the weather station;
- Fabric filter plant and electrostatic precipitator plant knowledge.
Ivanhoe MinesEnvironmental Compliance & Systems Specialist
Apr. 2016 - Nov. 2022South Africa-Business Sustainability - Support sustainable development reporting and data management through efficient use of the Isometrix system (GRI, CDP, IFC, GHG protocol and other reporting).
- Monitoring of energy and resource consumption and setting up goals and targets for improvement;
- Broad understanding of the current policies and regulations around climate change (carbon off-setting, net-zero targets, green procurement and greenwashing);
- Training staff of Sustainable Development Goals and Climate change; - Ensure the company’s compliance to IFC performance standards as expected by investors;
- Design, implement and enforce the compliance strategy;
- Apply, review and monitor Environmental Management Program, legal compliance with licenses and permits;
- Environmental Permitting and Authorisation Process;
- Comply with governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements;
- Identify and communicate current and anticipated legal issues or risks;
- Gap audits for ISO14001:2015 certification;
- Review licenses, and permit applications and ensure compliance;
- Develop and implement compliance-related campaigns to create awareness of the importance of compliance as well provide staff with knowledge and skills related to compliance;
- Identify areas of compliance risk and implement the appropriate policies, procedures, and awareness campaigns in collaboration with relevant stakeholders;
- Internal and external stakeholder engagement (authorities and communities);
- Sustainability indices monitoring and reporting;
- Contribute Sustainability Reporting and data interpretation;
- Monitor changes in relevant legislation and regulatory environment and take appropriate action;
- Researching efficient and green initiatives together with other institutions;
- Draft and review relevant environmental procedures and standards considering legislation and make recommendations;
- Budgeting and project management; - Mentoring and developing junior staff and interns.
Ivanhoe MinesExploration Geologist
Jan. 2011 - Apr. 2016Mokopane,Exploration Geologist: - Assist in planning and execution of field programmes (includes, Geological field mapping, Core logging, correlations and geological interpretation for ore delineation purposes, manage borehole rehabilitation programmes and Project administration;
- Ore body, structure and lithological modelling using Leapfrog software
Sampling;
- Data Capturing using software and Data Validation in acQuire
- Geological Project Research, reporting and presentation
- Assist in the design, implementation and supervision of database compilation and validation programme;
- Ongoing maintenance of geological database;
- Training and supervision of incumbent geologists; - Monitoring of field assistants, managing of drilling Contractors;
- Data collection, compilation and interpretation; - Monitoring of analytical quality control via statistical assessment of repeat, duplicate, replicate, assays and standards; - Liaison with analytical laboratories;
- Monitoring and maintenance of all safety procedures as per company standards.
- Timely and accurate reporting of results; Geohydrology, Surface and Ground water : Groundwater Management:
- Setting up a risk-based Geohydrological monitoring network for the Mine;
- Conducting a wide Hydro-census in 10 local communities as part of the network;
- Management of drilling of 40 groundwater boreholes for baseline data collection;
- Analysis of consultant's groundwater routine monitoring reports and implementation of recommendations;
- Planning and deciding on best groundwater mitigation strategies;
- Ensuring compliance with National Water Act and the Water Use Licence Regulations;
Surface Water Management:
- Establishment of a risk-based surface water monitoring network, covering both upstream and downstream of the operations;
- Benchmarking surface water monitoring points;
- Sampling of surface water and height-level difference measurements at the streams/rivers;
- Surface water flow measurements in the streams.
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