Sustainability Officer, Technical & Environment at Dragnet Nigeria

Job Summary

• Ensure that all sustainability-related requirements, environmental management compliance, as well as legal, regulatory, and other obligations, are up to date and adequately monitored.

Responsibilities 

• Assist in the formulation, implementation, and achievement of environmental objectives.
• Conduct impact assessments in order to identify, assess, and reduce the organization's environmental and financial risks.
• Develop, implement, and monitor projects for environmental improvement.
• Audit, analyze, and report on environmental performance to internal and external clients and regulatory bodies; this will include responding to and managing customer sustainability requests.
• Promote and increase awareness of the impact of emerging environmental issues at all levels of the organization.
• Promote the company's commitment to reducing negative environmental impacts and coordinating efforts for carbon emission reduction.
• Produce environmental reports in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) formats.
• Ensure that Ecovadis' performance is monitored and that corrective actions are developed and implemented as needed to achieve continuous improvement.
• Ensure proper documentation and reporting of all environmental metrics.
• Maintain a positive working relationship with all government regulatory agencies (National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA), etc.
• Manage public and legislative concerns that affect the company's capacity to operate.
• Set goals and targets for the organization’s long-term sustenance.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Environmental Management, Applied Engineering (Electronics preferred), or any science-related course
• 5 - 7 years experience in related industry  
• Must have requisite skills to perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Good communication skills - oral and written
• Good report writing and document control skills
• Ability to use Microsoft office - MS Excel, MS Words, and PowerPoint