Senior Environmental Engineer
SRK Consulting is an independent, international consulting practice, providing globally integrated consulting services to the international mining industry. The SRK Group employs over 900 professional consultants internationally and has 38 offices on 6 continents. SRK has been providing its clients with innovative, practical and cost effective technical solutions for over 30 years. Our client base covers a wide range of industries, particularly within the mining, natural resources and engineering sectors.
SRK Consulting has established a new country practice in Skellefteå, Sweden, providing consultancy services to the mining sector across the Nordic region. SRK Sweden currently has a vacancy for an experienced environmental consultant to join the small team based in Skellefteå, Sweden. The key role will be to develop a local centre of expertise in Sweden and growing a team to support the environmental and social needs of Nordic projects.
Work expected to be undertaken includes:
- Environmental and social due diligence, third party reviews and component persons reports
- Environmental and social input to project development studies
- Management of or input to Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) of new mining and mining related projects to meet host country, corporate and possible lender requirements (including those of the IFC/World Bank Group)
- Supporting permit and authorisation application processes
- Compliance audits
- Environmental and social management planning
- Management and co-ordination of specialist studies, including baseline data collection, contamination investigations and routine monitoring studies for compliance and impact evaluation purposes
- Mine closure costing and planning
- Provision of training to companies or regulatory authorities on international environmental issues for mining
The individual may also be required to provide support to projects in Africa, Europe, Russian Federation and CIS countries and a minor amount elsewhere, depending upon project location. Our clients include major/mid-tier/junior mining companies, financial organisations and, occasionally, governments.
Essential Requirements:
The majority of the work would be in the Nordic region and as such, the individual should have experience of working in accordance with environmental legislation in one or more of the Nordic countries. Proficiency in Swedish, Finnish or Norwegian is considered essential.
- Experience of undertaking environmental and social due diligence studies or liability assessments (experience of cost estimation of environmental liabilities would be an advantage)
- Evidence of exposure to different environmental disciplines including air, water, geochemistry, noise, biodiversity/ecology, social and cultural issues (technical abilities in a specific area would be an advantage but is not essential)
- Previous experience of contributing to large ESIAs and project development studies and for a variety of natural resource commodities
- Proven track record of bringing projects in on time, within budget and to the clients satisfaction
- Excellent report and proposal writing skills requiring strong English language skills (verbal and written)
- Strong communication skills
- Proven leadership and team building experience
- Proficient in Microsoft office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint (experience with other standard software packages would be an advantage but is not essential)
In return, we offer a competitive salary package, including incentive and performance based bonuses and employee share participation. The SRK Group is an independent group, owned by its employees.
Please submit your CV to:
SRK Consulting (Sweden) AB
Trädgårdsgatan 13-15
931 31 Skellefteå
Sweden
Tel: +46 (0) 910 545 90
Fax: +46 (0) 910 545 99
e-mail: info@srk.se.com