Ability to: analyse and interpret current regulatory requirements, including local, state, national and international, for environmental management, such as environmental tolerance levels, and explain the implication for enterprise operations assess viability of gaining commercial value from waste, including the determination of commercial quantities, costs, returns and payback periods apply relevant mathematical and communication skills communicate effectively with internal and external personnel with diverse roles and cultures comply with regulatory requirements for managing enterprise environmental impact, including negotiation of agreements, plans, permits and licences with relevant environmental management authorities, confinement of environmental impacts within permissible limits and preparation of the enterprise for external audit where specified consult with internal/external stakeholders and external agencies to prepare contingency plans and emergency response procedures for environmental incidents develop individual and team capacity to achieve enterprise management policies and goals, including clear communication of individual and team responsibilities for minimising environmental impact, development of consultative processes and strategies to identify and resolve environmental issues, and identification and provision of appropriate training programs develop procedures for responding to community complaints and concerns evaluate and recommend environmental management systems to meet enterprise needs, including the identification and audit of enterprise creation of waste and environmental impacts and evaluation of control and treatment systems suitable for enterprise operations, comparative costs, savings and minimisation of environmental impacts, such as wastewater disposal, measures to minimise nutrients and other contaminants in water, e.g. strategies to control air pollution, odour treatment processes and managing solid waste identify and apply relevant Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S), regulatory and workplace requirements implement enterprise environmental management systems to minimise environmental impact, including the establishment of monitoring and testing regimes and record keeping systems; development of procedures for identifying, reporting and analysing the causes of environment non-conformances and incidents; development of control measures to prevent recurrence of environmental incidents, hazardous events and non-conformances monitor performance of the enterprise environmental management system, including the identification of performance standards based on industry best practice; collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative performance data; benchmarking; assessment of performance against standards and recommendations for improvement prepare and update enterprise environmental impact statements and environment management plans prepare information about the enterprise's environmental management strategy and progress for release to the public, consistent with enterprise ethical standards and regulatory requirements prepare reports and recommendations for senior management, using analysis of complex information and language, and presentation styles appropriate for the purpose present reports according to legal and enterprise requirements take action to improve own work practice as a result of feedback from others, self-evaluation, or in response to changed work practices and requirements or technologies utilise effective communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills in interactions with all stakeholders, including environmental authorities and agencies and community representatives utilise information and communications technology for research, data collection and analysis and reporting, including the use of statistical and modelling software, where available. |