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Airports Company South Africa was formed in 1993 as a public company and, although majority owned by the South African Government, is legally and financially autonomous and operates under commercial law. Over the years, the company has transformed a fragmented, infrastructural parastatal into a focu… read moresed, customer driven, efficient and commercially successful business. The company manages a network of nine airports in South Africa, including the three main international gateways of O.R. Tambo International, Cape Town International and King Shaka International Airports. In 2012, the nine airports facilitated nearly 36 million passengers. Physical address: 24 Johnson Road The Maples Office Park Bedfordview, JHB
Key Performance Output
The successful candidate will be reporting to Group Manager: Aviation Regulatory Standards, and will be responsible but not limited to the following:
Create a roadmap for comprehensively tackling all aspects of Environmental Management from an aviation perspective
Lead development of strategies, frameworks and policies for managing environmental standards arising from airport activities and operations including environmental sustainability plans
Collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure that the strategies are endorsed and supported by industry. This is to ascertain buy-in from industry and for adoption of the new standards
Work very closely with Government Departments to develop practical ways of improving the quality of Environmental Legislation and the practical application of it.
Lead development of new and enhanced standards and guidelines including environmental management systems
Lead research on best practices and identify improvement initiatives
Manage implementation and continuous improvement of environmental solutions
Implement sustainable development practices
Obtain and maintain ISO14001 certification.
Ensure compliance with the Quality Management system (ISO14001), and administer relevant processes and maintain records, Identify, investigate and provide guidance relative to root cause for environmental incidents regarding matters involving environmental management
Achieve compliance with the relevant legislation through effective partnership and participation with interested and relevant parties.
Ensure compliance to the National Environmental Management Act and regulations issued there-under.
Ensure compliance to environmental legislation, SA CAA, ICAO environmental and other industry bodies requirements.
Partner with the airports to ensure a safe operational environment for all stakeholders by implementing environmental management practices, plans and systems, legislation and policies in line with the ISO 14001 principles and best practices
Collaborate with stakeholders to collectively design implementation plans for all activities related to environmental management.
Provide training and awareness campaigns on Environmental Management to ACSA employees and Stakeholder staff.
Communicate with Stakeholders to define acceptable practices, for the achievement of the highest environmental standards.
Build, support and maintain healthy, diverse internal and external relationships to ensure achievement of organisational goals.
Conduct environmental audits at airports and administer compliance with ACSA Environmental Policies and Procedures and appropriate regulation including regional By-laws
Compilation and timeous submission of monthly, quarterly, annual & adhoc Environmental Reports.
Technical Skills and Experience
The following skills and experience or the equivalent of such will be required:
A bachelor’s degree NQF Level 7 in Environmental Management/Science, or equivalent is essential.
8 Years in an Environmental Operations experience is essential
8 Years in an Aviation or Airport Operations experience is recommended
5 Years in People and Stakeholder Management experience is recommended
Advanced Microsoft Office.
Code 8 Motor Vehicle licence
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