Environment Officer

Job Description

New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL) is seeking an experienced Environment Officer to oversee its environmental management systems and certifications within West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. NBPOL is a large vertically integrated, industrial producer of sustainable palm oil operating in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The West New Britain operations where this positon will be based, is certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Sustainable Agriculture Network / Rainforest Alliance.

The successful candidate of this role will be responsible for maintaining and improving the Environmental Management Systems within the WNB operations, as well as overseeing the ISO 17025 certified environment laboratory. This position reports directly to the Sustainability Manager, West New Britain.

Responsibilities

Environmental Officers’ responsibilities include:

• implementation of company environmental policies and practices;
• coordinating all aspects of environment management, pollution control, waste management and conservation;
• developing and implementing environmental strategies and action plans that ensure corporate sustainable development;
• ensuring compliance with legal, certification and company requirements;
• coordinate internal and external High Carbon Stock (HCS) and High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments

Qualifications

• degree in Environmental Science, Agriculture or Natural Resource Management
• minimum 2-3 years’ experience in Environmental Management
• drivers’ license, with a safe driving record

Other desirable skills include:

• agricultural background or firm understanding of agricultural production systems
• experience in ISO 14001 management systems, auditing and risk assessments
• auditing experience with a good understanding of systems thinking
• high level of computer literacy and basic understanding of GIS software
• strong leadership, mentoring and training skills
• can use initiative and work unsupervised

Remuneration

NBPOL offers an attractive remuneration package that will be commensurate to work experience and qualifications of the candidate including performance related bonus and school fee assistance.

A generous package includes:

• Airfares to and from the place of domicile annually
• Free Medical Care
• Free fully furnished accommodation and electricity
• A company vehicle

About the Organization

New Britain Palm Oil is a vertically integrated producer of fully traceable, RSPO certified palm oil products. We have a land bank of around 135,000 hectares (ha) across six sites in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Solomon Islands, including 83,000 ha of oil palm, 5,600 ha of sugar and 9,000 ha of cattle pasture. We also own two state-of-the-art refineries, one in Liverpool in the UK and one in PNG, a joint venture research facility in Indonesia, and the world-renowned Dami research station and seed production unit.

Since March 2015, we have been part of the Malaysian-listed Sime Darby Group as a whollyowned subsidiary of Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd.