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  Bureau Veritas Azerbaijan LLC is looking for an Environmental and Health & Safety Expert whose key responsibilities include the environmental management oversight during the project implementation includes supervising contractor operations, supporting the PIU in ensuring compliance with environmental safeguards, certifying contractor activities, investigating and reporting any breaches, assisting with reporting and capacity building, and conducting site visits to monitor the implementation of environmental management and mitigation plans.

  Main Duties

• Conduct overall environmental management oversight during the implementation process of the project intermittently, support and advise PIU in addressing environmental safeguard issues arising from physical works of the project 
•  Implement environmental related activities as outlined in the environmental management plan / environmental mitigation and monitoring plan 
• Supervise contractor operations intermittently and report to PIU that the contractor’s activities are complying with Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and other requirements 
• Environmental issues in the project sites 
• Support the PIU in ensuring that all activities are carried out in compliance with WB policies and procedures 
• Certify the Contractor’s operations to ensure that overall activities of the project site are conducted according to the project Environmental Management Plan (EMP) 
•  Investigate and promptly report to PIU about any breach of HSE by the contractor or the subcontractor which may cause a potential hazardous situation and assist PIU on taking remedial action. 
• Assist PIU on reports pertaining to the overall implementation of environmental requirements under the Project. 
• Recommend actions to be taken based on the assessments (actions should be time-bound, specifying the parties responsible and the resources required, as well as performance indicators where applicable). 
• Site visit intermittently to supervise the environmental management and mitigation plans submitted from the site are accurately prepared and compliance with the contract provision 
• Monitor safeguards and EMP implementation to ensure the safeguards and EMP are properly implemented. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor or higher degree in environmental management.
• Preferably a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in projects in the power sector.
• Previous experience in international financed projects in Azerbaijan is an advantage 

Interested candidates are requested to send their CV to the following address mentioning the position and the salary expectation in the subject line.

Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be invited to the further stages of the recruitment process.

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