Environmental Engineering Specialist (Hazardous Waste Management)

The Environmental Engineering Specialist (Hazardous Waste Management) provides authoritative technical advice and expertise to the project, ensuring the effective design, implementation, and oversight of remediation works at contaminated sites. This role involves adapting approaches to meet specific project needs, managing technical aspects of procurement, and ensuring compliance with international guidelines for hazardous waste management, thereby strengthening national and regional capacities.

Responsibilities

• Review and revise the Terms of Reference (ToR) and technical documentation for all project activities, including procurement processes, infrastructure design and construction, remediation activities and UNOPS oversight of contractors based on national legislation, international best practices and future land use
• Review the scope of work and duration of requested activities for remediation
• Oversee project activities in relation to infrastructure development and remediation considering all site-level activities for remediation of hazardous waste for DDT and other present POPs, in relevance to country strategy, existing and planned programmes, and Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Best Environmental Practices (BEP) standards
• Review, acknowledge, and track changes of national legislation and regulations on hazardous waste
• Work with national and local environmental and sanitary control authorities regarding consulting on HSE requirements to be included in the containment design
• Liaise with the design and build contractor on feasibility and practical implementation of the design vis-a-vis national context
• Review the designing deliverables of the design and build contractor on compliance with project needs and national regulations
• Review formal, qualification requirements and general parts of the tender packages, providing recommendations for improvement if needed
• Act as a technical specialist in the evaluation of received bids/proposals for the tender, assessing proposals against specification requirements, including the content of the technical proposal and other proposal related technical matters
• Perform inspection visits in relation to all project-level activities as well as ensuring technical presence at the site level when required
• Review all obtained environmental permits issued by competent authorities
• Provide support to UNOPS procurement officials in quality assurance during or upon the delivery of goods, works, and services
• Produce revised/confirmed technical specifications for all relevant project activities
• Provide technical guidance to the development of market analysis
• Undertake regular narrative reporting of project activities from the technical perspective

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferably in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science or related fields with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 5 years of relevant experience is required
• Certifications in hazardous waste management or environmental remediation (desired)
• Advanced training in chemical engineering or environmental science (desired)
• At least five years of professional experience in hazardous waste management, site remediation, or industrial HSE supervision, with demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: Development, implementation, or oversight of site remediation plans or hazardous waste management plans; Environmental monitoring or HSE management within the mining, heavy industry, or chemical sectors; Supervision of hazardous waste packing, loading, containment, or transport operations; Relevant technical roles within national environmental authorities, specialized testing laboratories, or private sector engineering/environmental consultancies
• Knowledge of international/national contaminated site legislation and management practices (desired)
• Knowledge of packaging and transport of hazardous wastes under ADR regulations (desired)
• Knowledge in classification of different wastes in accordance with European Waste Catalog (EWC) (desired)
• Experience in preparation/review of documentation needed for issuing Notifications and Export Permits for transboundary movement of waste (desired)
• Experience in working with national institutions, CSO and international organisations, donor activities in the sector of environment in Central Asia (desired)

Skills

• Environmental Engineering
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Site Remediation
• Industrial HSE Supervision
• Environmental Monitoring
• Chemical Engineering
• Environmental Sciences
• Hazardous Waste Packaging
• ADR Regulations
• Waste Classification
• European Waste Catalog
• Transboundary Waste Movement
• Environmental Legislation Analysis
• Procurement Management
• Technical Advisory
• Environmental Remediation
• Document Preparation
• Stakeholder Engagement
• QHSE Management
• Hazardous Waste Logistics

Languages

English, Russian, Kyrgyz