Vacancy no: VA/010/2021

About Us

TM Geothermal Operations Plc (TMGO), is wholly owned by TM SAS, a Paris registered company, which in turn is owned by the Shareholders Reykjavik Geothermal Ltd (RG), an Icelandic based Geothermal developing company, and Meridiam, a French based global investor and asset managing company, for the development of a geothermal power project in the area of Tulu Moye in Ethiopia. RG and Meridiam have formed a dedicated Project Company (the “SPV”), TM Geothermal Operations Plc (TMGO), in Ethiopia, which has signed a Power Purchase Agreement and Implementation Agreement with EEP and the Government of Ethiopia for the project in December 2017.

Ethiopia is a country rich of renewable sources for power generation, hydro, wind and geothermal. The majority of the electrical generation in Ethiopia today is produced in hydro plants and there are many ongoing projects in the country for new hydro plants. There is also a huge potential in geothermal along the African Rift Valley going through the country from north-east to the south. Until now only 7 MWe of geothermal power has been installed in Ethiopia, but there are new projects in development phases and one of them is the Tulu Moye project (the Project). Tulu Moye is located approximately 120 km south-east from Addis Ababa, relatively close to major markets for electricity. The intention is to develop a 520 MW geothermal power plant over four phases, with this first phase being a 50 MW Plant. Overall the development program is 7 year 9 months in duration with Phase 2 being for an additional 100 MW, Phase 3 being 100 MW and Phase 4 being 270 MW (the “Project”).

About the Position

The Environmental Health & Safety and Social Specialist (EHSS) is responsible for overseeing the environmental performance, field inspections, designing employee training programs, preparing detailed reports, and analyzing test samples.

Our ideal candidate will be a qualified expert with an excellent understanding of environmental and natural sciences. All candidates will demonstrate outstanding communication skills, with an aptitude to understand and interpret data. Your ultimate goal will be to ensure our compliance with federal, state, and local regulations related to hazardous environments.

The Environmental Health, Safety and Social Specialist (EHSS) is also having the responsibility for program implementation, quality assurance, monitoring, and staff supervision, adhere to health and safety regulations for technical issues, coordination with other partners, and reporting for Health and Safety activities at Tulu Moye Site Area.

A key element of this work will be to coordinate and developing plans, including meeting the requirements of external stakeholders such as the Ethiopian government, EEA, EEP, project site woredas and kebeles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and ensure that appropriate Health and Safety promotion activities are implemented in the TMGO concession area and TMGO Offices. This will be including scheduling, planning, overseeing implementation, and monitoring all hygiene promotion activities.
• Ensure the community mobilization team is collecting information, all data from distributions and collaborating with the community.
• Enhance communication and contact with communities by engaging with community members to discuss action plans, mobilize community participation and, through this, to act as a mentor throughout the planning and implementation processes
• Oversee field examinations and report hazardous locations and materials.
• Maintain management information systems that identify the location of hazardous sites, chemical inventories, and complaint investigations.
• Develop and recommend solutions to eliminate pollution and environmental hazards.
• Design and implement effective employee training programs on environmental health and safety procedures.
• Design and implement effective community Health and Safety pan and procedure.
• Perform research and report your findings on the current environmental conditions.
• Prepare clear and detailed written reports about field inspections.
• Work with emergency response team to address environmental incidents such as chemical leaks and spills. Implement spill prevention programs and hazardous waste regulations.
• Support in the implementation of environmental and social policies, practices and management systems.
• Conduct regular environmental inspections to determine pollution level.
• Monitors and evaluates effectiveness of the environmental and social actions, and effects changes required for improvement
• Ensures compliance with Ethiopian environmental and social legislation, and other stakeholder standards and requirements
• Carries out impact assessments to identify, assess and reduce an organization’s environmental and social risks and financial costs
• Promotes and raises awareness, at all levels of TMGO, of the impact of emerging
• environmental and social issues, best practice, on corporate ethical and social responsibility
• Participates in environmental education and research
• Engage with and provide technical guidance to cooperatives, unions for assessing gaps/need with in the community for sustainable development planning, implementation of the plans for project interventions in the project operation areas/respective kebele administrations
• Responsible for being the focal person in matters related to any Environmental, Health and Safety matters & or any other duties related to the post

Reporting to: Environmental Social and Security Manager

Job Requirements

Qualities:

Qualification

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in, Environmental Sciences, Health and Safety, Environment and Development or related fields.
• Proficiency in written and spoken Afaan Oromifa Language is required
• Strong Communication and persuasive skills with Credibility and Integrity
• Distinct cultural sensitivity and cultural/political awareness with good knowledge of the geographical areas affected by the project
• Ability to assess and understand people/ community priorities and demonstrate high awareness of needs that are importance to communities
• Willing to work with people with demonstrable ability to develop effective partnership and experience in cooperating with local communities and at all levels within the project and its external partners and stakeholders
• Competent in human relations to deal with verbal abuse/ agitated staff/ complaints and diffuse difficult situations and provide conflict management without becoming personally involved

Experience

• Preferably 7 years of working experience in field or in project related area

Additional Skills

• Strong Health and Safety culture
• Warm personality with and people attitude
• Good Communicators
• Delivering tasks on time
• Commitment to working efficiently and accurately.
• Ability to multitask and remain motivated and positive.

How to Apply

All interested and eligible candidates are invited to apply and send their updated relevant Curriculum Vitae (CV) and original certificates through email address: hr@tmgeothermal.com

Female applicants are encouraged to apply!

TMGO is an equal opportunity employer, and all staff will receive fair treatment without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, disability status, gender, religion, marital or veteran status, condition of pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.