ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANT

Description

Job Summary: Assist in developing environmental monitoring and waste management services, conducting inspections, analyses, and preparing reports. Key Highlights: 1. Essential role in environmental compliance and waste management. 2. Opportunity to contribute to environmental protection and sustainability. 3. Involves technical analyses, site inspections, and report preparation. Assist in developing environmental monitoring and waste management services, including documentation, laboratory activities for waste analysis, and assessment of natural resources (water, air, soil) impacted by sanitary landfill operations, performing inspections, technical analyses, scheduling routine operational activities, analyzing causes/effects of environmental conditions and risks, evaluating applicable legal requirements, preparing reports, and other technical services to ensure compliance with applicable environmental legislation. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Monitor the issuance and processing of documents related to waste movements, such as manifests, invoices, transport waybills, etc., evaluating applicable technical\-legal aspects to ensure compliance with environmental legislation; * Support the scheduling of inspections at waste movement sites, such as leachate drainage systems, etc., involving assessments of operational activities and processes to verify compliance with environmental legislation; * Assist in technical cause/effect analyses of environmental conditions and risks, in accordance with legislation, proposing preventive/preservative environmental processes or mitigation/remediation actions to neutralize environmental damage caused by sanitary landfill operations; * Help identify and prepare soil, groundwater, atmospheric air, and water protection procedures, adhering to legal requirements, aiming to support the standardization of environmental controls and waste management; * Participate, together with supervisors, in implementing or improving operational and laboratory routines, ensuring preventive or corrective procedures are followed to remediate environmental damage; * Monitor and support the evaluation of laboratory administration tasks, including inventory management, budgeting, chemical product costs and expenses, analytical processes, recordkeeping, sample dispatches, and equipment operation, providing opinions and recommendations to ensure accreditation, licensing, and compliance with applicable legislation; * Assist laboratory teams in analyzing waste samples, ensuring adherence to contractual parameters and legal requirements regarding laboratory processes, organization, administration, and related matters; * Help interact with the company's hierarchical units to obtain historical records of performed services and other data supporting the most rational work scheduling; * Support maintaining contact with environmental agencies (e.g., INEA, State Environmental Secretariat), providing or obtaining information on environmental restrictions, protocols, responding to notifications, tracking procedural progress, and all other actions ensuring operational legitimacy and acquisition/maintenance of required licenses; * Monitor specific field operations, projects, and processes, observing deadlines and procedures, recording observations, advising managers on critical issues and evidence of non-conformities to ensure compliance with environmental restrictions stipulated in licenses and legislation; * Assist in preparing periodic reports to environmental agencies, observing mandated deadlines and formatting requirements, reporting on operational routines and processes to ensure compliance with provisions stated in environmental licenses; * Participate in drafting defenses against infringement notices/notifications, providing requested information to the Legal Department, arranging documents, justifications, etc., to support managerial decision-making or formulation of responses to environmental agencies; * Prepare and compile technical reports (statistical, environmental investigation, etc.) describing historical data, characterization of environmental resources, and interpretation of data in light of applicable law, for submission to clients or environmental agencies; * Support delivering technical\-operational training on new processes or technologies, or institutional training, to disseminate concepts or regulatory instructions; **Requirements and Qualifications** * Minimum Education: Completed or ongoing undergraduate degree in Environmental Management, Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biology, or a related field. * Knowledge of applicable environmental legislation is desirable. * Initiative, critical and analytical thinking, self-control, and excellent internal interpersonal skills. Planning, organization and control, customer focus, communication, and teamwork complete the profile. **Additional Information** * Meals on site * Gym allowance * Pharmacy allowance * Basic food basket * Christmas food basket * Day\-off * Difficult access * Life insurance #### **Transformation is part of human essence.** #### **Every evolutionary process is driven by change. Without change, there is no transformation. Therefore, we act. We take pride in transforming waste into raw materials and renewable energy every day.** #### **We are a Brazilian pioneer company in waste valorization, pursuing sustainable development of society and the economy.** #### **Protecting the planet means caring for future generations!** #### **We believe in the circular relationship between people, the world, and the environment; thus, we deliver innovation, technology, and resources to foster sustainable business development across various production and consumption chains. Where others see problems, we see solutions.** #### **Where others see loss, we see potential. And where most see only the present, we see the future!**