Environmental Manager - Ndayane Port Project

About the role

The Environment Manager leads and coordinates the day-to-day implementation of the Ndayane Port Project's environmental requirements during construction, ensuring compliance with the ESIA/ESMP, project commitments, Senegalese requirements and international lender standards. The role provides overall site-based leadership and coordination of environmental oversight of contractors and specialist workstreams, identifying risks early, implementing controls and escalating significant issues.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day implementation of the Project Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) and environmental management plans, while the Social Manager and HSW Manager retain functional responsibility for social and health aspects.
• Maintain the environmental commitments/legal register, review contractor environmental plans and coordinate inspections, audits and compliance reviews.
• Manage the environmental incident and non-conformance process, including investigations, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Coordinate environmental monitoring, data management and reporting, and support periodic ESMS management reviews.
• Deliver environmental training, inductions and toolbox talks to project and contractor personnel.
• Oversight of major construction activities such as dredging, reclamation, earthworks, marine construction and access roads, including controls for waste, water quality, spills, dust, noise, erosion and sediment.
• Coordinate biodiversity, ecology, marine, hydrology, air quality, waste and contaminated land specialists, and lead the Biodiversity Manager/Biodiversity Officer.
• Review and oversee plans such as the Dredging, Water, Waste, Spill Response and Shoreline Management Plans.
• Report to GPPMD on strategy, risks and issues, follow up on permits and approvals, and ensure DPW procedures are followed.

Required profile

• Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Marine/Coastal Science or a related discipline; postgraduate qualification desirable.
• Typically 10+ years of environmental management experience, including major construction/infrastructure projects.
• Experience providing site-based environmental management and contractor supervision, and managing multidisciplinary specialists and contractors.
• Experience with ports, marine construction and coastal infrastructure strongly preferred; experience in West Africa advantageous.
• Familiarity with IFC Performance Standards and/or EBRD requirements highly desirable.

Required skills

• Strong written and verbal communication in English; French advantageous.
• Relationship building, teamwork and mentoring.

Applications close on 15 November 2026; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No recruitment fees are charged.