Mapaseka Mpopo

Project: Supervision of the Construction of Polihali Dam and Appurtenant Structures

• Successfully conducted environmental and social risk assessments, stakeholder engagement, and policy development to ensure sustainable business practices and compliance with local and international standards (IFC).
• Designed and enforced biodiversity conservation programs and facilitated rehabilitation and environmental offsets.
• Developed and implemented community engagement programs, positively impacting project communities through education, livelihood initiatives and raising awareness on health matters.
• Liaising with different project external and internal stakeholders through stakeholder engagement meetings to foster positive relationships, and to ensure that all social and environmental issues affecting stakeholders are addressed
• Ensuring compliance on Environmental Monitoring: Surface Water and Ground Water and Wastewater Quality Monitoring, Dust and Air Quality Monitoring, Noise Monitoring
• Conduct checks on significant environmental risks to ensure that they are adequately managed and control systems are operating effectively through the compilation of monitoring reports that includes photographic records
• Conducting internal site audits for the contractor to monitor compliance with the project specifications and legislation, tracking changes on the audit action plan and ensuring that findings are timorously actioned
• Ensuring the implementation of sustainable construction initiatives such as waste reduction and recycling, reduced carbon footprint through air emissions and optimizing operational and maintenance practices
• Demonstrated compliance with regulatory conditions and objectives and targets set in the CEMP
• Identify any negative impacts from construction activities and assessed the effectiveness of control measures thereof.
• Led workshops aimed at promoting awareness of industry best practices among colleagues.
• Reduced operational risks through proactive identification and mitigation of potential environmental impacts.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge about relevant laws, regulations, and industry trends affecting organizational controls.
• Established effective monitoring practices, identifying areas of non-compliance or potential risk exposure.

• Company Overview: Project: Construction of Polihali Western Access Road – East
• Successfully implemented the project's EMP and environmental specification by inspecting all environmental aspects (hydrocarbon spillages and bioremediation, emergency preparedness, waste management, dust and air quality, noise monitoring and biodiversity management)
• Ensured compliance with legal requirements by obtaining licenses such as water use license, effluent discharge permits, and waste disposal permits
• Successfully implemented the Environmental Monitoring Programme by undertaking weekly and monthly monitoring reports to ensure legal compliance
• Liaised with relevant stakeholders and attended to community grievances relating to project specific environmental issues and ensured timeous resolving of complaints
• Successfully raised awareness to employees about pollution prevention, waste reduction, water and energy conservation and keeping best environmental practice through regular toolbox talks
• Undertook monthly water quality monitoring by collecting water samples for wastewater, potable water, and streams to monitor aquatic habitat and report on effects that construction activities have on water quality
• Ensuring legal compliance with existing permits and licenses through internal review
• Project: Construction of Polihali Western Access Road – East

• Company Overview: Project: Construction of Polihali Diversion Tunnel
• Undertook daily site inspections to monitor that the Contractor was adhering to environmental compliance across all active areas of the Project
• Drafted Non-Conformance Reports where there was non-compliance by the Contractor and ensured that non-compliances were rectified
• Monitored Wastewater Treatment Plants on site; and ensuring that the effluent quality adhered to the required standards according to the water quality act
• Introduced to pollution prevention measures and safe work procedures
• Successfully learned and undertook rapid water quality testing using paqualab equipment
• Daily geological site inspections
• Learned and effectively did geological face mapping of portal faces (Inlet and Outlet)
• Classified rock mass using RMR and Q-Value (Barton System) classification systems
• Assisted in design and support recommendations
• Assisted in rock and soil support techniques monitoring
• Produced Daily Site Diaries
• Gave inputs on Weekly Reports
• Project: Construction of Polihali Diversion Tunnel