JOHANNA WILHELMINA GREY
Environmental Consultant
Summary
Environmental advisor and consultant with expertise in managing teams and projects focused on compliance and environmental management systems. Successfully developed and implemented compliance assurance programs that align with global best practices. Proven ability to engage stakeholders and ensure project deliverables while promoting sustainable practices. Strong skills in data analysis and technical writing enhance documentation and reporting processes.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Project Manager
Applus
Jeddah
2025.06 - Current
- Manage 168 employees that oversee the waste removal, cleaning and landfilling in Jeddah
Senior Manager : Environmental Quality
NEOM Authority
Tabuk
2023.08 - 2025.06
- Compile documents for water - , air - , environmental noise and vibration and ambient light comparing KSA legislation, World's Best Practices to form baseline for NEOM environmental legislation
- Lead environmental quality team that is responsible for air, water, soil remediation, environmental noise and ambient light
- Ensure that project deliverables are completed within deadlines
- Review documents provided by consultants and ensured that documents met required quality
- Review Environmental legislation documents and make recommendations for updates
- Acted as Environmental Director from Aug - Dec 2024 - this included handling the Climate Change group and research initiatives
- Develop environmental policies, guidelines, protocols and plans for division to be out rolled into the bigger NEOM
- Evaluate NEOM legislation with KSA legislation, global best practices and did GAP analyses
- Environmental
Environmental Delivery Manager
Parsons
Tabuk
2023.03 - 2023.08
- Perform environmental inspections and audits to verify contractor's compliance with NEOM environmental documents and standards!
- Advise on corrective and improvement actions, raise anomalies, issue reports, and monitor improvement action follow up.
- Evaluate all aspects of pollution control, waste managements.
- Coordinating / performing field inspections, formal and informal audits
- Reviewing documents, analysing performance, evaluate data and information.
- Make recommendations after evaluating available environmental data that are used in reporting.
- QC/QA on available documents and GAP analyses on what is not available
- Familiarise myself with NEV 20 step approach for Environmental Compliance for contractors
Air Quality Specialist - Expert on a mission for UNEP
NCEC
Jeddah
2021.07 - 2023.03
- Provided technical expert support for National Centre of Environmental Compliance (NCEC) to build institutional and human capacities to achieve the Kingdom's National Environmental Strategy for the improvement of Air Quality
- Provided technical guidelines and inputs on compliance with air quality legislation.
- Conducted training, workshops for air quality staff at NCEC, to ensure employees, air quality stations and reports met world's best practices for environmental requirements and objectives.
- Data validation and handling
- Ensure QC/QA for AQS, Data, data handling, reporting
- Conducted GAP analyses for all facets of air quality monitoring.
- Started to develop SOPs, guidelines and improvement plans after GAP analyses
- Peer-reviewed documents submitted by other consultants.
- Proposed, designed and implement Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) for operation of stations and station audits and Guidelines for handling data and ensuring QC/QA in air monitoring group.
- Advised and Feedback to CEO of NCEC and Ministry of Environmental, Water and Agricultural with guidelines, SOPs for implementation, operation to measure ambient air and emissions from sources.
- Conducted air quality site visits, inspections, prepare reports and recommendations for improvement.
- Evaluated and interpret air quality data and provide steps to improve the reliability of the data.
- Formulated and assisted with short- and long-term air quality management goals & objectives to improve the quality of air in KSA.
- Evaluated and proposed plans to improve plans to increase quality of air.
- Developed scope of work and key performance indicators (KPIs) for monitoring department
- Advise some of the other groups in NCEC on Environmental performance indexes.
- Reviewed and answered questions related to the interpretation of some of the legislations.
- National Centre of Environmental Compliance
Technical Operational Manager
Monitoring Point Environmental Services (MPEnv)
Jeddah
2019.09 - 2021.06
- Responsible for Technical inputs, operation and management of an Environmental Laboratory and a group of Environmental Scientists:
- Prepared technical scopes and planning for external projects including sampling schedules, sampling methods, analyses, time frames.
- Review sampling -, analytical -, and monitoring methods to determine if it is suitable for the client's requirements.
- Took environmental MPENV laboratory through ISO 17025:2017 compliance. After ISO accreditation, MPEnv was the only laboratory in KSA that had accreditation for air monitoring and analyses. MPEnv was also the laboratory with the most accredited analyses of any laboratory in KSA at that point. The preparation for the ISO 17025:2017 accreditation was done during COVID - that had its own set of challenges in a laboratory.
- QC/QA for sampling and analyses and data validation and reporting
- Develop SOPs and training material
- Assisted in statistical validation, uncertainty calculations for equipment and data collected.
- Kept up with changes in guidelines and the environmental legislative requirements internationally, as well as in KSA (NCEC and the Royal commissions in the Industrial cities)
- Environmental consulting work for various clients including:
- Environmental Monitoring and reporting (ambient AQ, indoor AQ, stack emissions, PM monitoring, Environmental Noise, Soil quality, Water quality (ground, Sea, waste, Soil/ sediment quality, Odour assessment etc)
- Environmental services (Advise on EMP, ERA, EMP, most suitable sampling and analyses techniques etc) Advise on areas for improvement to mitigate impact to the environment
- Interpreted environmental data for client for due diligence compliance and liability.
- Compiling reports and / review environmental monitoring reports submitted to consultants for air, noise, water, soil and report all impacts to identify controls to ensure high quality feedback to clients.
Specialist SHE: Environmental in Environment Management
Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Sasolburg
2015.02 - 2019.06
- Sasol started to use the SAP Environmental Compliance (EC) Module (in Jul 2015) to ensure that Business units were compliant with the applicable environmental authorisations and operation environmental management plans. I single-handedly oversaw and managed the outrol of this project for Sasolburg Operations.
- This process involved quality checks and updating 85 EAs on the SAP EC module. There were over 5000 conditions uploaded onto the SAP EC module.
- I evaluated all Environmental Impact assessments (EIAs), Environmental Management programs (EMPrs,) Scoping Reports and EA (Environmental Authorisation to ensure that all the conditions in these documents were met and that there are sufficient evidence to proof this.
- I had to ensure that more than 90 employees were trained to upload the documents to proof compliance with the required conditions.
- Develop environmental training material for various levels (Operators, area managers, document controllers, internal SHERQ audit team)
- I managed and facilitated the training for the uploading of the documentation during the Operational phase of an EA.
- I collected historical proofs (some dating back as far as 1999) to ensure historical compliance.
- I initiated the amendment process for all the conditions in these document were conditions were not clear or not relevant and
- I applied for amendments for environmental licences Environmental authorisations and environmental management plans to ensure documents were updated with operational changes.
- I contacted government to cancel all the EAs for projects that were cancelled or decommissioned.
- I developed and implemented SAP EC policies and standards for Sasol to ensure and track compliance (e.g., tracking of compliance requirement, executing compliance inspections, conducting internal audits, arrange external audits, audit reports, findings, closure of findings)
- Proof of compliance, inspections, Internal and External Audits
- In addition to the SAP EC system, I developed and implemented a program intended to assure that compliance was achieved, and proof of compliance was available (checklist, inspections audit program, procedures)
- I established and oversee an annual environmental audit program, that consisted of internal as well as external environmental audit teams.
- I had to Prepare of audit proposals, arrangement of audit, audit, follow up afterwards, ensure that audit feedback is communicated.
- Compliance performance was reported internal (BI reporting) but also as per governmental requirement externally.
- I had to confirm that all findings for environmental audits were closed with the correct and relevant proof.
- Environmental Risks and incidents
- I was responsible to assist the Business Units (BUs) with evaluation of their Environmental Risk Assessments (ERAs) and ensure that these ERAs are updated.
- I used a bow tie approached to identify and develop preventative and remedial actions for all possible scenarios including operations and transport of feed and product.
- I developed a program to ensure that all responsible plant owners systematically ensure that effective corrective and preventative actions were implemented to mitigate risks and non-compliance.
- If incidents occurred, I was part of root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions.
- I maintained records of all environmental documentation while ensuring compliance with regulations, international, national and ISO14000:2015 standards.
- Additional tasks
- I was responsible for managing response plans for Key Undesirable Environmental Events (KUEs) for Sasolburg Operations.
- Evaluated and peer reviewed data and documents for Sasol's "offsetting" project.
- Sasolburg Operations
Senior Environmental Scientist in Air Emissions for the Coal and Environmental Group
Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Sasolburg
2007.01 - 2015.01
- This position was in R&D and involved actively looking at emissions, air quality, sampling, analyses and interpretation of data for Sasol's unique streams. I balanced different types of Research and Development according to priorities: Operational support vs: Application Research and Development support.
- I actively sampled and analyses samples for studies and baseline studies in Sasolburg, Secunda and Phalaborwa.
- Review, evaluate, validate data from various monitoring stations and sampling points
- Ensure QC/QA for all process from sampling or monitoring, analyses, reporting
- Sasol Group Technology (R&D)
Education
Ph.D. - Chemistry
NWU
Potchefstroom01.2006
M.Sc. - Chemistry
NWU
Potchefstroom01.1993
B.Sc. (Hon) -
NWU
Potchefstroom01.1992
Higher Education Diploma -
NWU
Potchefstroom01.1991
B.Sc. - Chemistry & Botany
NWU
Potchefstroom01.1990
Senior certificate -
01.1987
Skills
- Project management and coordination
- Environmental compliance and legislation
- Data analysis and entry
- Quality assurance and risk assessment
- Technical writing and documentation
- Process optimization and strategic planning
- Creative thinking and problem-solving
- Time management and task prioritization
- Decision making and critical thinking
- Microsoft Office proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint)
- Customer engagement and relationship management
- Public speaking and presentation skills
- Negotiation expertise and rapport building
Environmental legislation expertise
Project Management
Environmental awareness
Business development techniques
Quantitative analysis
Adept in environmental coordination
Technical capability in Air Quality, Monitoring, Emissions
Custom Section
Invited to join the Chemical Technical options Committee for the Vienna Convention, 2013-01-01, South Africa
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elmie-grey-21526b29
Awards
- Technical Committee CEM 25 conference, 2025-04-08, Bahrain
- Represents CAIA in South Africa workgroup in parliament of Hg legislation, 2017-01-01, South Africa
- Certificate of Achievement for living Sasol Values, 2016-06-01, Sasolburg Operations Recognition Ceremony
- Safety Awareness certificate at Sasol TechnoX Recognition Awards, 2016-08-01
- Nominated to represent Vaal University of Technology at the HERS-SA ACADEMY, 2006-09-01
Publications
- Spatial and Temporal assessment of Gaseous Pollutants in the Mpumalanga, Highveld of South Africa, A.S.M. Lourens, J.P. Beukes, P.G. Van Zyl, G.D. Fourie, J.W. Burger, J.J. Pienaar, C.E. Read & J.H.L. Jordaan, South African Journal of Science, 2011, 107, 1/2, 1-8
- Assessment of BTEX and gaseous pollutants in the Highveld Priority area, ASM Lourens, JP Beukes, PG Van Zyl, GD Fourie, JW Burger & JJ Pienaar, 39th National Convention of the South African Chemical Institute, 2008-12-05, Stellenbosch
- Spatial and temporal assessment of pollutants in the Mpumalanga Highveld priority area, South Africa, ASM Lourens, JJ Pienaar, JP Beukes, PG Van Zyl, GD Fourie & JW Burger, Joint NACA and regional IUAPPA conference, 2008-10-03, Nelspruit
Languages
Afrikaans
Proficient
C2
English
Proficient
C2
Certification
- • Short Course Environmental Law 13-17 May 2024 • Legal Compliance – Lead Auditor 4-6 March 2019 • Applied fundamentals of project management 7 11/7/2014 • Investment in Excellence 2012 • Hazardous identification process 5/3/2012 • Crucial conversation 6-7/4/2011 • Environmental Impact Assessment: A practical Approach (NWU) 7 – 11/5/2012 • Changing chemistry in a changing climate 31/5 – 2/6/2011 • Manage Self Developmental program 27-29/9/2010 • Communication and listening skills 8-9/9/2010 • Integrated Environmental Management PU for CHE 1993 • Problem solving and decision making (Kepner) 4 6/3/2008
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Timeline
Deputy Project Manager
Applus
2025.06 - Current
Senior Manager : Environmental Quality
NEOM Authority
2023.08 - 2025.06
Environmental Delivery Manager
Parsons
2023.03 - 2023.08
Air Quality Specialist - Expert on a mission for UNEP
NCEC
2021.07 - 2023.03
Technical Operational Manager
Monitoring Point Environmental Services (MPEnv)
2019.09 - 2021.06
Specialist SHE: Environmental in Environment Management
Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd
2015.02 - 2019.06
Senior Environmental Scientist in Air Emissions for the Coal and Environmental Group
Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd
2007.01 - 2015.01
Ph.D. - Chemistry
NWU
M.Sc. - Chemistry
NWU
B.Sc. (Hon) -
NWU
Higher Education Diploma -
NWU
B.Sc. - Chemistry & Botany
NWU