Environmental Compliance Officer

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Role: Environmental Compliance Officer

Location: Port Hope

Duration: 9 months

Job Overview

The Port Hope Area initiative (PHAI) is a federal initiative to clean-up low-level radioactive waste materials situated in the Municipality of Port Hope (MPH) and the Municipality of Clarington. The project involves remediating contaminated sites to established clean-up criteria (CC) and consolidating waste materials in a new engineered mound (one in each community). The project is sponsored by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), and the project delivery is led by our client Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL).

The Environmental Compliance Officer works under the direction of the Environmental Compliance Lead and the Manager, HWP Environmental Management to ensure regulatory and quality compliance through document evaluation and oversight of project activities. The activities requiring oversight include the remediation of low-level radioactive waste contaminated soil and associated project works.

Responsibilities

Environmental Oversight and Compliance

  • Provide support and guidance to HWP staff on interpretation of regulatory requirements, compliance program requirements and company-wide requirements as needed.
  • Review Contractor submissions to ensure that they align with CNL procedures and regulatory requirements.
  • Focus on providing oversight on Project and operational compliance with regulatory requirements by performing inspections of PHAI sites and Contractors and by evaluating implementation of compliance programs.
  • Perform trending analysis on non-conformances, corrective actions, ImpActs and other elements as needed.
  • Interface with CNSC or other regulatory staff as required.
  • Identifies non-conforming conditions and ensures that responsible party takes corrective action, particularly if the non-conformances relate to recurring issues.
  • Escalates issues to the Environmental Compliance Lead and/or the Manager, HWP Environmental Management.
  • Update and revise environmental procedures or plans as required to support and remain compliant with CNL’s environmental monitoring requirements.

Environmental Issue Management & Reporting

  • Provide assistance to project teams and lead environmental compliance projects to beer understand process upsets and trends in recurring issues.
  • Assist and/or lead in the preparation of requests for information, reports, actions, inspections and meetings.
  • Actively review project-related environmental data for trends and report summaries to the Environmental Compliance Lead and/or Manager, HWP Environmental Management.
  • Prepare summary reports, memoranda or briefing notes regarding environmental issues or events.
  • Work closely with the Environmental Specialist, Perming/Integration to combine project data with regulatory requirements to contextualize information before presentation to Environmental Compliance Lead and/or Manager, HWP Environmental Management

Ensuring Excellence in Health and Safety, Quality Assurance

  • Ensure compliance with CNL health and safety protocols at all times.
  • Working safely with field and laboratory instruments and applying known or developing new techniques.
  • Ensure a high quality of work performed by self and others.
  • Execute complex technical work under the general guidance of the Environmental Compliance Lead, such as:
  • Documenting, forecasting, reporting, investigating and interpreting moderately complex results and providing recommendations. Prioritizing tasks and deliverables according to defined timelines. o Coordinating and facilitating the transfer of information to inform decision making. Identifying, addressing and resolving moderately complex issues.

Qualifications

  • A degree from a recognized institute of environmental, geography, science, or its equivalent in experience, additional education and/or recognized training. -OR- A diploma from a recognized institute of environmental, geography, science, or its equivalent in experience, additional education and/or recognized training.
  • A valid Ontario class “G” (or equivalent) driver’s license.
  • Experience in inspecting and/or auditing licensed facilities or activities
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively and independently without direct guidance or supervision.
  • The ability to work effectively, manage conflicting priories, and maintain good working relationships with team members.
  • Well-developed communication, interpersonal (reading/wring/oral, internal/external); decision making and/or reasoning; strategic/critical thinking; problem solving; project management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Computer operating skills and familiarity with MS Office software and other applicable software utilized at CNL.
  • Ability to prioritize work based on changing demands of the project.

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