Overview
Environmental Compliance Specialist Jobs in Kamloops, Canada at Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) is a fast-growing vibrant organization committed to the development and progress of its Band Members and Community. As such, the TteS invites applications from qualified, highly motivated and dynamic individuals to fill the following position.
POSITION TITLE: Environmental Compliance Specialist
DEPARTMENT: Lands and Leasing
SUPERVISOR: Manager, Lands and Leasing
TERMS: Full-time, Permanent
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Purpose of Position:
The purpose of this position is to provide analysis, advice, and recommendations related to environmental assessment on TteS lands accordingly based on various Laws, Bylaw, Regulations and Acts. The Environmental Compliance Specialist takes on multiple projects to enhance community goals and provides training and other expert services related to TteS capacity building in the fields of environmental protection and resource management.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintains current knowledge and provides expert analysis, advice, and recommendations related to environmental requirements, reports, and monitoring on TteS lands accordingly, based on various Acts, by-laws, laws and regulations to ensure environmental compliance . (90%)
- Supports the Environmental Specialist in ensuring the maintenance of historical and current environmental knowledge to perform duties and carry out responsibilities in accordance with S.53/60 Delegation of Authority (Reserve Land and Environmental Management Program).
- At Environmental Specialist direction, effectively communicates to stakeholders and their approved Environmental Consultants to initiate the environmental requirements to complete forms, reports and plans.
- Supports the Environmental Specialist in planning, designing and implementing projects to assess the environmental impacts of a wide range of applications of varying, complexity
- Assists the Environmental Specialist to research, investigate environmental complaints, and spills and ensure the remediation of contaminated sites and continues to monitor and evaluate.
- Assists the Environmental Specialist with phone enquiries and drafts correspondence and responses dealing with environmental matters.
- Assists the Environmental Specialist in developing and incorporating ideas, programs, and other relevant processes to protect our environment, reduce risk to TteS and are conducive to TteS environmental values and standards (e.g. Species at Risk and other projects).
- Assists Environmental Specialist with on-site inspections for environmental screening decisions, audits and full environmental assessments with environmental consultants, leasing officer(s), and stakeholder(s)
- From time to time participate in field work for special projects (not limited to wildlife inventory surveys, Earth Day, etc).
- Assists Environmental Specialist with desk audits and proceeds to monitor if necessary proceed to inspect to ensure the lessees, sublessees, permit tees, stakeholders ongoing compliance with the terms and conditions of their agreements, reports, laws, bylaws, regulations; and at times provides environmental non-compliance documentation to the Leasing Officers to proceed with a Default.
- Assists in creating or making recommendations to update policy and environmental by-laws as applicable.
- Assists with the evaluation and monitoring of environmental risk of existing and potential lease/sublease-hold, permit operations on TteS lands, to ensure compliance with Federal, Provincial and TteS Laws, Bylaws, Regulations and Acts.
- Conducts environmental enforcement using conditions and mitigation to property
- Assists with reviewing, updating and managing the IRWDR Section 5 Waste Generator Permits and updating the list of businesses with Leasing Officers, Bylaw and Finance to process permits accordingly.
- Assists with completing Waste Generator Permit (WGP) site visits and audits, and where necessary provides fine and conducts follow up site visits.
- Assists with providing information, action or consent to complete transactions for Members and Council.
- Assists with drafting various documents and correspondence using precedents, prepares draft reports, briefing notes and docket responses for Chief and Council,…
Title: Environmental Compliance Specialist
Company: Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc
Location: Kamloops, Canada
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