Ministry of Environment,Senior Environmental Emergency Training Officer Jobs in Canada

Position: Senior Environmental
Emergency Training Officer
Organization: Ministry of Environment
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Salary: $64,472.40 –
$73,744.02 annually
Bring
your Environmental Emergency response expertise to this dynamic training role!
The
Ministry of Environment is the key lead Provincial agency that has legislated
and mandated requirements for emergency

response, planning and preparedness
involving incidents related to Marine Oil Spills, Inland Oil Spills and
Hazardous Materials Spills. The Ministry’s Environmental Emergency Program
leads the Province’s ongoing commitment to prevent, prepare for, mitigate, and
respond to spills that effect the environment. The program plays an essential
role in protecting both human health and the environmental quality of the
province’s water, land, and air resources along with the flora and fauna they
contain. The Environmental Emergency Program’s goal is provide exemplary
environmental emergency management through leadership, organization, team work
and shared responsibility.

The
Senior Environmental Emergency Training Officer manages business and resource
management practices for an operational program area including staff and
financial resources.
In
order to be considered for this position, your application must clearly
demonstrate how you meet education, experience and certification qualifications
as outlined below:
  • Degree
    in the natural resource field (i.e. chemistry, biology, earth sciences,
    environmental engineering, or other relevant discipline) plus 4 years of
    related environmental emergency response experience; OR Diploma, or
    equivalent in the natural resource field as noted above, plus 6 years of
    related experience; OR An equivalent combination of related education and
    experience.
Related
experience should include:
  • Environmental
    emergency response including attending or responding to hazardous
    materials spills, assessing spill related hazards or threats to health or
    the environment, determining if spill response actions are necessary to
    address hazards or threats, and monitoring or supervising spill response
    actions.
  • Environmental
    protection and pollution prevention including assessing environmental
    impacts or pollution associated with discharges of waste to the
    environment and characterizing and managing hazardous materials related
    wastes and hazardous wastes.
  • Experience
    in emergency management (hazmat emergency response, spill response,
    cleanup and remediation, transportation of dangerous goods, spill
    contingency planning, oil spill response).
  • Experience
    in environmental impact assessment from hazardous materials spills.
  • Must
    have experience in developing curriculum and delivering training sessions
    to first responders, preferably within environmental emergency response.
  • Must
    have experience in hazardous materials classifications and properties and
    their behaviours when released to the environment, potential reactions and
    incompatibilities.
  • Must
    have completed the Advanced Hazmat Specialist certification based upon the
    requirements of NFPA 472 standard.
  • Must
    have experience in negotiating/mediating solutions, preferably among other
    environmental emergency response agencies.
  • Must
    have 2 years (preferably 3 years) experience leading, coaching and
    mentoring staff.
For
more information on this career opportunity including how to apply online by
January 4th 2016, please visit: https://search.employment.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=29511
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