Job ID: 43967

Job Category: Operations & Maintenance

Division & Section: Toronto Water, TW Environment and Administration

Work Location: 446 Lakeshore Ave, Toronto

Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $93,734.00 - $123,449.00, TM1451, Wage Grade 6.5

Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation: Non-Union
Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: 13 -June-2024 to 27-June-2024

Job Description:

Reporting to the Manager, Employee Health & Safety Compliance, and as an active member of the assigned local Facility Management Team, the EH&S Field Representative (Environmental) provides environmental compliance support to Toronto Water operations. This position is responsible for the on-site implementation, supervision, monitoring, auditing, and continual improvement of programs and activities related to Corporate and Division environment, health, safety, and quality management systems.

Major responsibilities:

• Provides input into the development of City and Division environmental policies, programs, procedures, and positions on environmental regulatory issues, templates/forms for frontline staff, manuals, and the strategic direction of environmental and drinking water quality management systems.
• Provides management and staff with advice, clear direction, and tangible support on the application of both voluntary and mandatory regulatory compliance tools and systems. Performs site environmental risk assessments to identify existing or potential hazards, determine corrective or preventive actions, and provide the necessary follow-up.
• Provides guidance and technical support on environmental regulatory inspections, interprets regulatory requirements (legislation, orders, Certificate(s) of Approval), and liaises with regulators (i.e. Ministry of Environment, Culture & Parks, Environment Canada, TSSA, etc.), as required,
• Provides and/or supports training of Toronto Water management and frontline staff regarding their environmental compliance, emergency preparedness & response and due diligence responsibilities.
• Plans audits, reviews pre-audit material, prepares audit protocols, conducts self-assessments and peer audits, prepares internal audit reports and documents findings, identifies deficiencies, and makes recommendations on areas of improvement to the Quality Management System (QMS) and related programs, operations, procedures and practices.
• Prepares analytical reports including regular reports on compliance issues and performance, internal audit reports, risk management plans, and ad hoc management requests.
• Provides input on the development, implementation, and timely maintenance of identified indices or standards against which divisional and program performance can be measured. Advises management where frontline staff may be endangering themselves, others, or the environment.
• Identifies compliance and related performance issues for division management, including making recommendations for corrective actions.
• Provides emergency or incident (such as a spills) response in the form of: emergency response planning and testing; root cause investigations; assessment of compliance and recommendations on a course of action to bring about compliance; liaising with regulators as appropriate; supporting implementation of recommended compliance plans; and other emergency needs as may be requested by site management or as required as part of emergency response plans.
• Identifies and regularly reports to the EH&S Compliance team on emerging compliance, operational and environment, and quality system issues to ensure coordinated communication and management throughout the division.
• Establishes and maintains professional and constructive relationships with peers, City staff and management, Environment Canada, the Ministry of the Environment, Culture & Parks regulators, and other key stakeholders.
• Promotes a risk management culture, utilizing standardized risk identification and ranking tools and promoting a consistent approach to risk management.
• Actively exchanges and shares knowledge and experience with peers and all Toronto Water staff.
• Actively promotes and builds a positive safety culture among management, employees and contractors.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Key Qualifications:

1. Post-secondary degree or diploma in an environmental related discipline required (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
2. Considerable experience in environmental compliance related role(s) in an industrial setting (i.e. Implementing environmental programs including but not limited to management of hazardous waste, spill response, contractor orientation, audits and inspections, compiling and analyzing environmental performance metrics and control measures).
3. Experience with ISO 14001/ISO 9001 and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) standards, DWQMS and/or similar management systems.
4. Experience assessing compliance, developing audit reports and recommending action plans to achieve compliance with applicable environmental, health and safety legislation and City policies, programs and procedures.
5. Experience managing multiple complex projects and priorities.
6. Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access), e-mail, and the ability to utilize other software packages relevant to supporting the division's core requirements.
7. Possession of, and the ability to maintain, a valid Province of Ontario class "G" driver's licence.
8. Daily access to a personal vehicle for site visits, as required.
9. Sound knowledge of environmental legislation and associated regulations, policies, procedures, guidelines, and other applicable statutes.

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