Safety / Environmental Engineer

THE COMPANY

• Our client is one of the top three largest producers of lime in North America and a part owner of the largest lime producer in Mexico. In Canada their subsidiaries have operations from New Brunswick to British Columbia. A family owned Canadian company with production facilities located throughout North America. They have been in the lime and limestone business for over 50 years. Central to their corporate philosophy is a long-term approach to business, built upon a solid commitment of sustainable growth through active participation in the community and responsible environmental, workplace, and operating practices.

JOB PURPOSE

• Working out of the Calgary regional office, the Safety/Environmental Engineer will provide corporate and regional environmental, health and safety support to the Western Canada operations and other internal customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist the Western Canada Environmental/Safety Manager on:

• implementing, auditing and tracking of safety best practices, audit resolutions and lessons learned from incident investigations; negotiating and resolving of all safety and health citations in conferences with appropriate governmental agencies; communicating corporate Safety and Health information to company personnel; and, training on all safety and health standards, policies, procedures, metrics and initiatives.

Environmental

• Preparing reports and permit applications (focus is on air and water quality);
• Conducting environmental audits.
• Maintaining complete and accurate JDE environmental work orders for Western U.S. operations.
• Frequent liaison with regulatory agencies.
• Conducting detailed review of applicable regulations.
• Performing due diligence activities related to acquisitions.
• Engaging in regulatory advocacy activities (federal, provincial, local levels).
• Selecting and managing consultants.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

As the ideal candidate, your background will include:

• a science/engineering related bachelor’s degree;
• two to five years experience in environmental engineering/environmental compliance;
• two to five years experience in safety/health and industrial hygiene related work;
• excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• the ability to influence others in decision making;
• the ability to work and solve problems independently;
• the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently;
• having been successful in both a team and individual based work environment;
• strong analytical skills and attention to detail; and,
• proficient in basic computer software (Excel, Work, Outlook).

The ability to travel is also a requirement of the position.

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