Are you a professional engineer who excels at project management and possesses excellent communication and negotiation skills? If so, consider this dynamic opportunity with the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks in our Drinking Water and Environmental Compliance Division's West Central Region where you will be responsible for air-related assessments across a range of industrial sectors in the Region's three district offices - Hamilton, Guelph and Niagara.
About Us:The Drinking Water and Environmental Compliance Division's regions, along with district and area offices, are the primary compliance delivery arm of the ministry, protecting the environment and human health in communities across Ontario. Our Regional Offices apply a risk-based approach and a range of compliance tools to improve environmental and human health outcomes; provide scientific and technical advice to support decision-making; use operational field experience and divisional analytics to support and inform policy and program development; and work with communities, local businesses and key stakeholders to identify and address complex, environmental problems.
Please note: this position is located at the address listed on the job advertisement, however alternate work arrangements may be available.
OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
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Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.
What can I expect to do in this role?
In this role, you will:
• provide project management to review technical reports and develop recommendations;
• support the resolution of non-compliance and the implementation of broad based field response programs for air audit activities;
• review and evaluate engineering design submissions for complex sources of air emissions and air emission control technologies to ensure compliance;
• plan, coordinate and recommend improvements to increase program efficiency.
How do I qualify?
Mandatory
• You are a Professional Engineer, licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
Technical Knowledge
• You have thorough knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and techniques of environmental chemical and process engineering to assess air emissions, including emission dispersion modelling, to review technical reports and engineering designs and lead in the delivery of technical support;
• You are able to acquire knowledge of environmental legislation (e.g. Environmental Protection Act), policies and guidelines.
Essential Skills
• You have oral and written communication skills to prepare formal presentations and reports
• You have project management skills to lead the development and implementation of new program initiatives.
• You have problem-solving and analytical skills to review complex designs of air emissions and air emission control technologies; to analyze issues, investigate causes of air pollution and air pollution incidents at industrial facilities.
All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.
