It Offres d'emploi - Greenwood, NS

About Us

Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change's role is to protect the environment, human health and farm animals through regulatory excellence, conservation, partnership and promotion. To achieve this, we strive to develop legislation, regulations and policies, process notifications, applications, and approvals for regulated activities based on sound scientific knowledge and expertise.

Our goal is to educate, inspect and enforce to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations. We proactively respond to environmental, conservation, farm animal welfare, and human health risks and work to develop programs and deliver services to enhance protection in these areas.

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About Our Opportunity

The Environmental Engineer 1-3 will be responsible for supporting the planning, development, and implementation of environmental regulations, policies and programs to address key environmental legislative and regulatory concerns and enforceable standards related to hydrogeology, water resources management, industrial activities and wastewater.

This position reports to the District Manager; however, the incumbent will work with and in support of the Engineer 4 team.

Primary Accountabilities

The Environmental Engineer 1-3 primary accountabilities include :

• participate in program improvement projects, as necessary;
• the development and delivery of effective and efficient regulatory management;
• data analysis and compliance report reviews; and
• enforcement and protection of the environment through the provision of highly technical information, specialized knowledge, advice and interpretation of the Environment Act and associated regulations.

Qualifications and Experience

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor of Engineering Degree and must be registered with Engineers Nova Scotia as a Professional Engineer or Engineer-in-training. Relevant experience in environmental, civil, process or chemical engineering would be considered an asset.

As the successful candidate, you will :

The following would be considered an assets;

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here : Benefits for government employees.

Working Conditions

This position is predominantly within an office setting, with occasional field work or travel to other offices and may require site visits to other business establishments.

Additional Information

This hiring pool will be used to fill upcoming permanent or term vacancies in various locations across Nova Scotia (including Bedford, Truro, Amherst, Pictou, Antigonish, Port Hawkesbury, Sydney, Kentville, Bridgewater, and Yarmouth).  Please identify in your application which location you would be interested in being considered for should a vacancy become available.

What We Offer

Pay Grade : PR 08 - PR 15 Salary Range :   $2,;- $3,;Bi-Weekly