Environmental Emergency Response Officer

4 weeks ago


Victoria, Canada Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy Full time

**Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy**
**Nanaimo and Victoria (Hybrid)**

**Environmental Emergency Response Officer**
**$76,071.18 - $86,658.48 annually**

The Environmental Emergency Program mandate is to plan, coordinate, implement, and manage a program to protect human health and the environment in the event of an environmental emergency or disaster.

The Environmental Emergency Response Officer focuses on protecting the environment and the public by effectively managing hazardous material spill responses, hazardous wastes, and industrial/municipal discharges. This is achieved through the administration and enforcement of the Environmental Management Act and supporting regulations.

**Qualifications for this role include**:

- Degree in the natural resource field (including chemistry, biology, earth sciences, environmental engineering, environmental protection) and / or emergency management /spill response plus 2 years related experience OR
- Diploma, or equivalent in the natural resource field (including chemistry, biology, earth sciences, environmental engineering, environmental protection) and / or emergency management /spill response plus 3 years related experience OR
- Grade 12 with core grade 11/12 courses in the science and applied science focus areas plus a combination of 5 years related experience in the natural resource and / or emergency management /spill response fields such as on the job training within industry, government or other.
- 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, fire suppression activities, transportation of dangerous goods, spill contingency planning, oil spill response).


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