Compliance Specialist

The District Municipality of Muskoka is currently recruiting for a

Compliance Specialist

**Posting Date**: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
**Starting Rate**: $34.93 hourly
**Salary Range**: $34.93 - $38.37 hourly
**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week
**Classification**: CUPE Inside Class 7
**Status**: Permanent full-time

**The District**:
Muskoka is a great place to live and play, and the District is a four-season municipality passionate about
protecting, servicing and caring for this community. We have opportunities that will allow you to learn, grow and
build your career amongst other ambitious leaders and innovators. We offer a competitive compensation
package and are committed to promoting diversity, accessibility and inclusion. **It’s what we do**

**The Opportunity**:
The Compliance Specialist provides technical expertise in addition to administrative and critical organizational
support for compliance-related programs for Water & Wastewater (WWW) and Solid Waste Management
(SWM) Divisions. This job will liaise with regulatory agencies and consultants to ensure effective monitoring of
programs, compliance with legislative/ regulatory requirements, and environmental protection, including (but
not limited to) coordinating Management System(s) (MS), administering environmental compliance monitoring
programs and inspections at closed and active waste sites, by-law support, and overseeing preparation of
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

**What you will do**:

- Responsible for the maintenance and continual improvement of various MS within EPW in accordance with

applicable legislation, standards, and operational best practices. Coordinates and acts as a liaison between
operations staff and auditor(s), for internal and external compliance audits.
- Work with operations, maintenance/ process staff and regulatory agencies to implement corrective action

strategies and plans to address non-conformances and compliance-related issues at EPW facilities.
- Coordinate and participate in closed and active waste site inspections to ensure compliance with

Environmental Compliance Approvals (ECAs), other regulatory requirements, and operational best
practices.
- Oversee the backflow prevention program including coordinating internal working group, communicating to

external parties, working with consultants, tracking compliance status, and communicating with non
- compliant properties to ensure adherence to timelines.
- Coordinates work related to the QMS program including, but not limited to, managing review and approval

of controlled documents, facilitate annual document review, emergency preparedness training, and any
training related to QMS, initiating action reports, and supporting staff in the identification and ranking of
hazardous events and critical control points using accepted risk management methodologies.
- Respond to Customer Service inquiries regarding compliance matters such as sewer use by-law, historic

landfill properties, backflow prevention program, environmental monitoring at waste sites, etc.
- Provide program support and analysis related to SWM compliance by developing and maintaining

databases and electronic records on the District’s closed and active waste sites. Facilitating the annual
monitoring reporting process.
- Liaise with internal and external governmental stakeholders on matters related to development and land

use planning specific to waste facilities, interpretation of D-4 legislation, site records, Permission to Enter
- Monitor / track compliance reporting requirements to ensure regulatory deadlines are met and

environmental and operational activities are reported to the MECP in accordance with site ECAs and/ or
regulations.
- Administer the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of environmental compliance and

QMS related SOPs and work protocols for WWW and Solid waste.
- Prepare staff reports for EPW Committee and District Council on compliance-related matters such as

audits findings, annual compliance reporting, historic and closed landfill properties, etc.
- Development procurement documents, for quotes, tenders, proposals and purchase orders for the

provision of contracted services and materials (e.g. environmental monitoring services, surveys,
specialized environmental studies).
- Plan for and participate in inspections of Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) establishments to

ensure compliance with applicable by-laws.

**What you will need**:

- Three (3) year Community College diploma in environmental technology or related field and a member in

good standing with OACETT (CET preferred), or equivalent combination of relevant education and
experience.
- Minimum of three (3) years of related experience in an environmental/ engineering field.
- Demonstrated experience with regulatory compliance reporting within a municipal work environment and in

implementing and maintaining MS.
- Knowledge of Ontario’s Drinking Water QMS and related