Environmental Specialist

Environmental Specialist

Atlantic Operations is a wholly owned subsidiary of St Barbara Limited, an ASX listed gold producer and explorer with mining assets in Canada, Australia. We are proud to be a Company recognized by industry awards for operational excellence and performance, sustainability, gender diversity and pay equity.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to fill the role of Environmental Specialist.

This permanent and full-time position is based at our Touquoy mine site located approximately 1-hour northeast of Halifax, near Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia. Currently, the operation is in care and maintenance.

Reporting to the Environmental Supervisor, you will be an active member of the team to ensure compliance with Company and statutory safety, environmental and operational standards and policy. This role is varied and may include ambient air quality monitoring, surface water flow monitoring, NPRI reporting, groundwater water level monitoring, water quality studies, acid rock drainage monitoring, sediment and erosion control planning, environmental site assessment work or other projects/programs.

The Opportunity

You will also periodically support the Environmental Technicians with the environmental sampling field program, including surface water, ground water and soil sampling.

About You

Our successful candidate will have:

This role involves light physical duties including handling sampling equipment and you must be physically fit and capable of repeated lifts of up to 25kg.

About Us

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to employment equity and encourage applications from women, aboriginal peoples and members of visible minorities and we provide nil gender pay gap in like for like roles and a commitment to addressing pay equity and gender equality through our recruitment, promotions, reward and recognition programs.

Members of the Mi’kmaq community are encouraged to self-identify in your cover letter.

For further information about St Barbara visit https://stbarbaragold.ca/careers/

Please understand that screening and interviewing may take place prior to the advertised close date.