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Environmental Technologist

KBL Environmental Ltd/True North Environmental
Published
Mar 15, 2024
Location
Yellowknife, NT
Category
Job Type
Department
Environmental

Description

KBL Environmental Ltd. (KBL) is a Canadian environmental business providing customers with environmental solutions and waste management services and systems. We have proudly developed a culture of safety excellence, delivering quality of services with a reputation for innovation.

Our team consists of a group of like-minded individuals driven by the desire to excel in their role and provide innovative environmental solutions. Our team is rooted in our core values of being diligent, resourceful, and responsible. These values drive the day-to-day operations at KBL and help to ensure our services are delivered with care and conscientiousness. To learn more about KBL please visit our website at www.kblenv.com.

If you are driven, innovative, and inspired individual you might just be the perfect fit! To apply for this jobs send your resume and cover letter to hr@kblenv.com.

Responsibilities

  • Field Work:
    • Travelling to remote locations to complete field work
    • Coordinating transportation, logistics and subcontractors as directed by the Project Manager
    • Collection of samples from various types of media (soil, groundwater, surface water, and air), ensuring that collection methods and procedures meet the technical requirements in place at the location the work is occurring.
    • Other general duties, as required.
    • Complete soil and vegetation assessments
    • Conduct wildlife sweeps prior to construction activities.
    • Monitor construction activities.
    • Complete daily reports
  • Soil Treatment Facilities:
    • Under the supervision of the Project Manager assist with the management of operations at the soil facilities
    • Communicating with clients to ensure they understand the full capabilities of each individual facility, submitting pricing and acceptance criteria information.
    • Tracking incoming waste and invoicing clients for accepted waste
    • Reviewing analytical data of waste destined for the facility to ensure it meets acceptance criteria.
    • Completing treatment campaigns of soil and water as required, collecting confirmatory samples.
    • Ensuring waste materials are documented and processed in a manner which allows for tracking individual sources from acceptance to treatment to removal.
    • Liaison with regulators to ensure that all facility compliance objectives are met; and
    • Annual compliance sampling and reporting
  • Projects:
    • Under the supervision of the Project Manager assist with:
      • Obtaining third party quotes for services required for project completion.
      • Scheduling logistics, personnel and subcontractors.
      • Reviewing jurisdictional guidelines and protocols to ensure proper sample collection methods and data comparisons; and
      • Reporting of all technical aspects of project work completed, in a manner which meets client and regulatory requirements.
    • Compliance, Health and Safety Support:
      • Lead by example and promote a culture of safety and environmental protection in the workplace. Ensure adherence to KBL’s Health and Safety Management System by having a good knowledge of safe work standards, policies and procedures relevant to the facility and the work performed by facility personnel.
      • Timely provision of HSE related documents to HSE Coordinator or Administrative personnel; and
      • Ongoing equipment inspections and preventative maintenance.

Qualifications

  • University Degree or College Diploma in Environmental Sciences (or similar).
  • Specialized knowledge in the areas of environmental site assessment and remediation, including sampling of soil, water and air, interpretation of results and reporting.
  • Specialized knowledge in the areas of industrial hygiene including the sampling of lead-based paint, asbestos, and moulds would be considered an asset.
  • Adept at working with little supervision, problem solving and adapting to change.
  • Able to find ways to obtain project objectives and deliverables, while maintaining time and budget constraints.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral; ability to interact with various types of stakeholders, regulators and first nations.
  • Experience with various types of environmental consulting projects and ability to problem solve in the field.
  • Experience with soil and vegetation assessments.
  • Knowledge of Vegetation and weed identification.
  • Professional certifications such as EIT, AIT, Ag Tech, C.Tech, CET, AScT, is considered an asset.

 

Physical Requirements:

At times, it may be required to endure standing for long periods of time, lifting objects up to 100 lbs, performing repetitive motions, or completing physically demanding tasks during project field work.

 

Working Environment:

There is a possibility of cuts, bruises, straining, disease and /or severe injury if safe work practices are not being followed.

Work is primarily carried out indoors, but project work in the field will be required. Therefore, there can be exposure to extreme weather along with exposure to dust, noise, mud, water, smoke,

and bacteria.

 

Company Info

Founded in 2006, KBL Corporation Ltd. (KBL) is a privately owned and operated business providing waste management services and systems to support government, mining, exploration, oil & gas, industrial and commercial sectors throughout Canada’s western provinces and northern territories. Our core business is the provision of liability management associated with non-hazardous and hazardous waste management as well as abatement, demolition, and remediation of contaminated sites.

KBL was born in Canada’s North, where remote and unique define the landscape. The Canadian North brings its own set of constraints that we’ve learned to overcome over the years. Growing our business in this environment fostered the innovative approaches our reputation is built on. Our experience ranges from commuting and transportation on winter roads to fly-in only communities, from arctic sea lifts to abandoned exploration sites, and operating diamond mines. We’ve seen all that the Canada's North has to offer and we will continuously deliver innovative, practical, and cost-effective solutions to our clients. In this geography, reputation is everything. At KBL, we take pride in our reputation, a project well done. Every project is safely executed from start to finish, and we’re proud that many of our clients are returning customers. It is our core values and experience that has laid the foundation from which our company was built. From these roots, our organization has proudly developed a culture of safety excellence, delivery quality of services, and a reputation for innovation. Our goal is to assist forward-thinking companies in developing, maintaining, and executing successful environmental management programs.

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