Water Compliance Officer

Employer Name: Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

City: Kenora

Province: Ontario

Postal Code: P9N 4J2

Application Deadline: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 11:59 pm EDT (10:59 pm CST)

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week, 1 Temporary up to 12 months, with possibility of extension

Job Type: Full-Time

Wages: $1,584.94 - $1,948.86 Per week - Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement

Duties of this LEAP Job Posting:

Join our team as a Water Compliance Officer and play a crucial role in protecting Ontario’s environment. You’ll conduct inspections, collect samples, and ensure compliance with environmental laws. Your work will help safeguard public health and the natural world. Make a difference with us!

After comprehensive training and your designation as a Provincial Officer, you will:

• Conduct detailed inspections on your own, check if rules are followed, and write reports mainly focused on drinking water and wastewater facilities.
• Respond to environmental incidents, follow up to ensure rules are followed, and report on possible environmental impacts.
• Find, study, and solve complex environmental problems, even when the causes aren’t clear.
• Give authoritative advice on environmental laws.
• Suggest fixes or legal actions and make sure compliance programs are followed.
• Testify in court and issue official orders.
• Maintain good communication with relevant parties, the public, and clients.
• Take part in the Environmental Response Program outside of regular work hours.

Qualifications for this LEAP Job Posting:

Mandatory requirements:

• The position requires the successful candidate to have a valid class G driver’s license or equivalent. The offer of employment is conditional on the successful candidate providing proof that they have a valid driver’s license before being hired.

Specialized Knowledge and Experience:

• You can interpret and apply environmental legislation, regulations, policies, procedures, guidelines and quality standards to assess and promote regulatory compliance.
• You have knowledge of environmental sciences, technology and protection including:
  • Water treatment processes (drinking water and wastewater)
  • Actions required to address adverse water quality incidents
  • Pollution sources and controls for stationary and mobile sources
  • Spills, contamination impacts and clean-up responsibilities
  • Sample collection and field measurement equipment and techniques
  • Indicators of impacts to human health, flora/fauna and the natural environment

Judgement, Decision Making, Influence and Inspection:

• You can evaluate situations, assess non-compliance risks, interpret and enforce regulatory requirements.
• You can recommend corrective measures and influence others to adopt specific actions.

Conflict Management and Partnership:

• You can identify and take appropriate action in response to issues.
• You can foster open and constructive dialogue to proactively address and defuse potential conflicts.
• You can use your communication skills, both oral and written, to explain complex information, maintain documentation, and use computer software.
• You have experience building relationships and providing professional guidance to diverse clients.

Integrity, Self Awareness and Stress Management:

• You maintain integrity by aligning your actions with organizational values.
• You can monitor and evaluate your work quality against policies and standards.
• You can work unsupervised in the field, under pressure and manage stress.
• You can maintain impartiality and awareness of your impact on others.

Don’t meet every qualification?

If you have the mandatory requirements and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that not everyone may have every qualification in this job ad. You just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario’s Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

What we offer

The Ontario Public Service (OPS) aims to be the top employer for talented professionals. In our positive and inclusive work environment we offer:

• a defined benefit lifetime pension plan
• parental leave top-up benefits which includes adoptive parents
• comprehensive health plan
• life and disability insurance
• flexible work arrangements
• collegial and professional work culture
• career growth and development opportunities across many business areas
• on-the-job training to aid your success in the role

How To Apply to this LEAP Job Posting:

1. You must apply online by visiting www.ontario.ca/careers. You must enter the job id number in the Job ID search field to locate the job ad.
2. Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages.
3. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
4. Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.
5. OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
6. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Language requirements and assessment:

All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the “position(s) language” section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you’ll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:

Toutes les offres d’emploi externes de la fonction publique de l’Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d’emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d’affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

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