Permitting and Enforcement Officer

Permitting and Enforcement Officer

Location:

4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby

Our Environmental Regulation & Enforcement Department is seeking a Permitting and Enforcement Officer who will promote compliance with and enforce Metro Vancouver’s solid waste bylaws, solid waste licences, assigned liquid waste and air quality permits and other emission regulations; respond to air quality complaints; draft memoranda recommending licences and permits; and explain Metro Vancouver’s role in regulatory authority to businesses and members of the public.

Your responsibilities will focus on solid waste regulation while also supporting the liquid waste and air quality regulatory programs.

You are a science technologist with an eye for detail, experience with solid waste processes, interpersonal skills which allow you to effectively interact with a wide range of regulated facilities and the public, and a keen interest in waste diversion and protecting the environment.

• Reviews building permits, business licenses, and permit applications to locate and check on potential air pollution emissions and researches available pollution literature; recommends contaminant permit levels and compliance criteria based upon legislative intent and guidelines, industry standards, control technology and the particular circumstances of the permitted industry; drafts new and amended permits and writes related reports for a superior's review; obtains permittee's understanding of restriction rationale and negotiates permit specifications;
  
  prepares draft approvals for short term discharges.
• Investigates direct and indirect industrial liquid waste discharges to sewer systems; prepares reports and drafts permits establishing maximum limits and criteria for a wide variety of effluent parameters; investigates and reports industrial causes for unusual sewage treatment plant upsets or events; inspects, assesses and determines acceptability to sewage treatment plants of liquid waste to be discharged from commercial and industrial septic and holding tanks;
  
  establishes and obtains specific industry agreement for the upgrading of effluent treatment systems; determines need for and collects representative waste water samples for analysis by laboratory.
• Inspects industrial plants and sites, both permitted and unpermitted, for compliance with air, waste water and solid waste bylaws; assesses contaminants generated, determines plant emission and discharge points, processes and performance levels, and assesses compliance with permit restrictions or need for a new or amended permit to be issued; records aesthetic and opacity observations, and writes site inspection reports.
• Monitors assigned territory to identify new potential industrial air, waste water or solid waste problems and to verify compliance of permitted sources; surveys assigned territory periodically for smoke, odour or particulate violations and performs and records opacity measurements and aesthetic observations of permitted sources to assess compliance.
• Evaluates installation applications for control equipment, prepares installation and operating permits and examines final construction for compliance with relevant by-laws and regulations; inspects existing control equipment, sets maximum emission levels, criteria and operating procedures; advises operators of recommended operating procedures and drafts letters of repair, replacement or shutdown.
• Enforces permit compliance by determining violation occurrence; discusses violations and compliance requirements with perpetrator; drafts letters and notices of violation to secure control of unauthorized sources; and gathers evidence to prosecute under the applicable legislation.
• Answers pollution complaints from the public, determines nature and extent of problem and amount of investigation required; investigates and collects information; ensures corrective action is taken where appropriate and communicates problem and its resolution to inquirer’s satisfaction; may draft reply letters for a superior's review.
• Discusses, educates, informs and provides technical assistance to obtain cooperation of industries and the…