Waste Advisor II

Pantheon is seeking Waste Advisor II for our major Oil & Gas client.

Locations considered:
Edmonton or Cold Lake office.

Rate: $93/hr contract: 12 Months.

High Level Role

Description:

As a member of the Sustainability Team, you will provide waste and TDG subject matter expertise to Canadian upstream and downstream assets.

Waste disposal and storage require extensive waste knowledge and many directives/regulations across multiple provinces. Knowledge supports operational waste management, identifying improvement opportunities, and maintaining regulatory compliance.

• Providing technical and regulatory guidance on waste related matters to Site Sustainability and Operations Teams.
• Primary technical contact for waste approvals and amendments. Responsible for submitting regulatory reports as required under approval and permit or as requested by regulatory.
• Maintain waste management plan for assets; support site teams in execution.
• Stewardship of waste management key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Provide technical input to the Procurement Team for any waste contracts.
• Advocacy with external committees (CAPP), engage with communities.
• Maintain relationship with third party waste receivers.
• Lead site waste initiatives and improvement opportunities.
• Drive improvements to waste management systems and tools (electronic manifesting).
• Administrator for electronic manifesting systems, providing manifesting support to sites.
• Travel to sites as necessary for regulatory inspections and site support.
• Manage Waste Facility Risk Assessment (WFRA) program for Canada – annual review of required facilities for Canada.
• Annual confirmation of compliance with internal approved waste site list. Support internal audits to maintain an approved list of receivers.
• Work with waste technical experts to schedule audits to add new facilities to the approved waste list.
• Advise business units, projects, and operations on methods for reducing waste generation, waste storage, waste reuse, recycling, waste treatment and disposal, third party waste facility inspection requirements, safe and environmentally protective handling procedures for hazardous waste and/or chemicals, and advocate for reasonable waste management and/or chemical handling regulatory and other requirements.
• Drive site hazardous waste reduction initiatives (e.g., BIOX sludge, spent caustic, LPO/HPO).
• Implement and support waste regulatory change management.
• Develop and support turnaround environmental management plans.
• Coordinate spent catalyst exports. Opportunity to drive work process improvement internally.
• Manage new/modified Waste Permits per EAG SOP 06-03 Permits, Compliance Tracking.

• Providing technical and regulatory guidance on TDG related matters to Site Sustainability and Operations Teams.
• Advocacy with external committees (CAPP), engagement with communities.
• Emergency Response Assistance Plans (ERAP) management.
• Engagement with Emergency Response Assistance Canada and consultant to ensure ERAPs are up to date.
• Arrange yearly training for Site Technical Advisors, 3rd Party emergency responders.
• Advisor role for Sites and the movements of TDG.
• Conduct Truck and Rail Field compliance inspections/surveys – Site Advisors complete inspections/surveys based on checklist and guidance provided by Waste Advisor.
• Participate in CAPP Meetings – meet 4x annually (virtual option available).
• Yearly submission to Client Identification Database (CID).
• Ensure Equivalency Certificates are up to date and approvals are in place.

• Sustainability Site Advisors – Cold Lake, Kearl, Norman Wells, Strathcona, Sarnia & Nanticoke, Midstream Operations, Projects.
• Third Party Waste Receivers.
• External Stewardship Committee for Waste (CAPP, CIAC).
• On-site Waste Manager(s) / onsite waste management companies.
• India Sustainability Team.

• E-Manifesting Platform for Waste – Galatea, Payload & Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) Hazardous Waste Program (HWP) Registry.
• Propeller.
• ECCC – SWIM PORTAL.

• Internal Annual Waste Reporting.
• Annual Waste NPRI Reporting for Upstream and Downstream.
• Annual CID Registration for TDG.
• ERAP Renewals.
• Equivalency Certificate Renewals.
• CANUTEC Registration.

• Administration of Waste E-Manifesting tool, Galatea.
• Analysis of annual waste data, preparation of waste metrics for internal and external use.
• Sarnia National Emission Reduction Masterplan (NERM) Report.