Environmental Compliance Officer

Position: ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE OFFICER
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Job :  66758
Job Category:  Audit, Compliance & Inspections
Division & Section:  Toronto Water, Environment Energy & Emergency Planning

Work Location:

2126 Kipling Avenue, Etobicoke, ON M9W 4K5
Job Type & Duration:  Full-Time, 1 Permanent and 2 Temporary (12 month) Vacancies
Hourly Rate:  $44.64 - $48.88
Shift Information:  Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Affiliation:  L79 Full-time
Number of Positions Open:  3
Posting Period:  08-Oct-2026 to 23-Oct-2026

Are you passionate about protecting the environment and improving quality of life in Toronto? As an Environmental Compliance Officer, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our city clean, safe, and sustainable. This is your chance to combine community service with real impact — helping residents and businesses understand and follow environmental by-laws that protect our shared spaces.

The Environmental By-law Officer is responsible for enforcing the City of Toronto’s environmental by-laws and regulations to protect public health, safety, and the environment. This includes investigating complaints, conducting inspections, issuing notices/orders, and educating the public on compliance requirements. The role ensures that residents, businesses, and property owners adhere to environmental standards related to wastewater, water and other municipal by-laws.

Environmental Compliance Officers also have a responsibility for attending to sewage works and/or surface water spills within the City of Toronto. To ensure adequate response to spills, the Environmental Compliance Officers must have the ability to effectively respond to high-pressure and demanding spill events. The position is part of a team working rotational shifts that will require you to work independently and collaboratively to ensure spills are addressed 24/7.

Major Responsibilities:

Conducts environmental related field sampling, inspections and investigations of: industrial, commercial, institutional and residential properties, mobile and non-mobile businesses and operations, sewers and watercourses to ensure compliance with City of Toronto by-laws and applicable environmental regulations

Observes and investigates potential infractions of statutes, environmental regulations and by-laws regulating the use of Sewers By-Law (Municipal Code Chapter 681-Sewers) and the Water Supply By-Law (Municipal Code Chapter 851) to determine whether infractions have occurred. Assesses the infraction and initiates corrective action.

Collects and documents evidence, takes photographs and detailed, precise and accurate written notes maintained in a city issued log/note book

Inspects wastewater/water systems for evidence; issues notices of violations, letters by registered mail and email, Orders; conducts telephone and in person conversations and follows up to determine whether infraction has been corrected.

Installs, maintains, retrieves and calibrates field monitoring instrumentation; and downloads and/or reviews field data, compiles and calculates and interprets all field monitoring data.

Interacts with the general public, property owners, tenants, Fire and police officials, prosecutors, City and other government officials to resolve problems

Uses a number of City databases and information sources, both electronic and hard copy including electronic map viewer programs and data entry programs

Attends Provincial court, Committees of Council and Tribunals to give evidence.

Prepares written and concise documents for Part III Information and Summons for legal proceedings pertaining to violations of the City's environmental By-Laws. Attends court, Reviews case briefs Management and City Prosecutors and presents evidence;
Prepares correspondence and reports for…