Manager, Regional Monitoring

About Us

At Baffinland, we work and live beyond the Arctic Circle, mining iron ore at our Mary River property. Located in the Qikiqtani Region on Baffin Island, Nunavut, it’s one of the world’s most captivating and seldom seen destinations and we are looking for people ready to share, build, and grow with our company.

We are a unique company with a strong management team. Our leadership team has amassed specialty experience on northern mining projects, from community consultation and permitting, through to operation. Our workforce brings together the modern practice of safe, sustainable mining and the enduring value of a traditional culture, which is rapidly advancing. The result is a work and community experience you won't find anywhere else.

Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), the Environmental Monitoring Specialist is responsible for coordinating all marine and terrestrial monitoring programs for Sustainable Development, organising environmental working groups, and maintaining management plan updates. This role is accountable for reporting including reviewing external reports, and drafting content for internal reports.

This role is based at our Oakville, Ontario office.

1. Support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Policy and Project Certificate commitments by coordinating all marine and terrestrial monitoring programs, administering environmental working groups, revising management plans to include key mitigations, and developing annual compliance reports;
2. Support the implementation of corporate sustainability reporting and Towards Sustainable Mining reporting by leading the collection of information across the organization to satisfy designated criteria and standards for public reporting;
3. Lead strategies and work with external parties to increase community-based monitoring initiatives;
4. Support the implementation of Project Environmental Management Systems by developing monitoring programs, reviewing results, and identifying the need for follow up in the form of adaptive management;
5. Manage staff by providing guidance and work direction, setting objectives, reviewing performance, determining training needs, and delivering disciplinary actions;
6. Prepare reports on environmental monitoring by translating reports with technical language into plain language and share with local communities and external stakeholders;
7. Lead meetings with various groups such as environmental working groups and community consultation meetings by coordinating the logistics and recording meeting minutes;
8. Coordinate the implementation of environmental field monitoring programs by collaborating with Site Environment staff and Operations team;
9. Perform administrative duties such as maintaining records of communications with external stakeholders & establishing processes to track commitment status for quarterly reporting;
10. Maintain up to date sustainability best practices for the department by conducting research and providing reports to the department;
11. Support Baffinland participation in technical conferences and industry associations;
12. Foster positive relationships with community members and leaders.

This list is not intended to be all-inclusive.  Other duties may be required.

• Bachelor’s degree in sustainable development, environmental science, engineering or related field;
• Master’s degree in sustainable development, environmental science, engineering or related field is an asset.
• Minimum three (3) years of related work experience in the environmental or sustainable development field
• Experience with Staketracker or other stakeholder relations management systems;
• Experience with regulatory reporting and technical writing;
• Experience working with contractors;
• Experience with field monitoring programs.