Job Summary
Location:Yellowknife
Department: Environment and Climate Change
Job ID: 26510
Salary: $133,185 – $159,101
Employment Type: Full-Time, Regular
Closing Date: May 22, 2025
Department Information
The mandate of the Department of Environment and Climate Change is to manage land, water, air, wildlife, and forests. This includes promoting, planning, and supporting the wise and sustainable use of natural resources, and protecting, restoring, and stewarding the environment for the social and economic benefit of all Northwest Territories residents.
Job Information
The Manager, Environmental Protection (Manager) manages the provision of environmental protection services across the Northwest Territories (NWT), ensuring program development, implementation, coordination, and delivery is consistent with departmental objectives, policies and procedures for the protection of the environment of the NWT, in accordance with the NWT Environmental Protection Act and regulations, and the Environmental Rights Act.
Located in Yellowknife and reporting to the Director of the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Division, the Manager is responsible and accountable for a wide variety of programs including the management of spills, hazardous waste management, contaminated sites regulatory, and air quality programs. The Manager is responsible and accountable to ensure that these programs are developed, implemented and delivered effectively and efficiently, and that environmental protection measures adequately protect the land, air and water resources of the NWT.
Typically attained by:
An undergraduate degree from an accredited university in a relevant engineering, geology, or geoscience field, environmental science, or relevant science discipline with at least five (5) years of related experience in spills and hazardous waste management, contaminated sites, and air quality including two (2) years of supervisory experience.
Equivalencies include:
-A Master’s degree from an accredited university in a relevant engineering, geology, or geoscience field, environmental science, or relevant science discipline with at least three (3) years of related experience in spills and hazardous waste management, contaminated sites, and air quality including two (2) years of supervisory experience.
-A Diploma from an accredited college in a relevant engineering, geology, or geoscience field, environmental science, or relevant science discipline with at least seven (7) years of related experience in spills and hazardous waste management, contaminated sites, and air quality including two (2) years of supervisory experience.
Additional Requirements
-Eligibility for membership with the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG), or other relevant professional designation as applicable.
-A valid driver’s license.
-Ability to obtain and maintain H2S Alive certification.
GNWT Inquiries
Inquiries Only:
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel (867) 767-9154 Extension 14106
Fax (867) 873-0445
jobsyk@gov.nt.ca
Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.
