Job DescriptionPosition Description:Nevada Gold Mines is looking for a Senior Environmental professional to join the Environmental group at Carlin. The successful candidate will perform a variety of technical and administrative work to ensure that all legal and other compliance obligations related to air quality permits and programs are achieved.
Responsibilities: - Ensure all legal and other compliance/permitting obligations associated with the Title V Air Permit, Mercury Operating Permit, Federal MACT, and GHG reporting regulations are achieved
- Oversee maintenance of existing air compliance systems and the development of new systems, when needed
- Communicate with regulatory agency personnel, site managers, corporate resources, legal counsel, and other interested stakeholders
- Oversee inspections of mine operations to ensure permit compliance and accompany regulatory inspectors on periodic inspections of the mine site
- Lead, manage, and develop Environmental Engineers, Coordinators, and Technicians, as assigned, by overseeing the maintenance, evaluation, and reporting of collected data to governmental agencies and Corporate Sustainability
- Manage business partners as needed to complete permit applications and work with agency personnel to obtain approval of permit modifications
- Manage the stack testing program from schedule coordination with the stack testing company, through review and submittal of the report to appropriate regulatory agencies
- Prepare semi-annual and annual compliance reports, as assigned.
- Act in a customer service role to ensure Operations personnel understand air permit obligations and guide in air permitting decisions to assist operating division personnel in achieving their objectives
- Assist with training of NGM employees, contractors, and others
- Responsible for periodic, after hours on-call response to environmental incidents, as needed.
- This position requires the ability to regularly walk over uneven, sloped, rocky, wet or icy ground and the ability to lift 40 or more pounds consistently and safely.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field required
- Five (5) to ten (10) years of direct experience in environmental compliance, including regulatory agency interactions required
- Three (3) or more years in a mining environment preferred
- Previous supervisory experience required
- Comprehensive knowledge of Title V air permitting regulations required
- Experience with NESHAPs for Gold Mine Ore Processing and Production Area Source Category (7E) and the Nevada Mercury Control Program preferred
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously required
- In-depth experience with Excel required
- Experience with database programs preferred
- Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills required
- Demonstrated ability to perform essential responsibilities of the position required
- Experience in other environmental media (water, waste management, lands etc.) preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge of permitting processes relative to NDEP preferred
- Familiarity with ISO 14001:2015 preferred
What We Can Offer You - A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses benefits, and stock purchase plans where applicable
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- An Opportunity to transform Traditional Mining into the future of Digital Mining
- Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless
- Access to a variety of career opportunities across Nevada Gold Mine locations
- Nevada Gold Mines is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
About Nevada Gold MinesNevada Gold Mines is a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corporation (61.5%) and Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (38.5%), combining their significant assets across Nevada to create the single largest gold-producing complex in the world and realize the full potential of these mines through synergies and best-in-class operational improvements.
The massive mining operation comprises 8 mines along with their associated infrastructure and processing facilities that produced an estimated 4 million ounces of gold in 2018. Three of these assets are Tier One gold mines: Barrick's Cortez; the combination of Barrick's Goldstrike and Newmont Goldcorp's Carlin; and the combination of Barrick's Turquoise Ridge and Newmont Goldcorp's Twin Creeks. In addition, Barrick's Goldrush-Fourmile project has the potential to become the fourth Tier One asset in this portfolio. The new JV is expected to generate around $5 billion in cost savings over the next five years. Nevada Gold Mines is operated by Barrick.
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About UsOur mission is to be the world's most valued gold and copper mining business. We are committed to partnering with our host countries and communities to transform their natural resources into tangible benefits and mutual prosperity.
With operating mines and projects in 18 countries, Barrick's highly diversified workforce is drawn almost entirely from our host nations and equipped with world-class skills. We set the gold standard in sustainability by embedding environmental, social and economic considerations into all of our business decisions.
The company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GOLD and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ABX. Learn more at www.barrick.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
