Elk Gold Mine near Elkhart lodge

Oversaw Environmental Team in monitoring onsite surface and ground water and wastewater treatments systems, and ensuring team-wide adherence to all safety regulations through effective and thorough training and leadership.• Provided safety training and education to hundreds of staff site-wide.• Managed safety programs in the mandatory Bear Awareness Training Program.• Ensured site-wide compliance with all local, provincial and federal HSE rules and regulations; conducted regular regulation reviews for adherence and implementation.• Instrumental in obtaining drinking water permits for the site, satisfied terms and conditions and prepared reports for submission to government authorities.• Oversaw and maintained compliance for the site’s wastewater treatment systems.• Created and updated many of the departmental SOP’s and aided in the development of training materials, manuals and objectives.• Ensured comprehensive Spill reporting and the safe removal of hazardous/ non-hazardous waste.

• Supervised up to 5 Laboratory Staff for efficiency and accuracy in all operations and activities.• Operated and maintained lab instrumentation such as Thermo ICS 3000 HPIC, Shimadzu AA 6300, and a Thermo ICAP 6300 duo ICP, reducing the need for, and cost of, external support and training.• Performed sampling and environmental monitoring to ensure compliance with regulations.• Entered data and maintained an Access database and Earthsoft EQuis database for Environmental Specialists to create reports for corporate and governmental requirements.• Designed and maintained a QA/QC program as per regulatory requirements.• Developed and implemented a Laboratory Health and Safety program with standard operating procedures (SOPs) in compliance with company policies and the Mines Act.• Created and maintained a chemical and consumable inventory system with MSDS tracking for efficiency and Mines Act requirements.• Maintained Canadian Analytical Laboratory Accreditation (CALA) which enabled Nickel Plate Mine to report numbers from an onsite lab with the minimal independent laboratory verification at a considerable cost saving.• Conducted environmental and process water quality analysis for the permit required reporting and control of treatment plant operation.• Worked with treatment plant operators and management to help find solutions to unexplained problems in the treatment plant process and control.

Managed the technical processes used for water purification and wastewater disposal, ensuring that processes were environmentally safe and compliant with industry standards and methods.• Conducted water sampling, preparation and preservation.• Produced analytical testing results.