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Senior Environmental Engineer

  • On-site
    • Carlin, Nevada, United States
  • Environmental

Become a Senior Environmental Engineer at Nevada Gold Mines! Lead waste management, ensure compliance, inspire your team, and champion sustainability in a dynamic, world-class mining environment.

Job description

Nevada Gold Mines, a world-class gold mining company, is seeking a Senior Environmental Engineer to join our Carlin Environmental department. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to our vision of becoming the world's most valued gold mining business through asset management and talent development excellence.

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Environmental Engineer will:

  • Waste Management: Oversee the company's waste program, ensuring compliance with all RCRA requirements for Large Quantity Generators (LQG) and Small Quantity Generators (SQG). This includes managing inspections, waste profiling and determinations, shipments, and manifesting.

  • Regulatory Compliance: Complete Toxic Release Inventory Reporting and conduct inspections to ensure permit compliance. Accompany regulatory inspectors during periodic site visits.

  • Team Leadership: Lead and develop Environmental Engineers, Coordinators, and Technicians. Oversee data maintenance, evaluation, and reporting to Barrick management and governmental agencies.

  • Interdepartmental Collaboration: Assist operating division personnel in achieving objectives and supporting employee training initiatives.

  • Emergency Response: Participate in periodic, after-hours on-call response to environmental incidents as needed.

Job requirements

  • Proven experience in environmental engineering, preferably in the mining industry

  • Strong knowledge of RCRA requirements and environmental regulations

  • Excellent leadership and communication skills

  • Ability to walk over uneven, sloped, rocky, wet, or icy ground

  • Capacity to lift 40 pounds or more consistently and safely

Our Commitment

At Nevada Gold Mines, we are dedicated to:

  • Maintaining a safe work environment, ensuring every employee returns home safely each day

  • Creating a sustainable legacy in our host communities

  • Fostering a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic workplace

Join our team and be part of a company that values innovation, sustainability, and excellence in all aspects of gold mining.

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