WASTE MANAGEMENT OF CANADA CORPORATION

DIRECTOR, REGULATORY AFFAIRS & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

APPLICATION DEADLINE

AUGUST 31, 2004

APPLICATION INFORMATION

• Apply to
• Executive Search Consultant: Noel Desautels
• Do not apply directly to the company
• Applications will not be considered after the deadline.
• Earlier applications are strongly encouraged because some interviews will begin, as qualified resumes are received, even before the deadline date.
• It would be helpful if an applicant’s resume and any cover letter deemed necessary, were combined into a single Microsoft Word document.
• Only the most qualified candidates in the competition will be contacted regarding interviews. You may receive no further communication after the initial e-mail confirmation of receipt of your application.
• Only applicants with significant experience in designing, implementing and managing Environmental Management Systems will be considered for this senior management role.
• Thank you very much in advance for investing your time to consider this position.

Waste Management of Canada Corporation (WM) is the Canadian subsidiary of Waste Management Inc. North America’s and Canada’s leading (and largest) provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services. WM employs approximately 3,000 people in Canada at approximately 100 facilities nation-wide. More information about Waste Management can be found at www.wm.com.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Director, Regulatory Affairs & Environmental Protection (Director) is an integral member of the WM senior management team in Canada and serves as the top regulatory compliance specialist for environmental protection by overseeing the firm’s "Environmental Management System" (EMS) and tracking environmental protection regulations across the country.

WM has developed this proprietary EMS for all of its operations and facilities including landfills, recycling facilities, transfer stations, hauling and transport facilities and operations, composting facilities and portable sanitation unit operations. The Director’s primary responsibility is to ensure the functioning and integrity of the EMS to ensure environmental protection at all WM sites. The other key (and related) area of responsibility, tracking environmental regulations, is also detailed below.

Environmental Management System Responsibilities

• Oversee the effectiveness and efficiency of the environmental protection procedures at approximately 100 facilities across Canada
• Develop and improve the EMS to make it more accurate, effective, user-friendly and self-sustaining
• Ensure staff are trained to work with the EMS
• Answer inquiries from anyone in the company and external stakeholders
• Develop and monitor performance measures
• Maintain paper and on-line documentation
• Work with the WM’s US operations to ensure consistent EMS quality across the company
• Ensure annual environmental audits, both internal and external, are administered as appropriate and that operating units make plans to improve practices as indicated by the audit results, and tracking all audit findings through to successful resolution
• Provide special attention to lesser performing facilities
• Coordinate compliance programs and issues with WM’s Director, Health & Safety

• Provide content expertise for relevant Provincial (and Federal) environmental regulations across Canada
• Track legislative changes and future trends and develop WM position papers for submission and/or presentation to the government
• Develop and improve the existing formal regulation tracking system to be more user oriented
• Ensure WM executives and line operations personnel alike are appropriately informed about current and pending regulations
• Translate the requirements of new regulations into effective EMS practices

• Provide advice and answer questions for all departments and operations in the company on the subject of environmental protection
• Take a lead role in handling any emergency or crisis situations
• Produce an environmental risk report annually in a manner consistent with the reporting requirements of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the United States
• Serve as a hazardous and special waste resource to field operations regarding waste acceptance decisions
• Take a lead role in managing environmental issues involving any written notices of violation

• Vice President, Public Affairs

• One to two professional and/or administrative staff

• This full time position is based at the corporate headquarters on South Service Road near Appleby Line in Burlington, Ontario.

• A modest amount of travel in North America, mostly Canada, is required.

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience developing and managing an EMS – design, document, train, monitor, guide, improve, etc; particularly at multiple sites with differing facilities
• Experience as a regulator or working with regulators thus having a deep knowledge of how regulators operate, particularly at the provincial levels across Canada
• An engineering or scientist skill set with a deep technical understanding of environmental protection issues (an undergraduate degree in engineering or science is almost a must)
• Private sector experience in environmental protection

• Experience in the waste management industry
• French language skills
• A formal designation as a Certified Environmental Auditor, EMS Auditor, ISO 14001 practitioner, etc.
• Experience in crisis management
• Experience working with regulators in more than one province
• A working knowledge of health and safety issues

• Process and detail oriented
• Highly organized and time efficient
• Extremely self-motivated and results oriented
• Proven effective at achieving results through others without having direct authority over them
• Business oriented – intimately understanding a bottom-line focused enterprise
• Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation capability
• Scientifically and analytically oriented
• Exemplary ethical standards