Science and technology

Environmental health officer

Quesnel, British Columbia · posted 2026-09-09

$41.65 to $51.99 hourly (to be negotiated)

Pay is above the local median for this work ($44.18 an hour; Job Bank, 2024)

What the posting asks for

  • Under 7 months' experience
  • Bachelor's degree
  • English

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Hours and terms

  • 37.5 hours a week
  • Shifts: days
  • Full time, Permanent employment
  • In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

  • A bachelor's degree in a discipline such as food science, environmental studies, chemistry or health and safety is usually required.
  • Environmental health and safety professionals may require certification with the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP).

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Public and environmental health and safety professionals (NOC 21120). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

  • Inspect the sanitary conditions of restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals and other public facilities or institutions
  • Conduct surveys and monitoring programs of the natural environment to identify sources of pollution
  • Collect biological and chemical samples and specimens for analysis; measure physical, biological and chemical; and conduct safety and environmental audits
  • Investigate health and safety related complaints, spills of hazardous chemicals, outbreaks of diseases or poisonings
  • Inspect workplaces to ensure that equipment, materials and production processes do not present environmental hazards to the environment or a health and safety hazard to employees or to the general public
  • Lead the development and the implementation of public safety and environmental health and safety programs and strategies to mitigate risk and optimize the general public and worker’s health and safety and environmental protection

About the employer

  • Industry: Health care and social assistance
  • Region: Cariboo Region

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