Position Description:
Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic
mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!
Our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding,
developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. Our Exploration
division is growing, and we are looking for an Exploration Sustainability Lead
to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing
strategic leadership, governance, and operational oversight for Sustainability
across all Exploration activities in Canada, including Environmental
Stewardship, Permitting, Community Relations, and Social Performance. This role
ensures that exploration programs are planned and executed in alignment with
Barrick’s Sustainability Framework, corporate standards, and applicable
regulatory requirements, while proactively managing environmental and social
risks, supporting responsible permitting, and strengthening Barrick’s License to
Operate (LTO) throughout the Canadian Exploration portfolio.
At Barrick, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by
finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are
committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy
every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.
Responsibilities:
Serve as the primary sustainability interface for Canadian Exploration,
working closely with North America Sustainability leadership, regulators,
Indigenous Peoples, communities, and key external stakeholders.
Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of
sustainability strategies for Exploration across Canada, ensuring alignment
with Barrick’s Sustainability, ESG, Environmental, Social Performance, human
rights, and responsible mining commitments.
Provide strategic sustainability leadership and integrate sustainability
considerations into exploration planning, budgeting, scheduling, and
decision-making, while maintaining appropriate governance, standards,
performance expectations, and KPIs.
Lead community relations and social performance, including stakeholder
engagement, grievance mechanisms, community feedback, engagement registers,
and early-stage relationship building. Identify and manage social risks and
opportunities while strengthening Barrick’s social license to operate.
Provide functional leadership and oversight for Exploration Permitting across
Canada, ensuring permits are secured, maintained, and complied with;
permitting strategies, risks, schedules, and regulatory dependencies are
proactively managed.
Ensure exploration activities comply with applicable federal and provincial
regulatory requirements and Barrick’s Environmental standards. Oversee
implementation of Environmental Management Systems, environmental controls,
monitoring, reporting, and compliance programs.
Lead the identification, assessment, and management of environmental and
social risks, including support for baseline studies, impact assessments,
incident investigations, non-compliances, and corrective and preventive
actions.
Maintain sustainability performance reporting and provide analysis of trends,
risks, and opportunities to senior leadership. Support audits, Management
Assurance Reviews (MARs), and other assurance activities.
Promote a culture of responsible exploration, ethical conduct, environmental
stewardship, and sustainability leadership through training, knowledge
sharing, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate closely with Exploration, Sustainability, Legal, Technical,
Corporate Affairs, and other functional teams to support effective delivery
of exploration programs and related logistical requirements.
Maintain EMS documentation, procedures, and requirements within the scope of
the role.
Identify and manage environmental aspects, impacts, risks, and opportunities,
ensuring effective controls, monitoring, compliance, and continuous
improvement.
Report and support investigation of environmental incidents and
non-compliances, including corrective and preventive actions.
Participate in environmental training, audits, and EMS improvement
initiatives.
Qualifications:
Eligible to live and work in Canada required
Fluent in English; French proficiency preferred
Ability to Comply with all Environmental, Health & Safety policies,
standards, and regulatory requirements required
Ability to identify, assess, control, and report workplace hazards and risks,
including through Land Level Risk Assessments required
Ability to maintain safe work areas, equipment, and practices; use required
PPE and promptly address or report unsafe conditions required
Ability to promote personal and collective accountability for health, safety,
and environmental performance required
This role involves frequent travel, candidates based within a reasonable
commuting distance of airports in Ontario or Quebec are preferred
Ability to work remotely required
What We Can Offer You
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless.
Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.
Barrick is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an
equal opportunity employer.
Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview
will be contacted.
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