Senior Specialist, Environmental Field Operations

Job overview

The Senior Specialist, Environmental Field Operations role is based in Proctor, MN, with a combination of office and outdoor work. The hiring salary range is $88,000–$115,000 per year. The role supports CN's Operations business unit within Safety and its environmental compliance and stewardship work. The specialist leads environmental risk, compliance, and incident management across a territory, providing technical direction to field employees and coordinators. The role helps protect the environment and railroad operations through audits, corrective actions, spill response, monitoring, permitting, remediation support, and management of environmental projects and resources.

What you'll do

• Facilitate environmental audits and implement findings
• handle corrective actions for non-compliance
• prepare environmental documentation and permit applications
• participate in regulatory negotiations and incident root-cause investigations
• oversee compliance data integrity and monitoring
• prepare incident action plans and reports
• support the Incident Command System Environmental Officer function
• handle small to medium spills without direct supervision
• evaluate spill response needs and participate in training and after-action reviews
• identify environmental risk reduction opportunities
• conduct or oversee stormwater and wastewater sampling and monitoring
• coordinate permits and reporting
• provide environmental awareness training
• analyze compliance activities and performance metrics
• oversee field activities, contractors, consultants, site assessments, remediation, budgets, and coordinators.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior environmental specialist

environmental field operations

environmental compliance

environmental risk management

incident management

spill response

proctor mn

cn

monday–friday

24/7 on-call

travel 30%

$88,000–$115,000/year

railroad operations

environmental permitting

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Annual bonus
• employee share investment program
• pension
• benefits
• Railroad Retirement Benefits
• other perks.

Why this role

Territory leadership combines environmental compliance, emergency response, field operations, and coordinator supervision; requires 24/7 on-call availability and occasional travel of 30%.

About the employer

CN is hiring for this role. Industry: Support Activities for Rail Transportation. Sector: 48.