Sr Health Safety & Env Advisor

Overview

51174-To Be Determined-Regular

Hiring salary range: $87,125 - $112,750 / year

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.5 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

In this role, you will champion high‑energy concepts and advance the organization’s commitment to ZERO by promoting psychological safety, human performance, and strong Health & Safety outcomes through the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of corporate and line‑of‑business programs, policies, and procedures. You will support the Manager, Health & Safety Management Systems and Lines of Business by providing senior technical expertise, strategic guidance, and oversight, including interpreting legislation and corporate policy, adapting global best practices, and analyzing H&S risk data to forecast trends and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.

The role drives safety initiatives, assesses compliance, governs H&S information systems, liaises with external agencies, prepares corporate and business‑level reports, and serves as a subject matter expert for investigations, special projects, and multidisciplinary initiatives in support of business continuity and safety excellence.

• Provide health, safety and environmental management support to the Corporation and to lines of business to achieve optimum performance.
• Interpret legislation and corporate policy and develop line of business approaches to safety and environmental matters.
• Provide long term trend predictions and assessments based upon incident and accident investigation to senior managers within the Corporation.
• Research and adapt worldwide studies for corporate use.
• Develop policies, procedures, standards and specifications designed to protect employees, the public and the environment.
• Participate and deal with potential problem areas enabling the business to move forward in the competitive environment.
• Supervise staff engaged in the environment, health and safety function as well as advise staff and LOB management not within the HSE LOB on compliance & regulatory items.
• Plan, schedule, organize and assign work to ensure that quality and accuracy of work are maintained and on schedule.
• Provide advice, guidance and direction to staff in the resolution of work-related problems, as well provide clear expectations and performance measures.
• Provide leadership through demonstration and response to staff requirements to achieve targets and quality objectives.
• Manage the budget within the line of business, approve expenses, overtime, timesheets and vacation for rotational staff.
• Make effective recommendations on human resource issues, including career counselling, hiring, discharge, discipline and resolving work performance problems.
• Manage and advise all levels of staff on HSE items.
• Support the Manager in operating the functional/staff authority with respect to the overall Hydro One and subsidiaries management system for Environment & Health and Safety.
• Provide consulting and compliance related services to the Corporation regarding the aspects of responsibility, setting up quarterly work objectives, programming, assessment and corrective action.
• Serve as a champion/advocate for specific Environmental & Health and Safety initiatives by influencing their direction and promoting them within the Corporation.
• Attempt to ensure that corporate and legislated health, safety and environment requirements are complied with, escalating the issue to ensure compliance, if necessary.
• If need be report and deal with non-compliance.
• Provide compliance checks on the delivery of initiatives and evaluate progress versus plan.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and management of Environmental Health and Safety…