Occupational Safety and Health Specialist

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? We are looking for an Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Specialist that will help promote, enhance, and support the development, implementation, and oversight of robust programs, policies, practices, and a culture of safety to help CNL meets its vision for safety excellence. Does this sound interesting to you? Apply today!

What will you be doing!

• Proactively recognizing and encouraging positive workplace OSH practices, and compliance to program and legislative requirements by project delivery personnel and contractors.
• Completing compliance monitoring on OSH related project activities.
• Providing expertise, support and assistance on the development, review, implementation and monitoring of task and project specific OSH programs, work-plans, risk registers, and management system components.
• Fostering and promoting the reporting of hazards and pause/stop-work scenarios where appropriate.
• Promoting safety culture excellence by being a role model and setting the safety standard on site.
• Coaching, mentoring and interacting with colleagues, CNL project team members, site superintendents, supervisors, contractors, and other parties involved in work activities to help deliver the safe execution of work.
• Completing in-field observations to identify and follow-up on non-compliance, areas for improvement and other such gaps related to applicable laws, regulations, contract commitments and CNL internal corporate requirements.
• Completing OSH program and plan reviews as part of tender, contractor selection, or other applicable submissions.
• Investigating and following up on non-compliance observations, loss or no-loss incidents, or other gaps identified associated with the assigned work-scope, projects, or activities.
• Preparing detailed reports and following up on recommended corrective actions associated with completed compliance & oversight reports, incident reports, observations, and root-cause analysis recommendations.
• Entering/transcribing oversight information in CNL’s various recordkeeping and information management systems.
• Supporting CNL to help improve OSH program and practices through self-generated improvement initiatives and participation in developing and/or updating CNL wide corporate procedures and standards.
• Supporting CNL’s industrial hygiene program.
• Maintaining discretion and confidentiality when applicable.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • College diploma or university degree within an OSH or related field from an accredited Canadian or international program, or an extensive set of health and safety training and certification.
  • Possess, or must have ability to possess, minimum professional credentials as a CRST and NCSO. CRSP or equivalent recognized designations like the CSP or CMIOSH is additionally preferred.
• Experience
  • Four to six (4-6) years' of OSH experience in an equivalent role within complex nuclear, research & technology, heavy construction project, heavy manufacturing, industrial processing, mining, oil & gas, or other civil or environmental remediation experience.
  • Experience with in a radiation safety and/or protection setting is an asset.
  • Working knowledge of root-cause analysis principles and tools such as Taproot, Apparent Cause Analysis (ACA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and other safety analytical tools.
  • Foundational knowledge industrial hygiene knowledge in areas such as Asbestos, Silica, hazardous products/WHMIS, noise, heat-stress, confined space entry, and personal protective equipment and clothing (PPE&C).
  • Detailed practical knowledge of Canadian provincial and federal OSH legislative requirements, compliance frameworks, standards and industry best practices.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills – written and oral.
  • Maintain successful working relations at all levels within the organization and with external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate outstanding organizational skills, with high attention to detail and ability to tailor communications to mixed audiences.
  • Demonstrate outstanding relationship management, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
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