Our client, an industry leader in the provision of occupational health and safety services is looking for consultants to join their team.
Who you are!
You are a passionate professional interested in building a career as a consultant expert in occupational health and safety. Someone with excellent communication skills and strong knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and practices. The roles require supervisory tasks and attention to detail.
The Role
As a Health and Safety consultant, you will provide practical and timely occupational health and safety strategies and solutions. You will support, advise, and guide the assigned clients to ensure compliance with internal and external safety standards, regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, contractor safety qualifications, and industry practices specific to the line of business and site location.
Where is it based?
Vancouver and the role requires travel
Responsibilities
Acts as an information resource to employees, managers, contractors, and external stakeholders in the interpretation and application of internal safety standards and WorkSafe BC regulations to assigned work location
Identifies known hazards in conjunction with the client project manager and construction manager
Reviews contractor safety documentation, including safety management plans and safe work procedures
Provides input into the design and development of hazard-specific programs
Actively participates in selected components of safety incident investigations
Conducts worksite inspections and intervenes to address unsafe work situations, which could potentially result in a safety incident
Provides ongoing safety consultation, advisory, and coaching support to assigned clients
Reviews existing safety procedures and risk assessments for work activities to ensure adherence with internal standards and to promote worker/contractor safety
Recommends corrective action where non-compliance with workplace standards is evident and may communicate, explain, and interpret audit results to clients in other areas of the business
Coaches’ employees, managers, contractors, and others in correcting unsafe behaviors
Participates as a project team member on a variety of large formal and smaller informal safety-oriented projects, surveys, and studies
Must Haves
A minimum of 2 years of construction safety work experience or equivalent is preferred.
Completion of a Diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution in Occupational Safety and Health plus one (1) year of experience in a technical/trade job in operations, maintenance, construction, manufacturing, health care or equivalent industry (where at least 50% of the role is safety-oriented); or
Completion of a Certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution in Occupational Safety and Health plus three (3) years of experience in a technical/trade job in operations, maintenance, construction, manufacturing, health care or equivalent industry (where at least 50% of the role is safety orient
Understanding of metrics and reporting
Valid BC Driver’s License
English working proficiency both written and spoken
Good working knowledge of the types of work and hazardous conditions related to office, trades/technical, and construction project work environments
Good working knowledge of federal safety regulations including Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMIS) and Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG)
CRSP is an asset
Experience working with hygiene-related hazards (i.e., silica, asbestos, lead, etc.) is an asset
Is this you?
Please send resume to jobs@expertrecruiters.com or apply online @ https://expertrecruiters.secure.force.com/ExpertRecruiters with your resume and cover letter to the attention of Darcia Bower, Managing Director, if you have already met a member of our team and are interested in this opportunity please call or email us asap.
