Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist

RigUp is hiring a Specialist, HSE who will support operations across the organization on all matters related to health, safety, and environmental compliance. This role is responsible for conducting and supporting incident interviews and follow-ups, reporting, training, and data analysis. The Specialist will drive the ideation, creation, and implementation of critical safety programs across the business, analyze risk and safety data, and execute safety and compliance initiatives in the field while building trust and credibility with workers and key stakeholders.

This role is based in Calgary, Canada and will require occasional travel within the region. Regular in-office attendance is not expected, aside from the ability to travel to job sites as needed.

Why Join Us? 

Our ideal candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented safety professional who thrives in a fast-paced, field-focused environment. They bring strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of safety regulations and best practices, and the ability to translate data into actionable improvements. They know how to collaborate effectively, communicate with influence, and support a strong safety culture grounded in accountability. This person is energized by building scalable programs, strengthening compliance, and ensuring our workforce is equipped, informed, and safe.

What you’ll be doing:

HSE Operations Support:

• Complete incident reports, perform post-accident investigations, and communicate learnings across business groups
• Complete the interview process and steps for investigations for review by management
• Advise workers on safety policies and procedures
• Answer support tickets within ZenDesk and Zoom phone to ensure workers have a positive experience
• Attend and participate in client safety meetings and perform site audits
• Participate in client audits serving as the Safety subject matter expert
• Ensures all internal and external escalations are resolved in a timely manner to maintain positive relationships with our internal and external customers
• Onsite participation and support for review of safety measures, where some maybe in high hazard situations

HSE Program Support:

• Analyze loss data, identify trends, and make recommendations to improve safety outcomes
• Create and maintain reporting, policies and programs 
• Coordinate with legal, people team, field operations and worker experience to roll out HSE initiatives and programs in the field
• Effectively measure the impact of success of HSE initiatives through thoughtful partnership with representatives in the field
• Support the vendor pre-qualification process by completing documents including, but not limited to, OSHA 300 logs, EMR data, Workers Comp liability certificates

Business Trends and Mentoring:

• Stay abreast of current and emerging industry trends and best practices in the marketplace
• Make recommendations to management regarding programs and processes to make increase RigUp's competitiveness in the marketplace

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant working experience
• 5+ years of experience with HSE, safety, and / or program and process management
• 2+ years of experience in HSE and/or risk management
• Experience working in high hazard industries
• Experience proposing and building new programs from the ground up
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to address difficult questions
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with ever changing priorities

Additional experience preferred, but not required:

• Experience in the energy industry
• Experience with working within a ticketing support system
• Experience with communicating and supporting field workers

Essential Job Functions:

• Regular, on-time attendance
• Ability to travel 30% of the time
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to use office equipment such as a computer, copier and telephone
• Ability to use office computer programs such as e-mail, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to drive a non-commercial vehicle (must possess a valid driver's license)
• Occasionally work in outdoor weather conditions
• Occasionally traverse uneven surfaces
• Occasionally remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
• Occasionally ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like
• Occasionally moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
• Occasionally stooping
• Occasionally crouching
• Ability to reach overhead
• Ability to reach at shoulder level
• Participate in the on-call rotation