Health, Safety, and Environment Coordinator

SUMMARY

The Health, Safety, and Environment Coordinator executes health, safety, and environmental programs for assigned accounts and ensures ongoing compliance to all internal and external requirements, including client and BGIS health, safety, environmental Polices, Processes and Work Instructions and applicable Federal and/or Provincial Legislation and Regulations.

Leads, guides and assists the account team in mitigating and managing environmental, health and safety-related risks and improving related performance. 

In addition, the Health, Safety, and Environment Coordinator assists the Health, Safety, and Environment team in the development and deployment of health, safety, and environment management system and associated tools, processes and procedures according to applicable external management systems.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Coordination

• Executes health, safety, and environment programs and promotes an effective health, safety, and environment culture within the assigned accounts.
• Achieves health, safety, and environment objectives for assigned accounts. 
• Collaborates in the development and deliverance of health, safety and environment training to the account team leaders and workers.
• Monitors and enforces compliance to all internal and external health, safety, and environment requirements.
• Conducts field inspections, health safety and environmental assessments and job task analyses. Identifies non-compliances, non-conformances and risks to concerned parties. Provides and implements, in as much is possible, corrective and preventative measures to ensure compliance and mitigate or eliminate risks. 
• Communicates observations, non-compliance, non-conformances and risks to concerned parties, and provides and implements, in as much is possible, corrective preventative measures to ensure compliance and mitigate or eliminate risks.
• Provides leadership, guidance and advice to account team members on health, safety, and environment matters in accordance to all applicable internal and external requirements.  Applies knowledge of related regulations and legislation.
• Collaborates with the health, safety, and environment team to develop and continuously improve adherence to health, safety, and environment management systems and associated processes and procedures according to applicable and adopted external management systems. 
• Maintains health, safety, and environment management systems registration including but not limited to ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.

Incident Investigation, Resolution & Reduction

• Investigates recordable incidents and conducts root-cause analysis, identifies incident causal factors and root causes and recommends corrective and preventative measures for implementation. 
• Tracks, records, maintains and reports incident data. Identifies and analyzes trends. Reviews and recommends modification to work plans, processes, procedures to reduce incidents and improve health safety and environmental performance and the lives of workers. 
• HSE Coordinators are responsible for working with line management to address health and safety issues and document these in non-conformance issues.  If significant issues still remain uncorrected, HSE Coordinators must escalate these within the HSE Department for further discussion and resolution. 
• Other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Certification in one or more of the following – Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety, Certificate in Environmental Management through a Community College or University degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Occupational or Public Health and Safety 
• 1-3 years of relevant job experience
• Certified ISO 45001 Internal Auditor
• Certified ISO 14001 Internal Auditor
• Certified CSA Z-1000 Internal or Lead Auditor
• Advanced communication, influencing and persuasion skills
• Hazard identification and risk analysis skill for a wide variety of tasks, machinery, processes and activities
• Leadership skills
• Ability to operate and influence at a C-Suite and shop floor level
• Time management skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to work alone or in a group environment
• Incident Cause Determination skills/training
• Must have a valid G driver’s license and a reliable means of transportation. Candidate is willing to travel in and outside of the province. 

Understanding of environmental, health and safety regulatory requirements 

• Knowledge of health, safety, and environment Legislative and regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environment management systems – ISO 14001, ISO 45001
• Strong program execution abilities
• Advanced communication, influence and persuasion skills
• Ability to promote health, safety, and environment programs and influence concerned parties to achieve health, safety, and environment objectives
• Ability to deliver health, safety, and environment-related training
• Ability to investigate and resolve health, safety, and environment incidents, conduct root cause analysis along with preventative and corrective measure implementation
• Effective written communication skills 
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external concerned parties and clients
• Proficiency in various computer software applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, etc.

This is a regular, full-time position with a salary range of $54,185 - $67,732 per annum. The starting salary will be based on the successful candidate’s competencies, including but not limited to experience, education and performance related to this role.