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Occupational Safety & Health Specialist 2 - Fort St. John/Site C
Number of positions: 1 Job Location: STC Gen Station
Employment type: Temporary Region: Northern Interior
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Resident
Annual salary: $ 86,200.00 - 92,900.00
What you'll do
- Reviews existing safety procedures and risk assessments for work activities conducted by employees, contractors and
others to ensure adherence with internal standards and to promote worker/contractor safety; identifies non-compliant,
incomplete or substandard procedures, revises existing procedures or develops new procedures for activities involving
employees and dependent contractors where significant depth and breadth of knowledge concerning the principles and
practices of occupational safety or significant subject matter expertise relating to the employee/contractor work is required;
consults with internal and external subject matter experts where new procedures are highly complex, new or unusual
(including emergencies).
- Acts as an expert information resource to employees, managers, contractors and external contacts in the interpretation
and application of internal safety standards and WorkSafeBC regulations to assigned work locations; consults with other
Safety groups (such as Work Methods) and senior OSH Specialists in new or unusual situations.
- Reviews the use of new safety or site-specific equipment and associated processes as they apply to the assigned client
area, assesses their safety impacts and ensures compliance with existing safety practices and standards; consults with
senior safety specialists where standards governing new equipment may not be in place, or where interpretation of existing
standards, policies, practices and regulations is unclear.
- Participates in the development or updating of content and approach for existing and new mandated programs by
providing subject matter expertise to training and development specialists on technical safety requirements and learning
needs; as a subject matter expert, provides input into the design and development of hazard-specific training programs.
- As a safety investigator leads or supports serious safety investigations of safety incidents occurring at any location;
coordinates the work of the investigation team, compiles information through interviews, applies a root cause analysis tool,
consults with subject matter experts where required, and prepares final reports including identification of potential/actual
causes and related recommendations for review by affected stakeholders.
- Provides resourcing services to other OSH specialists in industrial hygiene subject matter areas where situations are
unique, complex or involve potentially high risk.
- Leads project initiatives and research activities for individual, stand-alone projects.
- May provide information and support to senior Corporate Safety specialists and the Safety Practices Committee in the
preparation of responses to regulatory change.
- Performs all duties of the Occupational Safety and Health Specialist 1.
- Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do not affect the rating of the job.
What you bring
- In-depth knowledge of the electrical, mechanical, construction or civil trade or a specialized health and safety area such as
