Occupational Safety Officer

Overview

Our Prevention Services division is dedicated to the prevention of workplace injury, illness, disease, and death. We engage with employers and workers to reduce risk and keep workplaces healthy and safe primarily through education, consultation, and enforcement.

If you have a growing passion for Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) and want to make a real positive impact in helping to ensure every worker in this province goes home safely at the end of the day, please read on. We’re looking for passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated individuals to help us build safer and healthier workplaces across British Columbia!

As an Occupational Safety Officer (OSO) you will have at least four years of direct hands-on progressive industry experience in one or two of the following industries and have been involved in workplace health and safety in the following industries:
Agriculture, Asbestos, Construction, Fishing & Marine, Forestry, Coastal Falling, Health Care, Health & Safety Program Management, Industrial Construction, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Psychological Health & Safety, Trades and Utilities, Transportation & Warehousing, and Wood Products.

We have positions available in the following location with preference for industries listed below:

• Cranbrook - Health Care, H&S Program Management, and Psychological H&S
• Prince George - Forestry, Manufacturing, Trades & Utilities, and Wood Products
• Richmond - Manufacturing, and Transportation & Warehousing
• Port Moody - Asbestos, Construction, Industrial Construction, and Trades & Utilities

How you'll make a difference: You'll help ensure B.C. workers go home safely at the end of their workday.

Where you'll work

In this role, you'll work primarily in the field or community and remotely, based on the operational needs of the position. There may also be occasions when you are asked to come to the office, such as for training and orientation.

We'll be reviewing applications weekly - don't wait, apply today as our team training module is scheduled to start March 2026
. Please specify in your cover letter and/or application which location(s) you're applying to.

What you'll do

As an Occupational Safety Officer you will:

Engage with workers and employers from various industries to reduce risk and keep workplaces healthy and safe through education, consultation, and enforcement. You'll make a positive, tangible difference by:

• Proactively inspecting workplaces to ensure that a safe work environment is being maintained and conveying the potential hazards, risks, and /or controls
• Mitigating potential health or safety hazards to workers, that workers and the employer have been apprised of their responsibilities, and that first aid services and equipment meet current criteria
• Writing orders to ensure compliance with the Workers Compensation Act and Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Regulation
• Consulting with and educating employers, workers, and others on occupational health and safety matters
• Partnering with industry to ensure the success of safety initiatives
• Consistently models the appropriate level of organizational behaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.

Meet one of our Occupational Safety Officers to learn more about the job.

Is this a good fit for you?

We're looking for people who can:

• Apply their knowledge of workplace industrial processes, equipment, and technology to make workplaces safer
• Use their interpersonal and communication skills to convey the potential hazards, risks, and/or controls and gain compliance on complex health and safety issues within various work environments
• Use their critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate unique workplace health and safety hazards and identify effective mitigations and controls
• Make and enforce timely decisions independently and objectively, using sound judgment and technical knowledge
• Handle high pressure, and sometimes tense situations and emergencies with a high level of professionalism
• Work variable hours, be available for emergency call out after hours or weekends, and be willing to travel throughout the province

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