Senior HSS Specialist, Commissioning and Start Up

Project

The Woodfibre LNG Project is located approximately 7 km west-southwest of Squamish, British Columbia. It involves the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas export facility on the previous Woodfibre pulp mill site. The facility will have LNG storage capacity of approximately 250,000 m³ and production capacity of approximately 2.1 million tonnes per year.

Woodfibre Management Ltd. is a privately held Canadian company based in Vancouver and a subsidiary of Pacific Energy Corporation Limited.

The Senior HSS Specialist, Commissioning and Start Up is a senior role supporting Woodfibre LNG's Health, Safety and Security function during late construction, commissioning readiness, commissioning and start-up. The role will provide senior technical HSS support for development and delivery of commissioning and start-up deliverables, including procedures, work packages, readiness and assurance tools, and field implementation support. The successful candidate will help ensure HSS requirements are practical, aligned with Woodfibre expectations, and ready for implementation  incumbent will work closely with the Director, Health, Safety & Security, the Site HSS Lead / HSS Manager, Operations, commissioning, operations, construction, EPC and contractor teams to ensure safe commissioning and start-up of the Woodfibre LNG Facility.

• Commissioning and Start-Up Readiness
• Provide HSS oversight and field guidance for commissioning and start-up readiness
• Define, prioritize, and steward commissioning HSS deliverables
• Review and guide commissioning HSS procedures, plans, work packs, assurance tools, and readiness evidence
• Support integration of HSS requirements into commissioning execution planning
• Provide HSS input into commissioning risk assessments, SIMOPS planning, permit to work interfaces, isolation and LOTO interfaces, pre-startup safety review processes, and readiness reviews
• Help verify that HSS controls are understood, implemented, and effective before higher-risk commissioning and start-up activities proceed
• Support field implementation of commissioning HSS requirements through coaching, verification, and intervention where required
• Identify schedule, resource, quality, competency, and execution risks that could affect HSS readiness for commissioning, start-up, or operations

• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Operations HSS Management System
• Help integrate Operations HSS requirements into the Woodfibre Management System
• Support Safety and Loss Management System readiness by ensuring HSS requirements are aligned, practical, and field-usable
• Lead development and implementation of assigned Operations HSS procedures, standards, tools, and field practices
• Ensure Operations HSS requirements are fit for purpose, scalable, and practical for a compact, remote LNG facility
• Support the transition from construction-phase HSS arrangements to Operations HSS requirements
• Help define the Operations HSS operating rhythm, including inspections, field verifications, action tracking, leadership reviews, and performance reporting
• Ensure systems and tools support effective decisions rather than adding unnecessary complexity
• Support development of Operations HSS training requirements and field implementation plans
• Ensure HSS expectations are clearly understood by Operations personnel, contractors, and site leaders

• Help ensure Operations and site teams conduct inspections, control verifications, field checks, and corrective action follow-up
• Monitor and verify contractor implementation of applicable HSS requirements
• Conduct and support field inspections, audits, observations, and control verifications
• Assess the effectiveness of corrective actions and confirm closure evidence where required
• Support incident reporting, investigation, learning, and corrective action management
• Review incident investigation outputs for quality, completeness, and practical corrective actions
• Use assurance results, field observations, incident data, and performance metrics to identify trends, weak controls, and improvement opportunities
• Support reporting of HSS performance, key risks, assurance findings, and priority actions

• Work closely with the Corporate Security Manager to support field implementation of approved security strategies, plans, and controls
• Support site-level coordination where security…