Hazard Subject Matter Expert - Hoisting & Rigging

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is looking for a High Hazard Subject Matter Expert (SME)- Hoisting & Rigging. The purpose of the Hoisting and Rigging SME is to work directly with our Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) staff, planning teams, our field teams, and management/supervision to ensure we are safely and efficiently delivering our work.

You will be expected to work independently, while collaborating with Environmental Remediation Management (ERM) work planning teams, to have line of sight of upcoming work involving hoisting and rigging. Interested? Apply today!

• Supporting staff and management with planning activities to ensure CNL requirements and best practices are incorporated into work control documents.
• Supporting CNL staff, supervisors, and management during work execution in the specific area of focus.
• Completing site walk downs to observe work, understand new and existing/historical challenges, and help identify corrective actions.
• Providing observation feedback on a frequent basis resulting from all field visits/walk downs.
• Proactively recognizing and encouraging positive work practices, and compliance to program and legislative requirements by project delivery personnel and contractors.
• Providing expertise, support, and assistance on the development, review, implementation, and monitoring of task and project specific hoisting and rigging requirements and work-plans.
• Fostering and promoting the reporting of hazards and pause/stop-work scenarios where appropriate.
• Promoting safety culture excellence by being a role model and setting the safety standard on site.
• Collaboratively coaching, mentoring, and interacting with colleagues, CNL project team members, site superintendents, supervisors, and other parties involved in work activities.
• Completing in-field observations to identify and follow up on non-compliance, areas for improvement, and other such gaps related applicable laws, regulations, contract commitments, and CNL internal corporate requirements.
• Helping to investigate and follow up on non-compliance observations, incidents, or other gaps identified.
• Preparing detailed reports and following up on recommended corrective actions associated with completed compliance and oversight reports, incident reports, observations, and root-cause analysis recommendations.
• Utilizing subject matter expertise to complete project risk assessments, hazard assessments, and develop safety work procedures.
• Entering/transcribing oversight information in CNL’s various recordkeeping and information management systems according to established requirements.
• Supporting CNL to help improve OSH program and practices through self-generated improvement initiatives and participation in developing and/or updating CNL wide corporate procedures and standards.
• Supporting hoisting and rigging practices.
• Maintaining discretion and confidentiality when applicable.
• Solving problems through soft and hard analytical skills.
• Working with applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Understanding and interpreting safety statistics and performance metrics.
• Prioritizing and managing multiple deliverables and task pressures.
• Providing prompt, clear, and concise guidance as required.
• Presenting recommendations, complete regulatory reporting, and technical writing in a clear and effective manner.
• Effectively handle and diffuse difficult situations, in real time with internal and external clients.
• Work with minimal supervision, be punctual, and dependable.
• Adapt to a changing environment and respond with initiative.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

• Education
  • College diploma or completion of a specialized related trade.
  • CRST and NCSO, CRSP or equivalent recognized designations like the CSP or CMIOSH would be considered an asset.
• Experience
  • Four to six (4-6) years' of experience in an equivalent role within complex nuclear, research & technology, heavy construction project, heavy manufacturing, industrial processing, mining, oil & gas, or other civil or environmental remediation…