Safety Specialist -Blind River

Safety Specialist Overview

• Contract Length: 7 Months
• Location:
  
  Blind River Ontario
• Ideal candidate would be local to the Blind River area or willing to relocate to accommodate a Monday to Thursday schedule.

The Safety Specialist in this role is a critical member of the Construction Management Team (CMT), responsible for ensuring that all construction activities align with the organization's Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) requirements. This role focuses on the proactive identification of hazardous conditions, the implementation of safe work procedures, and the promotion of a high-performance safety culture through behavioral observations and rigorous site inspections.

• Ensure construction activities comply with the organization’s safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) requirements and monitor daily activities to identify hazardous conditions and implement safe work procedures.
• Work closely with construction management team (CMT) and contractors.
• Ensure all safety, health and environmental procedures and work instructions are followed.
• Conduct workplace inspections with CMT, focusing on behavioral observations.
• Review field level risk assessments (FLRAs) and daily contact cards for quality adherence.
• Conduct and monitor SHEQ related training for construction management team (CMT) personnel and contractors and assess qualifications of construction contractor personnel.
• Participate in job hazard assessments, safety meetings, toolbox meetings, constructability reviews, project kick-off meetings, upon request.
• Conduct daily and weekly job site inspections as per procedure.
• Identify and review various health and safety concerns specific to the work site.
• Investigate injuries, accidents and near misses as per site corrective action processes.
• Ensure timely notification of significant events.
• Monitor quality of incident investigations and ensure effective and appropriate corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner.

• 4 to 10+ years of dedicated safety experience within heavy industrial or construction environments.
• Previous experience working on large-scale industrial projects, preferably within the mining, utility, or energy sectors.
• Proficiency in formal incident investigation methodologies (e.g., Tap Root, Five Whys, or RCA).
• Expert-level ability to facilitate Job Hazard Assessments (JHAs) and evaluate the quality of FLRAs.
• Strong working knowledge of provincial and federal occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations.
• Deep understanding of integrated Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality frameworks.
• A degree or diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Environmental Science, or a related technical/engineering field preferred.
• Certification:
  Construction Safety Officer (CSO) designation is required.
• As this is a safety sensitive role pre-access substance testing will be required.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

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