Health & Safety Specialist

Expected Salary Range: $100943 - $126179 Annually

Target Variable Performance Pay: 10%

The salary range shown above reflects the expected compensation for this position. The final salary offered will be determined based on a holistic assessment of the candidate’s experience, education, training, and alignment with the role’s requirements. For positions covered by a collective agreement, placement within the range will follow the applicable step or classification.

The Health & Safety Specialist plays a critical role in shaping how health and safety is understood and practiced across the organization. As a trusted subject matter expert, you will partner closely with business units to embed safe work practices, enable consistent application of enterprise health and safety standards, and support the ongoing evolution of the Health & Safety Management Systems.

With a strong field‑based focus, you will work collaboratively alongside operational teams to build trusted relationships and strengthen risk management in high‑risk operating environments. By partnering with leaders and frontline employees, you will support safety transformation at the point of work, by verifying control effectiveness, enabling operational learning, and reinforcing system reliability while recognizing that human performance is shaped by system conditions, and that errors are opportunities for learning and strengthening controls.

You will also provide responsive health and safety expertise during emerging issues and emergency situations, contributing timely guidance and technical insight when it matters most. Grounded in integrity and professionalism, you will model ethical behaviour and uphold Toronto Hydro’s values, policies, and regulatory commitments and will help to create an environment where people can do their best work safely, today and into the future.

The successful candidate is expected to behave ethically and follow the established code of business conduct, policies and internal control procedures, laws and regulations governing Toronto Hydro.

You must possess the following competencies and will be pre-screened for those bolded, prior to the interview portion of the selection process. Competencies are listed in order of significance.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

• Build trusted partnerships with Operations and business units by understanding work‑as‑done, identifying risk conditions, and strengthening critical controls
• Facilitate and participate in HOP‑aligned learning activities, including learning teams, risk-based field verifications, observations, and walkthroughs across office and job sites
• Support leaders and teams in creating an environment where people feel safe to speak up, raise concerns, and contribute to continuous learning
• Provide practical, evidence‑based recommendations to support risk reduction
• Liaise with regulators on reporting requirements, work refusals, spills, complaints, and environmental matters
• Support return‑to‑work activities, as required
• Execute assigned HS work streams within the pooled service delivery model to improve and strengthen field practice and critical controls, as well as build operational capacity.
• Provides field‑based feedback to support continuous improvement
• Deliver risk partnering, capability‑building activities, contractor safety checks, and public safety outreach, as prioritized
• Collaborate with stakeholders to co‑develop and verify practical, effective safety solutions
• Support HS management systems (ISO 45001, ISO 14001) through field‑based audits, control checks, compliance monitoring and insight generation to improve system performance, and identifying emerging risks
• Identify system gaps, constraints, and capacity needs. Documenting the effectiveness and ensuring improvements are sustained and observable in the field before closure in the system.
• Participate in health, safety, and environmental emergency response activities
• Lead learning-focused incident reviews from site assessment through reporting, emphasizing system factors, operational context, and opportunities to strengthen defenses rather than assigning blame
• Provide rotational…