Field Safety Advisor II

Job Description

The Field Safety Advisor has responsibility and accountability for ensuring workplace safety at their specific site through administering and monitoring the safety program and ensuring its ongoing effectiveness. This role monitors and ensures occupational health and safety compliance, issues permits for high-risk work, investigates accidents/incidents, aids in the coordination of site emergency responses, conducts workplace safety audits and inspections, provides safety training, and plays a consultative role in the development of Company safety policies, procedures, and work instructions.

An important part of this role is to mentor and facilitate a cultural/behavioral change in the workplace relative to employees accepting responsibilities for their own safety in all activities.

The Field Safety Advisor has responsibility and accountability for ensuring workplace safety at their specific site through administering and monitoring the safety program and ensuring its ongoing effectiveness. This role monitors and ensures occupational health and safety compliance, issues permits for high-risk work, investigates accidents/incidents, aids in the coordination of site emergency responses, conducts workplace safety audits and inspections, provides safety training, and plays a consultative role in the development of Company safety policies, procedures, and work instructions.

An important part of this role is to mentor and facilitate a cultural/behavioral change in the workplace relative to employees accepting responsibilities for their own safety in all activities.

Note:
Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 203 East Esplanade, North Vancouver.

• Identifies potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices or behaviors, and working conditions.
• Investigates incidents and works closely with various partners to identify causes of loss events and appropriate corrective actions to prevent their recurrence.
• Maintains records of workplace injuries and illnesses to identify areas of concern.
• Assists in training supervisors and workers in appropriate use of equipment and tools.
• Provides instruction to workers in the accurate use of personal protective equipment (PPE), including fit testing of respirators for workers as necessary for the scope of work.
• Ensures that fire safety is promoted in all operations, including the minimizing of fire load in all areas of work, the issuance of fire permits for hot works, and management of the permit in so far as Fire Watch, detection, and suppression systems to limit fire events.
• Participates in the development and implementation of a detailed lockout procedure to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for system lockout.
• Provides new employee and sub-contractor orientation sessions to familiarize new personnel with the best information to maintain their personal safety.
• Conducts site safety tours for visitors (customers, potential customers, contractors, government agencies, etc.).
• Keeps abreast of knowledge in occupational health and safety and when needed, upgrades credentials including the maintenance of appropriate levels of First Aid Certification.
• Ensure workers are informed and cognizant of safety rules and regulations by providing advice regarding accurate methods and special needs of workers.
• Triages injured workers in the field, ensuring that the injured is assessed for their condition and their injuries treated in keeping with the attendant’s experience and accreditation.
• Assists with health and safety system audits, reviewing findings, working towards implementing changes, and instructing supervisors, subcontractors, and workers on various safety and hygiene issues…