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Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Safety Specialist, COM
Toronto
Job No. 1228
Job Description
- (Internal Title: Construction Safety Officer)
- Provide construction safety assurance by reviewing and assessing the Contractor’s Safety Plan and Safe Work Method submissions and inspecting construction sites.
- Collaborate and influence client team to implement and maintain OSHW program.
- Undertake focused integrated functional assurance reviews to ensure best practice is being implemented consistently across all applicable projects.
- Champion transformational Occupational Safety, Health & Wellbeing initiatives and drive their implementation with the alliance partners.
- Support a dynamic lesson learnt and business improvement process for Occupational Safety, Health & Wellbeing across the program.
- Produce required reports and input data for reporting.
- Assure the delivery of Occupational Safety, Health & Wellbeing initiatives internally withing the MCS team and with the client.
- Work with the Safety Manager to develop best practice guides/ training / presentations / briefing packages and deliver to appropriate target audience based on their role or responsibilities within the program
- Conduct regular safety inspections/audits of the jobsites, public areas, adjacent thereto, take necessary and timely corrective actions to eliminate unsafe acts or conditions and to fulfill the needs and expectations of the client.
- Report violations of compliance or regulatory standards to the project interested parties as appropriate or required.
- Collect reports required for records and evaluations of performance of safety programs.
- Ensure timely reporting of incidents.
- Ensure that corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) related to incidents, observations, audits, and inspections are tracked and completed in a timely manner.
- Ensure that CAPA are followed up and are effective.
- Ensure that all contractors and subcontractors employees comply with jobsite safety rules and regulations.
- Verify that all the applicable client and regulatory policies and procedures have been implemented on the project sites.
- Supply info for HSE KPI’s to the Safety Director to promote continuous improvement initiatives on a monthly basis.
- Any additional duties, as deemed necessary to support the deliverables and Key Activities
- Working Conditions
- Site-based
Qualifications
- Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of direct onsite safety management experience and health and safety practices
- Education:
- College Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety or Risk Management, or a combination of education and industry experience
- Licenses OR Certifications:
- Holding a recognized certification in at least one of the following: Chartered IOSH, FIIRSM/MIIRSM, Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Canadian Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC), Gold Seal Certificate (GSC) for Construction Safety Coordinator (CSC) or National Safety Officer (NCSO)
- Skills and Competencies:
- Experience in tunnel construction safety is required
- Experienced with multi-disciplinary rail and transit projects, and / or complex civil infrastructure projects in brownfield / urban environments with adjacent infrastructure as relates to safety
- Injury management and incident investigation experience
- Field safety audit and inspection experience
- Profound knowledge of OHS legislation
- Experience in meeting schedule expectations and delivering work on time
- Experience and strong technical knowledge of safety procedures
- Experience in safety training, safety investigations, safety performance indicators
- Experienced with multi-disciplinary rail and transit projects, and complex civil infrastructure projects in brownfield / urban environments with adjacent infrastructure as relates to safety
- Well-organized and superb time management skills
- Position requires honesty, dependability, and the ability to be relied upon, responsible, and fulfill obligations
- Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
- Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
- Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
