Coordinator, Health & Safety

Defence Construction Canada; Yellowknife; Hybrid; CAD 81,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness

Home and Family

Leave and Retirement

Flexible workplace options

Job summary

Defence Construction Canada seeks a Coordinator, Health and Safety to ensure compliance with corporate and industrial health and safety frameworks across sites and regional offices. You will audit safety plans, coordinate safety efforts with stakeholders, and investigate incidents while promoting best practices.

Requires a college diploma in health and safety with experience; security clearance of Secret may apply. Hybrid work arrangement available, and English is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum: college diploma in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene or related field with two years’ relevant experience
• Preferred: related industry designation (e.g. Canadian Registered Safety Professional)

Responsibilities

• Act as a site resource on health and safety policy and legislation
• Promote and coordinate health and safety efforts with multiple stakeholders
• Update contract documents to include appropriate safety requirements
• Review contractor safety submissions
• Conduct safety inspections of project sites and complete monitoring documentation
• Collaborate and share best practices
• Prepare, coordinate and chair monthly staff safety meetings
• Support corporate health and safety requirements
• Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders
• Manage risk
• Investigate accidents and incidents, and meet reporting requirements
• Organize, present and/or participate in health and safety training and development

Education

College diploma in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene or related field

Canadian Registered Safety Professional (preferred)

Job description

Who Can Apply?

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range

$80,886 - $105,152

Employment Status

Continuing

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid (3 days/week)

Security Level

Secret

Language Requirement

English Essential

Closing Date

18/09/2026

Country

Canada

The Coordinator, Health and Safety, supports sites and regional offices by ensuring compliance with corporate and industrial health and safety frameworks, and ensures that staff follow established health and safety policies and procedures. The incumbent promotes and coordinates health and safety efforts with multiple stakeholders (e.g. construction coordinators), audits contractor health and safety plans, and investigates health and safety incidents.

Primary

• Act as a site resource on health and safety policy and legislation
• Promote and coordinate health and safety efforts with multiple stakeholders
• Update contract documents to include appropriate safety requirements
• Review contractor safety submissions
• Conduct safety inspections of project sites and complete monitoring documentation
• Collaborate and share best practices
• Prepare, coordinate and chair monthly staff safety meetings
• Support corporate health and safety requirements
• Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders
• Manage risk

Other

• Act as a regional resource in support of health and safety management.
• Investigate accidents and incidents, and meet all associated reporting requirements
• Maintain relationships with provincial and federal regulatory authorities
• Organize, present and/or participate in health and safety training and development
• Other duties as assigned

General and Specific Knowledge

• Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in health and safety
• Risk management principles

Formal Education And/or Certification(s) And Experience

• Minimum: college diploma in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene or related field with two years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
• Preferred: related industry designation (e.g. Canadian Registered Safety Professional)

Abilities

• Use applicable computer software and operating systems
• Apply risk management techniques

Development and Leadership

• Provide functional advice and guidance to employees

Working Conditions

• Typical construction site environment; incumbent is required to wear basic safety equipment
• Some work may be in a typical office environment with occasional travel

Check Out Your Benefits

Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.

Your Package Includes

Health and Wellness

• 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
• $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
• $2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
• Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family

• Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
• Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
• Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
• Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement

• Public-service pension
• Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with enhanced travel benefits coverage

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.

DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process . Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening .

Required

• criminal record checks
• reference checks
• previous employment
• open source checks
• credit/financial status

DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.

Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

Roles at DCC will require security at various levels including Reliability, Secret, Top Secret and for Canadian Eyes Only (proof of Citizenship required). While we welcome applications to our roles who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information, selection will depend on the specific role’s requirements.

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community.

DCC’s goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Should you require accommodation, please email [e-mail] .