Excavating and Trenching Safety Specialist

Government of Alberta; Calgary; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Government of Alberta seeks an Excavation and Trenching Safety Specialist to support OHS compliance and enforcement. The role involves expert guidance on legislation, participation in investigations, and contributions to legislative development. This position is vital for ensuring safety in regulated workplaces across the province.

Qualifications

• Specialized knowledge in excavation and trenching safety.
• Experience with OHS legislation interpretation and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in OHS Act and Regulation for excavation and trenching.
• Support investigations and provide technical analysis for compliance.
• Develop publications and participate in legislative revisions.

Skills

Expertise in excavation and trenching

Knowledge of OHS Act, Regulation and Code

Technical analysis skills

Job description

The Excavation and Trenching Safety Specialist is a provincial specialist who provides subject matter expertise in support of projects, issues, publications, client responses, and front-line compliance and enforcement activities related to the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, Regulation and Code.

As a subject matter expert, the incumbent is required to use their specialized knowledge to support the development of legislative provisions related to excavation and trenching. This position is both critical to delivery of front-line services (enforcement of the OHS legislation, investigation of incidents) as well as government operations and priorities.

This position reports to the Safety Team Lead and is a technical member of the team supporting and collaborating with other team members as well as staff within the OHS Program Delivery branch.

The incumbent will :

• Provide excavation and trenching expertise in reviewing and interpreting the OHS Act, Regulation and Code. Assist in anticipating, identifying, and assessing excavation and trenching hazards and recommend control measures in all types of provincially regulated workplaces.
• Support OHS investigations in responding to reportable incidents by providing subject matter expertise including providing interpretations and opinions, preparing subject matter expert reports and appearing if required in legal proceedings as an expert witness.
• Support OHS inspections by providing subject matter expertise, including offering OHS legislation interpretations, opinions, and guidance on compliance and industry best practices.
• Provide advice and technical analysis of issues to the Ministry and stakeholders in industry, labour, government, and other agencies regarding a variety of excavation and trenching hazards.
• Participate in the regular review and revision of the OHS legislation and policies relating to excavations and trenching in accordance with the department regulatory review plan.
• Develop publications and discuss policy interpretations related to excavations and trenching.