Health, Safety and Environment Specialist

BGIS; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Health, Safety & Environment Specialist to lead and execute comprehensive HSE programs across various accounts. This role is pivotal in ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and fostering a culture of safety and environmental stewardship. You will collaborate with diverse teams to implement innovative solutions that mitigate risks and enhance performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in HSE management systems and a passion for promoting safe work environments. Join a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and making a positive impact on the community and environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in health, safety, and environment program execution.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and management systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage health, safety, and environment programs.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Deliver training on health and safety protocols.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Environmental Compliance

Program Development

Bilingual (French/English)

Root Cause Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

College degree in Safety or Environmental Sciences

Master’s degree in Environmental Management

Tools

ISO 14001

ISO 45001

OHSAS 18001

Job description

BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6,500 globally, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver, while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients’ businesses. Globally, we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia. Further information is available at

SUMMARY

The Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Specialist develops, leads and executes health, safety and environment programs for assigned accounts and ensures ongoing compliance to all internal, external and regulatory requirements to assist the account team in mitigating and managing environmental, health and safety-related risks and improving related performance. In addition, the Health, Safety, and Environment Specialist assists the Health, Safety, and Environment team in the development and deployment of health, safety, and environment management system and associated tools, processes and procedures according to applicable external management systems. The Health, Safety and Environment Specialist adopts a portfolio and systemic approach to implement the HSE management system, as well as interprets and advises on all HSE regulatory matters to ensure compliance with government legislation and industry standards.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Management

• Develop, execute and govern health, safety and environment programs and promote a high health, safety and environment culture for the assigned accounts.
• Provide guidance and advice to account and client team members on health, safety, and environment matters in accordance with all applicable internal and external requirements. Apply knowledge of related regulations.
• Collaborate with account teams to ensure team members are provided with adequate tools and resources to ensure the safe execution of work.
• Collaborate daily with the client subject matter expert to implement initiatives and provide feedback from various work streams including the Projects and Operations teams.
• Maintain health, safety, and environment management systems registration including but not limited to ISO 14001, CSA Z1000, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001. Conduct internal systems audit and execute annual re-registration process requirements.
• Achieve health, safety and environment objectives for assigned accounts.
• Develop, manage, improve and lead key performance indicators as related to HSE (LTIR, TRIR, Near Miss reports, Halocarbon leak reports, spills).
• Continuously improve health, safety and environment management system and associated processes and procedures according to applicable external management systems.
• Assist client with coordination of employee engagement initiatives (e.g., Waste Reduction Week, Earth Week) and corporate HSE events (e.g., Safety & Health week).
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously with tight deadlines.
• Build and promote corporate HSE culture.

Program Execution

• End to end program management, including vendor selection, managing purchase orders, budgeting, scheduling, receiving and reviewing reports (e.g., waste & recycling management programs, fuel storage system management, compliance program management such as radon or asbestos, pole storage yard compliance).
• Play an important leadership role in overall performance of program execution including working with key stakeholders.
• Develop budget forecast (capital, expense) and manage costs to stay within budget.
• Produce procurement documents (scope of work, legal and internal requirements, templates, KPI) in collaboration with Contract managers.

Compliance Management

• Monitor and enforce compliance to all internal and external health, safety and environment requirements.
• Conduct field inspections, job observations, health, safety and environment audits and other types of reviews to monitor compliance to health, safety and environment requirements and to identify risks.
• Communicate observations, non-compliance and risks to stakeholders, and provide and implement corrective and preventative measures to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.
• Prepare and submit compliance reports.
• Manage environmental, health and safety programs in compliance with the quality management framework.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Investigate and resolve incidents.
• Conduct root-cause analysis, identify incident causes, and implement corrective and preventative measures.
• Track, record, maintain and report incident data. Identify and analyze trends.
• Review and implement modifications to work plans, processes, procedures to reduce recurring incidents and improve health, safety and environment performance.

Communication & Training

• Develop and deliver health, safety and environment training to account and client team members.
• Develop and deploy health, safety and environment communication to account and client team members.
• Liaise with Authorities Having Jurisdiction to maintain compliance.
• Deliver training sessions for new/revised legislation that may impact business functions for various work streams.
• Regularly meet with senior client representatives.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• College degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Engineering or Environmental Sciences or master’s degree in Environment, Environmental management or Environmental science.
• 3 to 5 years of health, safety, and environment program execution work experience.
• Knowledge of health, safety and environment regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environment management systems – ISO 14001, ISO 45001, CSA Z1000, OHSAS 18001, etc.
• Strong program development and execution abilities.
• Bilingual French / English required depending on the account.
• Ability to promote health, safety and environment programs and influence stakeholders to achieve health, safety and environment objectives.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including client representatives at the senior to executive management level.
• Ability to investigate and resolve health, safety and environment incidents, conduct root cause analysis skills along with preventative and corrective measure implementation.
• Knowledge of Facility management operations.
• Experience delivering health, safety and environment-related training.
• Ability to apply regulatory background and knowledge across various work streams.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional matrix environment.
• Travel as required.
• Availability to monitor HSE 24 / 7 Hazard Line.

Licenses and / or Professional Accreditation

Safety:

• Canadian Registered Safety Professional from Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals or equivalent.
• Registered ISO 45001 Compliance Auditor.
• Environmental Professional (EP).
• Registered ISO 14001 Compliance Auditor.
• LEED GA.

At BGIS we believe that diversity and inclusion is a key business driver, such that we never lose sight of its importance as it is woven into the fabric of our organization. We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free recruitment process by providing equal employment opportunities through recruiting and retention of individuals of all backgrounds. We recognize that promoting diversity is an essential component of our continuing pursuit for organizational success!