Occupational Safety Health & Industrial Hygiene Specialist

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Bécancour; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories seeks an Occupational Safety, Health & Industrial Hygiene Specialist to enhance safety compliance and coaching efforts. This onsite role involves developing OSH programs, performing audits, and promoting safe work practices. Ideal candidates will have substantial OSH experience and effective communication skills.

Benefits

Paid time off

Immediate benefits

Tuition support

Pension plan

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-6 years of OSH and IH experience.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Expertise in developing risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conducting compliance inspections and audits.
• Coaching project teams to enhance safety behaviours.
• Developing and overseeing OSH programs and plans.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Coaching

Time Management

Education

College diploma or university degree in OSH, IH

Professional credentials such as CRST, NCSO, CRSP

Job description

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Can you see yourself supporting industrial hygiene program delivery through maintaining exposure inventories, conducting basic monitoring, and calibrating instruments? Do you enjoy coaching and mentoring project team members, supervisors, and contractors to promote safe behaviours and enhance compliance with safety expectations? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!Our LaPrade/Gentilly location is looking for an Occupational Safety, Health & Industrial Hygiene Specialist. Apply today!

What will you be doing!

• Problem Recognition and Analytical Capabilities:
  • Recognizing when something is wrong or likely to go wrong and proactively addressing issues to support safety improvements across Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL).
  • Assessing situations objectively and recommending appropriate courses of action to site supervisors and team members.
  • Analyzing data or information by identifying underlying principles, causes, or facts and breaking complex information into manageable components.
  • Identifying objects, actions, and events by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or conditions.
  • Applying critical thinking by using logic and reasoning to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  • Applying general rules to specific problems to develop sound, logical answers.
  • Organizing specific inputs and observations to create meaningful summaries and actionable conclusions.
  • Evaluating information to determine compliance with laws, regulations, and standards using relevant information and sound judgment.
  • Utilizing risk management principles and thinking creatively to solve problems and propose innovative solutions.
• Communication:
  • Expressing ideas and opinions clearly and effectively through oral communication.
  • Managing duties by efficiently planning, prioritizing tasks, and demonstrating strong time management and attention to detail.
  • Partnering with project and operational teams to pursue common goals and foster collaboration.
  • Interacting with managers and directors to solicit input and promote effective implementation strategies.
  • Engaging audiences through effective presentation and public speaking skills.
  • Demonstrating excellent written and oral communication by writing clear instructions and reports, delivering safety training and awareness sessions, and interfacing with jurisdictional authorities, regulatory agencies, and other relevant bodies.
  • Critically reviewing contractor plans and providing constructive, meaningful feedback.
  • Maintaining effective interaction and communication with applicable CNL personnel, construction supervisors, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Program Implementation and Oversight:
  • Developing, implementing, and monitoring OSH programs, project-specific work plans, and risk registers to ensure compliance with CNL and regulatory requirements.
  • Conducting formal and informal oversight inspections and audits to evaluate project and contractor adherence to OSH plans, procedures, and legislative standards.
  • Performing field observations to identify non-compliance, gaps, or opportunities for improvement, and following up on corrective actions.
  • Supporting the tendering and contractor selection process by reviewing submitted OSH programs and work plans.
• Field Presence, Coaching, and Engagement:
  • Maintaining regular presence in work areas to actively support safe work execution and build rapport with site personnel and contractors.
  • Coaching and mentoring project team members, supervisors, and contractors to foster safe behaviours and increase compliance with safety expectations.
  • Promoting and encouraging hazard reporting, near-miss identification, and pause/stop-work actions where appropriate.
  • Modelling desired safety behaviours and helping shape a proactive, high-performing safety culture.
• Incident and Non-Compliance Management:
  • Assisting in the investigation and follow-up of incidents, non-compliance events, and identified deficiencies.
  • Supporting or leading root cause analysis and developing recommendations to prevent recurrence.
  • Preparing detailed reports and ensuring the implementation and documentation of corrective actions.
  • Maintaining accurate records in applicable data management systems to support traceability and continuous improvement.
• Risk Assessment and Technical Safety Support:
  • Providing subject matter expertise for developing task-specific and comprehensive project risk assessments.
  • Assisting in creating safety work procedures to support CNL’s Integrated Work Control and Engineering Change Control programs.
  • Delivering timely and credible technical responses to support requests from stakeholders.
  • Ensuring consistency and quality of OSH documentation in alignment with corporate standards.
• Industrial Hygiene Support and Monitoring:
  • Supporting industrial hygiene program delivery through maintaining exposure inventories, conducting basic monitoring, and calibrating instruments.
  • Completing industrial hygiene oversight activities, including audits and field observations, to ensure compliance with legal and programmatic expectations.
  • Conducting or assisting in hearing testing, scheduling medical baselines, and supporting routine industrial hygiene surveillance activities.
  • Providing project-specific industrial hygiene guidance and maintaining visible field presence to reinforce expectations.
• Training, Compliance, and Professional Development:
  • Completing all CNL-required training, including role-specific and Radiation Protection training.
  • Maintaining certifications and engaging in ongoing professional development to support effectiveness in the role.
  • Promoting and sharing new knowledge with peers to enhance team competency.
  • Adhering to CNL information protection policies and maintaining confidentiality where required.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • College diploma or university degree in an OSH, IH, or a combined field from an accredited Canadian or international program, or an extensive set of OSH and IH training and certification across various topics.
  • Possess, or must have the ability to possess, minimum professional credentials as a CRST and NCSO. CRSP or equivalent recognized designations, such as the CSP or CMIOSH, are also preferred, as it is possible to possess an ROHT.
• Experience
  • At least 4-6 years of OSH and IH experience in an equivalent role within complex nuclear, research & technology, heavy construction projects, heavy manufacturing, industrial processing, mining, oil & gas, or other civil or environmental remediation experience. Experience within a radiation safety and/or protection setting is an asset, but not required.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, and to maintain successful working relationships at all levels within the organization and with external stakeholders.
  • Ability to demonstrate outstanding organizational skills with high attention to detail and the capacity to tailor communications to diverse audiences.
  • Ability to manage relationships effectively, using strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to solve problems using both soft skills (communication, collaboration) and hard analytical skills (data analysis, metrics interpretation).
  • Ability to work with a variety of software applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
  • Ability to understand and interpret safety statistics and performance metrics.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple deliverables under pressure.
  • Ability to adapt to a changing environment and respond with initiative and flexibility.
  • Ability to provide prompt, clear, and concise guidance, demonstrating tact and diplomacy while working effectively with employees, contractors, and line management.
  • Ability to present recommendations, complete regulatory reporting, and produce technical documentation clearly and effectively.
  • Ability to handle and de-escalate challenging situations in real time with both internal and external clients.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, demonstrating high motivation, punctuality, and dependability.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required

  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”

Working Conditions:

• We have a compressed work week, which consists of a four-day work week and ten hours a day, starting at 6 am.

Why CNL?

Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pacesetters so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.

We offer a complete total rewards package :

• Paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
• Benefits effective day one, that’s right, no waiting period;
• Tuition support,
• and a pension!

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
• Restore and protect the Environment.
• Contribute to the health of Canadians.
  

Location:

CNL’s Chalk River laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an environmentally pristine area with extensive forests, hills, and numerous small lakes. These support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa, and Deep River, provide unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep!

This role is a fully onsite role that requires the employee to primarily work at CNL’s Chalk River Laboratory site, with only occasional opportunities to work remotely, if desired by the employee. CNL’s Chalk River laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an area that is environmentally pristine with extensive forests, hills and numerous small lakes, all of which support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa and Deep River, provide you with unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep!

CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Please read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.

CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects, including accommodations for all employees.

CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received regarding accommodation requests will be kept confidential.

The Chalk River Laboratories site is located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As an organization, CNL recognizes and appreciates their historic connection to this place. CNL also recognizes the contributions that First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and this province and country as a whole.