OH Lead Sarnia Refinery

Shell; Sarnia; On-site; CAD 82,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote/mobile working (where permitted

Parental leave benefits

Job summary

Shell is seeking an Occupational Health Lead in Sarnia to direct the nursing and health strategy for the site and related operations in Ontario. The role focuses on delivering health outcomes, managing budgets and contracts, and ensuring regulatory compliance while supporting a culture of care and growth within Shell Health.

As the operational nurse lead, you will partner with the Health Manager for Canada to tailor health plans, lead a skilled team, and promote a high-standard clinical practice

Qualifications

• Nurse with occupational health certificate from an accredited occupational nursing program recognized in Canada.
• Current permit to practice from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in good standing.
• Working towards obtaining BCLS and Intermediate Standard First Aid.
• Extensive experience of managing occupational health nursing services (including people, budgets and contracts).

Responsibilities

• Be the operational nurse lead for the Sarnia Occupational Health team (employees and contractors).
• Develop health plans for Sarnia Manufacturing, Brockville Lubricants and Ontario Terminals.
• Lead, deliver and manage nursing and health plan elements.
• Prioritize workload and allocate OEH team resources; approve coverage schedules.
• Foster a matrix organization culture and ensure KPI delivery and clinical standards.
• Support team development and growth mindset; promote flexible working arrangements.

Skills

Leadership

Occupational health

Nursing

Budget management

Education

Occupational health nursing certificate

CNO license/permit

Job description

Ontario, Canada. Job Family Group: Health, Safety, Security, and Environment. Worker Type: Regular (FTC) (Fixed Term). Posting Start Date: October 27, 2026. Business Unit: HR Corporate Functions. Experience Level: Experienced Professionals.

What’s the role

Shell is seeking an Occupational Health Lead to join its team in Sarnia. Shell Health’s purpose is to empower employees and our business to thrive through care. The world is changing fast, and Shell Health also has to change to keep up with the external environment, and the needs of the new Shell organization in delivering the Powering Progress strategy. We enable business outcomes by providing science-based Health expertise and services, developing in Shell, a sustainable culture of care, focused on helping people to be the best that they can be. As OH Lead, you’ll be a part of the health team responsible for delivering the health strategy to your key stakeholders at Sarnia Manufacturing, Brockville Lubricants and Ontario Fuel Terminals. This also includes ensuring compliance with local legislation as well as being customer centric. You’ll provide specialist occupational health nursing input and professional leadership. This will be through leveraging the Shell Health core competencies of health expertise, science, collaboration and business intimacy. This role is offered on a fixed-term contract. While the position is time-bound, it allows for skill development and broader exposure within the organization.

What you’ll be doing

• Be the operational nurse lead for the Sarnia Occupational Health team (employees and contractors)
• Work closely with the Health Manager for Canada and the site Health lead to determine the health needs of employees and the business in the development of the health plan for personnel at Sarnia Manufacturing, Brockville Lubricants and Ontario Terminals
• Responsible for leading, delivering and managing the nursing and associated elements of the health plan
• Establishes the 4-3-2-1 concept in the team, strict prioritization of workload and elimination of low value work and delegation of transactional work, including the allocation of OEH team members to specific activities and approving appropriate coverage schedules
• Establishes in the team, the matrix organization culture of both vertical and horizontal interfaces
• Ensure that there are the right resources in place to deliver the agreed KPIs and ensure the best clinical standards
• Ensure your team meet the required professional standards of practice and you actively support and nurture their development of a growth mindset
• Shell Health leadership is committed to enable people to reach their full potential and maintain a good work-life balance. We are keen to support flexible working arrangements, subject to local regulations and legislative frameworks.

What you bring

• The candidate must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis
• Nurse with occupational health certificate from an accredited occupational nursing program recognized in Canada
• Current permit to practice from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in good standing
• Working towards obtaining BCLS and Intermediate Standard First Aid
• Extensive experience of managing occupational health nursing services (including people, budgets and contracts) with a proven track record of delivering health outcomes
• Ability to effectively lead and inspire teams either directly managed or otherwise
• Demonstration of ongoing learning and continuous professional development
• Creates the environment for others to feel empowered to deliver high performance through coaching, clarity on intent, prioritization and clear outcomes
• Demonstrates and establishes the Learner Mindset within the team, fostering inclusivity and psych safety to identify improvement opportunities and innovative, efficient ways of working
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate (business partnering) and integrate across boundaries to maximize value for Shell as a whole
• Able to prioritize and shows courage to identify improvement opportunities and challenge lower value work
• Continuously looks for opportunities to learn from and leverage best practice

What we offer

• The base salary range for this position is $82,000 - $130,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.
• You bring your skills and experience to Shell, and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment.
• You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another.
• You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase; our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world.
• We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs.

Shell in Canada

Shell Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911. Shell Canada is one of the few truly integrated energy companies in Canada with all of Shell’s global businesses represented, including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables and energy solutions. That means we do everything from exploration, gas production, refining and manufacturing, to providing fuels and developing energy solutions for our customers. At a glance, our businesses and projects in Canada include: Joint Venture Partner (40%) with LNG Canada which will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets; Shale gas and liquids assets in Alberta and British Columbia; A network of 1,400 retail stations across Canada; The Scotford Complex in Alberta, includes an upgrader, chemicals plant and is home to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility; The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre refinery in Ontario; Investments in renewables and energy solutions, including EV charging, hydrogen and biofuels; 15 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations; Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 26 airport fixed-based operations and airport consortiums, from coast to coast. Shell Aviation provides 1.7 billion liters of high-quality fuel annually in Canada and offers reliable and safe in-plane delivery; Strong Sulphur and Lubricants businesses as well as an innovative Supply and Trading business.

Shell’s bold goal

We’d like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we’re working towards that goal.

Shell is an Equal Opportunity Employer.