Safety Audit Specialist

go2HR; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Benefits

Professional development

Occasional travel

Job summary

go2HR is seeking a Safety Audit Specialist based in Vancouver to guide employers through health and safety audits, deliver engaging training, support auditor development, and strengthen safe workplaces across BC’s tourism and hospitality industry.

This is a full-time, permanent hybrid role with two in-office days. You’ll collaborate with the Health & Safety team, help improve programs, and contribute to industry outreach and education.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in occupational health and safety roles.
• Experience auditing or inspecting safety management systems.
• COR auditing experience is an asset.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Knowledge of OH&S regulations and Workers Compensation Act.

Responsibilities

• Guide employers through health and safety audits with practical advice.
• Build relationships with employers, auditors and partners.
• Promote auditing services through presentations and events.
• Support delivery, growth and improvement of auditing services.
• Conduct gap analyses and QA activities.
• Deliver engaging training and maintain audit resources.
• Support recruitment and onboarding of auditors.
• Review program performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate with admin to track audits and maintain service quality.

Skills

Auditing

Communication

Analytical

Teamwork

Training

Stakeholder relations

Education

OH&S education

Tools

Power BI

HubSpot

Microsoft Office

SurveyMonkey

Job description

• Accessible Employer: No
• Open to International applicants with valid Canadian Work permits: Yes

Safety Audit Specialist
Hybrid | Lower Mainland, BC |
Supporting safer tourism and hospitality workplaces across beautiful British Columbia

Bring your health and safety expertise to a people-focused role where relationships, practical solutions and safer workplaces come together.

Do you enjoy helping employers succeed, translating complex safety requirements into practical action, and building trusted relationships along the way?

go2HR is looking for a knowledgeable, people-focused Safety Audit Specialist to join our Industry Health & Safety team. In this role, you’ll guide employers through health and safety auditing activities, deliver engaging training, support auditor development, and help strengthen safe, healthy workplaces across BC’s tourism and hospitality industry.

This is a Vancouver-based, full-time, permanent, hybrid (2 days in office) opportunity with purpose, variety and real industry impact.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Purposeful work: Help employers create safer, stronger workplaces across BC’s tourism and hospitality industry.
• People-first impact: Build trusted relationships with employers, auditors and industry partners.
• Variety every week: Balance coaching, training, quality assurance, program support and industry outreach.
• Room to contribute: Bring ideas, improve resources and help shape the ongoing success of go2HR’s health and safety auditing services.

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About go2HR

go2HR is BC’s human resources and health & safety association for the tourism and hospitality industry. We support employers with practical programs, tools, training and advisory services that help strengthen safe, healthy workplaces across the province.

Our values guide how we show up: Inclusive, Collaborative, Entrepreneurial and Trustworthy. We bring those values to our partnerships, our programs and the way we support employers every day.

We do this by:

• Delivering practical programs, tools, resources and advisory services.
• Providing industry-leading education and training.
• Supporting employers with health and safety and human resources expertise.
• Working alongside industry, government and stakeholders to strengthen BC’s tourism and hospitality workforce.

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The Opportunity

As our Safety Audit Specialist, you’ll be a key connector between employers, auditors, industry partners and go2HR’s Health & Safety team. You’ll support audit-related program delivery, quality assurance, employer engagement and auditor development while helping organizations build stronger health and safety management systems.

It’s a role with plenty of variety: one day you may be coaching an employer through an audit process, the next you may be delivering training, reviewing program data, supporting auditors or representing go2HR at an industry event.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting employers through health and safety audit processes with practical advice and guidance.
• Building strong relationships with employers, auditors and industry partners.
• Promoting health and safety auditing services through presentations, meetings, conferences, outreach and industry events.
• Supporting smooth delivery, growth and continuous improvement of go2HR’s health and safety auditing services.
• Conducting gap analyses and quality assurance activities that help employers improve their health and safety systems while maintaining program integrity and consistency.
• Delivering engaging training and maintaining practical health and safety auditing resources, tools and training materials.
• Supporting the recruitment, onboarding and ongoing development of health and safety auditors.
• Reviewing program performance, feedback and data to help identify opportunities for improvement.
• Working closely with the administrative coordinator to track audits and related activities, collaborate on tasks and ensure a high-quality service is maintained.

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What You'll Bring

You’ll thrive here if you’re passionate about health and safety, confident working with people, comfortable balancing details with big-picture thinking, and motivated by making a positive difference.

• 2+ years' experience in a hands-on occupational health and safety role, ideally with auditing, inspection, assessment or compliance-related responsibilities.
• Experience auditing, inspecting or assessing occupational health and safety management systems, or transferable experience from a similar regulatory, compliance or quality assurance environment.
• Experience with Certificate of Recognition (COR) auditing, including conducting or supporting COR audits, is an asset.
• Experience providing training or consulting services highly advantageous.
• Knowledge of the Workers Compensation Act, Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and occupational health and safety management systems.
• Excellent communication, presentation and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• A collaborative approach to work and a team player.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with HubSpot, Power BI and SurveyMonkey is an asset.
• A post-secondary education in Occupational Health and Safety or a related discipline (e.g. certificate, diploma or similar).
• Ability to effectively use AI tools responsibly while verifying outputs, protecting confidential information and applying sound judgment.
• Experience working in the tourism and hospitality industry considered an asset.

Salary & Perks

$65,000-$75,000 annually, depending on your experience, education and qualifications.

Along with meaningful work and a collaborative team, you’ll enjoy:

• A hybrid work environment (based in downtown Vancouver head office with the opportunity to work from home 3 days a week).
• Comprehensive benefits and generous vacation.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Occasional travel throughout BC may be required, as part of employer engagement and industry events.
• A supportive team that values collaboration, learning and having fun along the way.
• The chance to support employers in building stronger health and safety systems across one of BC’s most dynamic industries.

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