Senior Health and Safety Manager

CBRE; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate services firm is seeking a Senior Health and Safety Manager in Calgary, Alberta. This role involves leading the development of HSE programs to create safer workplaces and ensure compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of experience in health and safety, strong leadership skills, and is authorized to work in Canada. This position promotes a proactive safety culture while managing complex regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 5 - 8 years of relevant experience; degree preferred.
• Ability to handle sensitive information and set performance expectations.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Promote compliance and a positive safety culture.
• Develop and review HSE procedures and programs.
• Monitor regulatory compliance and improve standards.

Skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Overview

Senior Health and Safety Manager — Job ID 235670 — Posted 26-Aug-2025 — Role type: Full-time — Location(s): Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Areas of Interest: Health and Safety/Environment.

Are you passionate about creating safer, healthier workplaces and communities? As a Sr. Manager in our Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team, you’ll lead the development and implementation of HSE programs for medium to large-sized clients, helping shape environments where people thrive. This role is part of our broader Environment, Health and Safety function, which plays a vital role in protecting employees and surrounding communities through innovative programs, policies, and procedures. If youre a strategic thinker with a strong commitment to safety and sustainability, we’d love to connect with you.

Responsibilities

• Promote a positive and proactive culture to influence stakeholders, and to ensure compliance.
• Develop, implement, and review playbooks, and procedures. Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental initiatives drive program consistency and efficiency.
• Manage initiatives to meet regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.
• Track operational and safety risks. Develop and manage complex strategic risk management strategies to avoid potential incidents.
• Monitor injury, illness, and incident reports. Identify and implement ways to reduce risk.
• Work with high-profile stakeholders to identify potential concerns. Troubleshoot and suggest solutions.
• Monitor Health, Safety and Environmental regulatory compliance within the account. Execute strategic solutions that improve and maintain compliance as required.
• Apply a broad knowledge of the business, own discipline, and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence others to adopt a different point of view while being guided by policies and departmental plans.
• Identify and solve technical and operational problems of complexity.
• Understand and recognize the broader impact across the department.
• Improve and change existing methods, processes and standards within job discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree preferred with 5 - 8 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Additional certifications as required by local authority.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

CBRE is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages application from all persons regardless of race, creed, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, family status, gender identity or expression, disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, provincial or territorial law.

Candidate Accommodations

CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (Canada) and [phone] (U.S.).

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans).