Workplace Safety Coordinator

WorkSafeBC; Richmond; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined benefit pension plan

3 weeks of vacation in first year

Extensive health care and dental

Leave and earned-time-off arrangements

Development opportunities (tuition Re)

Job summary

WorkSafeBC is seeking a Workplace Safety Coordinator to promote safe and compliant workplaces across British Columbia. The role focuses on risk assessments, emergency preparedness, and program development to strengthen health and safety across diverse operations.

You will partner with leaders, contractors, and staff to implement controls, support hazard identification, and ensure regulatory compliance while advancing a proactive safety culture. This 12‑month temporary role is based in Richmond.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, Environmental Science, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of directly related experience in risk management, program development, or project coordination.
• Strong knowledge of risk management principles, strategies, and techniques, as well as OHSR/WHMIS regulations and programs.
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive risk assessments across operations, finance, reputation, health, safety, and environment with senior management to develop mitigations.
• Design and implement emergency preparedness programs, including response plans, staff exercises, and service recovery strategies to minimize operational disruptions.
• Develop and oversee compliance programs for permits, inspections, hazardous materials, and workplace safety in alignment with corporate strategies and regulatory requirements.
• Analyze compliance data, interpret trends, and recommend actionable measures to reduce risks and improve resilience.
• Educate and empower teams through training on safety regulations, prime contractor responsibilities, and risk management best practices.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to manage hazardous materials, coordinate consultants, and ensure environmental responsibility.
• Conduct site visits across the province as needed, with occasional overnight travel.
• Consistently models the appropriate level of organizational behaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, Environmental Science, Risk Management, or a related field

Job description

Salary is determined based on the candidate's qualifications and market conditions for the role.

Posting period

From 10/21/2026 to 11/03/2026

Overview

Are you passionate about promoting workplacesafety and helping prevent injuries before they happen? Do you thrive oncreating safe, compliant, and resilient workplaces?

We’re looking for a Workplace Safety Coordinatorto support and coordinate workplace health and safety initiatives across ourdiverse portfolio. In this role, you’ll help ensure compliance withoccupational health and safety legislation, support the implementation ofcorporate OHS programs, and promote a proactive safety culture. You’llcontribute to hazard identification, workplace inspections, incidentprevention, safety training, and emergency preparedness.

You’ll work closely with internal teams,external contractors, and consultants to identify workplace hazards, implementpractical control measures, and support safe work practices. Leveraging yourknowledge of OHS legislation, safety programs, and hazard assessment, you’llhelp reduce workplace risks, protect employees, and maintain safe and compliantoperations.

How you’ll make a difference: You’llhelp create a sustainable workplace that allows people to thrive.

Thisis a temporary role for 12 months

Working at WorkSafeBC

We serve the workersand employers across B.C., and we do that best when we're together. It's how wecollaborate, learn from one another, and develop our people.

This role is based inour richmond office five days a week.

Like everything we do,our work model continues to evolve to support those we serve. We remain committed to a workmodel that strengthens our culture and helps us deliver our best work, while balancing flexibilityand a positive employee experience.

What you'll do

• Lead comprehensive riskassessments across operational, financial, reputational, health, safety, andenvironmental areas, partnering with senior management to develop mitigationstrategies.
• Design and implement emergencypreparedness programs, including response plans, staff exercises, and servicerecovery strategies to minimize operational disruptions.
• Develop and oversee complianceprograms for permits, inspections, hazardous materials, and workplace safety inalignment with corporate strategies and regulatory requirements.
• Analyze compliance data, interprettrends, and recommend actionable measures to reduce risks and improveresilience.
• Educate and empower teams throughtraining on safety regulations, prime contractor responsibilities, and riskmanagement best practices.
• Collaborate with internal andexternal stakeholders to manage hazardous materials, coordinate consultants,and ensure environmental responsibility.
• Conduct site visits across theprovince as needed, with occasional overnight travel.
• Consistently models the appropriate level of organizationalbehaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair,collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.

Is this a good fit for you?

We’re looking for someonewho:

• Isstrategic and proactive, anticipating risks and implementing preventivemeasures before issues arise.
• Thrivesin collaborative, in-person environments, building strong relationships withdiverse stakeholders.
• Ispassionate about safety and compliance, committed to creating workplaces wherepeople can operate confidently and securely.
• Excelsat problem-solving under pressure, using data-driven analysis to developpractical, effective solutions.
• Isadaptable and resilient, able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining aforward-thinking approach to risk management.

Yourbackground and experience

• Bachelor’sdegree in occupational health and safety, Environmental Science, RiskManagement, or a related field
• Minimumof 3 years of directly related experience in risk management, programdevelopment, or project coordination.
• Strongknowledge of risk management principles, strategies, and techniques, as well asOHSR/WHMIS regulations and programs.

Equivalentcombinations of education and experience will be considered

Important to know

Beforewe can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Confirm you’re legally entitled to work in Canada

Who we are

At WorkSafeBC, wepromote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner withworkers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, anddisability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we providecompensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, andsafe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and263,000 registered employers in our province.

What’s it like to work atWorkSafeBC?

It’s challenging, stimulating, andrewarding. Our positions offer diversity andopportunities for professional growth. Every day,the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, andso are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relieson building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds,abilities, and experiences that reflect the diversity of the people we serve.We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive workculture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Asa member of our team, you’ll have access to services and benefits that help youget the most out of work — and life. Along with a competitive salary,your total compensation package includes:

• Defined benefit pension plan thatprovides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire
• 3 weeks of vacation in your firstyear, with regular increases based on years of service
• Extensive health care and dentalbenefits
• Optional leave and earned-time-offarrangements
• Development opportunities (tuitionreimbursement, leadership development, and more)

Applications are welcomed immediately; however, must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.

Please note that we will be starting assessmentsprior to the closing date.