Bilingual Health, Safety and Environment Lead (Eng/Fre)
BGIS
- Gatineau, QC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop, execute and govern health, safety and environment programs and promotes a high health, safety and environment culture for the assigned accounts
- Provides guidance and advice to account and client team members on health, safety, and environment matters in accordance to all applicable internal and external requirements. Applies knowledge of related regulations
- Collaborates with account teams to ensure team members are provided with adequate tools and resources to ensure the safe execution of work
- Collaborates on a daily basis with the client subject matter expert to implement initiatives and provide feedback from various work streams including the Projects and Operations teams
- Maintains health, safety, and environment management systems registration including but not limited to ISO 14001, CSA Z1000, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001. Conducts internal systems audit and executes annual re-registration process requirements
- Achieves health, safety and environment objectives for assigned accounts
- Develops, manages, improves and leads key performance indicators as related to HSE (LTIR, TRIR, Near Miss reports, Halocarbon leak reports, spills, etc.)
- Develops and continuously improves health, safety and environment management system and associated processes and procedures according to applicable external management systems
- Assists client with coordination of employee engagement initiatives (e.g. Waste Reduction Week, Earth Week) and corporate HSE events (e.g. Safety & Health week)
- Manages multiple projects simultaneously with tight deadlines
- Builds and promotes corporate HSE-culture
- End to end program management, including vendor selection, managing purchase orders, budgeting, scheduling, receiving and reviewing reports (e.g. waste & recycling management programs, fuel storage system management, compliance program management such as radon or asbestos, pole storage yard compliance)
- Play an important leadership role in overall performance of program execution including working with key stakeholders
- Develops budget forecast (capital, expense) and manages costs to stay within budget
- Audits vendors performance
- Produces procurement documents (scope of work, legal and internal requirements, templates, KPI) in collaboration with Contract managers
- Monitors and enforces compliance to all internal and external health, safety and environment requirements
- Conducts field inspections, job observations; health, safety and environment audits and other types of reviews to monitor compliance to health, safety and environment requirements and to identify risks
- Communicates observations, non-compliance and risks to stakeholders, and provides and implements corrective and preventative measures to ensure compliance and mitigate risks
- Prepares and submits compliance reports
- Manages environmental, health and safety programs in compliance with the quality management framework
- Other duties as assigned
- Investigates and resolves incidents
- Conducts root-cause analysis, identifies incident causes, and implements corrective and preventative measures
- Tracks, records, maintains and reports incident data. Identifies and analyzes trends
- Reviews and implements modifications to work plans, processes, procedures to reduce recurring incidents and improve health, safety and environment performance
- Develops and delivers health, safety and environment training to account and client team members
- Develops and deploys health, safety and environment communication to account and client team members
- Liaison with Authorities Having Jurisdiction to maintain compliance
- Delivers training sessions for new/revised legislation that may impact business functions for various work streams
- Regularly meets with senior client representatives
- College degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Engineering or Environmental Sciences or master's degree in Environment, Environmental management or Environmental science
- 3 to 5 years of health, safety, and environment program execution work experience
- Knowledge of health, safety and environment regulatory requirements
- Knowledge of health, safety, and environment management systems - ISO 14001, ISO 45001, CSA Z1000, OHSAS 18001, etc.
- Strong program development and execution abilities
- Bilingual French/English required depending on the account
- Ability to promote health, safety and environment programs and influence stakeholders to achieve health, safety and environment objectives
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including client representatives at the senior to executive management level
- Ability to investigate and resolve health, safety and environment incidents, conduct root cause analysis skills along with preventative and corrective measure implementation
- Effective written communication skills
- Knowledge of Facility management operations
- Experience delivering health, safety and environment-related training
- Ability to apply regulatory background and knowledge across various work streams
- Ability to work in a cross-functional matrix environment
- Travel as required
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional from Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals or equivalent
- Registered ISO 45001 Compliance Auditor
- Environmental Professional (EP)
- Registered ISO 14001 Compliance Auditor
- LEED GA