Health, Safety & Environment Coordinator

BGIS
Montreal, Canada
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with environmental management experience who coordinate compliance and risk mitigation across multiple sites.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with environmental management experience and a focus on compliance and risk mitigation
    — “coordinates environmental and health program processes and activities to assist the team in maintaining compliance”
  • Professionals who can manage documentation and reporting for health, safety, and environmental programs
    — “maintains and assists with the creation of environmental, health and safety documentation including but not limited to plans, processes, forms, logbooks, and procedures”
  • Individuals who can conduct field inspections and audits while maintaining accurate data records
    — “participates in field inspections, job observations, health, safety and environment audits and other types of reviews”

Things to consider

  • Frequent site visits are expected, which may require travel and flexibility in work location
    — “frequent trips to be expected on the different sites”
  • A car is required for the role, which is a practical consideration for candidates
    — “A car his required for the role”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with incident investigation and corrective action implementation
    — “assists in the investigation and resolution of incidents including root-cause analysis”
  • Emphasize skills in developing and maintaining environmental compliance documentation
    — “maintains and assists with the creation of environmental, health and safety documentation”
  • Showcase ability to coordinate multiple processes and projects simultaneously
    — “ability to coordinate multiple requirements (i.e. processes, activities, projects, emergency response procedures, etc.) simultaneously”
  • Demonstrate experience with emergency management planning and procedures
    — “maintains business continuity and emergency management plans and procedures”
  • Mention any relevant certifications or interest in obtaining them
    — “certification in one or more of the following – Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety; Certificate in Environmental Management”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • coordinated implementation of environmental, health and safety programs
  • conducted regular inspections of facilities
Typical background
environmental and health inquiries and incidents management

Skills & requirements

Required

Program CoordinationIncident InvestigationAudit ComplianceData Maintenance

Preferred

Database DevelopmentEmergency Response Procedures

Stack & domain

Environmental ComplianceHealth And SafetyIncident InvestigationCommunicationProject ManagementPhysical Security ProfessionalCertified Protection ProfessionalCertified Business Continuity PlannerEnvironmental Management

About the role

Original posting from BGIS

SUMMARY

The Health, Safety, and Environment Coordinator coordinates environmental and health program processes and activities to assist the team in maintaining compliance, mitigating and managing environmental, health and safety risks and improving related performance. This position is more required to manage environmental issues although some health and safety tasks can be assigned to the coordinator.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Coordination 

Acts as the first point-of-contact for environmental and health inquiries and incidents.

Provides guidance to team members on environmental and health matters, and escalates inquiries, where appropriate

Coordinates the implementation of environmental, health and safety programs along with related processes, procedures and resources

Coordinates environmental, health and safety activities including but not limited to attending tenant OSH committee meetings, attending environmental committee meetings and activities, undertaking incident investigation and resolution, completing equipment and systems registration, developing emergency response procedures and business continuity planning activities, completing and delivering training, completing annual management system re-registration, managing data and generating reports, and conducting environmental compliance audits.

Researches environmental, health and safety matters; provides findings and recommendations.

Maintains and assists with the creation of environmental, health and safety documentation including but not limited to plans, processes, forms, logbooks, and procedures.

Create and maintain documentation including but not limited to instruction sheets, checklists, forms, and training materials.

Support construction activity teams (Projects and O&M) by creating, distributing, verifying and maintaining documentation such as work instructions, checklists, training materials

Conducts regular inspections of facilities to mitigate any Environmental regulatory issues and/or Health and Safety Concerns before an incident or service call is received.

Maintains business continuity and emergency management plans and procedures

Participates in field inspections, job observations, health, safety and environment audits and other types of reviews for the purpose of monitoring compliance to environmental and health regulations and identifying risks.  Provides findings about risks and suggestions for improvement.

Incident Investigation, Resolution & Reduction

Assists in the investigation and resolution of incidents including root-cause analysis and providing probable causes of incidents and recommendations for resolution

Coordinates the implementation of corrective and preventative measures

Assists in the identification and analysis of trends.  Communicates observations and provides suggestions for incident reduction measures

Audit Compliance, Data Maintenance & Reporting 

Maintains all environmental, health and safety data including but not limited to incident data, and regulatory and process compliance data within applicable databases and all other types of information storage systems

Assists in the audit of compliance records and all other environmental, health and safety data

Prepares and distributes various environmental, health and safety related reports including but not limited to incident reports

Experience with database development, programing and maintenance considered an asset

Other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Strong background in environmental management system development and administration, with knowledge of environmental regulations and environmental compliance auditing an asset.

Certification in one or more of the following – Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety; Certificate in Environmental Management through a Community College; University degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies

1 to 3 years of environmental, health and safety work experience

Understanding of environmental, health and safety regulatory requirements

Understanding of emergency management requirements

Strong organizational and coordination skills along with ability to coordinate multiple requirements (i.e. processes, activities, projects, emergency response procedures, etc.) simultaneously

Strong communication skills along with some ability to influence stakeholders

Strong administrative skills along with ability to maintain and report accurate data

Analytical and problem solving skills

Ability to exercise good judgment

Able to work independently but provide strong support to the team as and when requested

Frequent trips to be expected on the different sites

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

Demonstrates an interest in attaining one or more of the following would be considered an asset:

Safety:

Canadian Registered Safety Professional from Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals

Certified Health & Safety Consultant from Canadian Society of Safety Engineering

A car his required for the role 

Security: 

Physical Security Professional from ASIS International

Certified Protection Professional from ASIS International

Business Continuity:

Certified Business Continuity Planner from Business Continuity Management Institute

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Source: BGIS careers

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