Construction Safety Officer

• (Internal Title: Construction Safety Officer)
  • Perform construction assurance and compliance activities on the assigned projects
  • Support Project teams to develop Safe Work Procedures and implement them effectively for the safe execution of the work
  • Perform formal inspections and audits to ensure compliance with the relevant OHS legislation, standards, and contract requirements
  • Provide day-to-day oversight for on-site construction work conducted by contractors to assess contractor compliance against the relevant OHSA legislation and contract requirements, support with the identification of hazards and implementation of risk mitigation controls
  • Review site activities and provide support for the protection of workers as well as public, infrastructure, and operations
  • Engage, coordinate, and work with the integrated project team and internal/external stakeholders to provide consistent and continuous support, in collaboration with the integrated project team, review, analyze, and outline construction activities and work areas to ensure safe and efficient delivery
  • Participate and/or support others with incident investigations, including follow-up actions to ensure the implementation of identified corrective actions
  • Assist the Safety Director and Safety team with other tasks as required
  • Provide construction safety assurance by reviewing and assessing the Contractor’s Safety Plan and Safe Work Method submissions and inspecting construction sites
  • Liaise and offer expertise to the Safety Manager, Construction Manager, and team on construction safety matters
  • Assist in the development of safety training materials and presentations
  • Interpret the Health and Safety of the project and make recommendations to the managers
  • Facilitate safety training sessions
  • Engage in site safety observations and audits
  • Establish a strong safety culture on-site and accident prevention techniques, and compliance with external and internal policies
  • Participate in injury investigations and associated reporting and follow-up
  • Support Ministry of Labor (MOL) site visits and MOL incident investigations
  • Research, compile, and review detailed proof, and recommendations relating to safety policies, regulations, and industry safety practices to assist in resolving on-site safety issues and omissions to safety practices that may be discussed in claims resolutions or lack of work performance
  • Evaluate document reviews with safety as the focus of the review
  • Complete any tasks assigned by the Construction Safety Manager in an efficient and timely manner

Working Conditions

• Site-based