Hse Advisor

The HSE Advisor is responsible for promoting a safe and healthy workplace for all employees, contractors, customers, and visitors and partnering with the regional Supervisors to ensure the health and safety of the employees. This role will be relied upon to ensure all regional specific safety requirements are being managed, and that you are supporting the leadership to fulfill all safety program elements.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Clearly identify, understand, and implement Almita’s safety requirements, and when applicable, the client’s HSE requirements for the project and/or worksite.
- Maintain a working knowledge of current OH&SE legislation, Federal and Provincial laws as well as company standards and policies.
- Partner with local leadership to ensure company compliance.
- Identify and coordinate safety training programs as required.
- Support leadership by providing safety moments and topics for employee mentorship/learning.
- Provide safety orientation and training for all employees, contractors, and visitors to ensure understanding of potential risks and expected behaviours.
- Ensure appropriate safety supplies are identified and purchased in a timely and cost-effective manner and monitor their usage.
- Ensure Safe Work Procedures are current and complete for all jobs/tasks.
- Demonstrate the capability to work under the direction of HSE leadership on multiple tasks requiring judgment to resolve problems.
- Encourage and promote a safe work culture with a positive attitude and team approach.
- Perform various levels of worksite inspections and audits and follow through with appropriate levels of coaching and support for all corrective actions.
- Investigate incidents, near misses, and hazardous conditions. Complete incident causation analysis, develop, implement, and follow up on corrective actions
- Assist in creating Job Safety Analysis and perform updates as conditions and processes change.
- Participate and contribute with ongoing procedural, policy and other documentation development and updates as required.
- Proactively identify leading indicators and trends in the field and communicates the same back to the field and corporate.
- Analyze safety conditions (primarily field & manufacturing) and recommend changes to continuously improve operational safety performance

**EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE**:

- The following are required: _
- 2-3 years’ experience as a safety advisor with demonstrated leadership skills.
- 2-3 years’ construction experience in a supervisory capacity.
- Class G Driver’s License
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the workplace health and safety and workers’ compensation legislation.
- Demonstrated ability to train, coach, evaluate, and improve others.

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Guelph, ON N1K 1H3: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)