Ohs Department Coordinator

**This posting is for 1 temporary full-time position up to 14 months**

Are you passionate about promoting health and safety in the workplace and ensuring compliance with best practices? Strathcona County is looking for a proactive and knowledgeable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Department Coordinator to join our team. This position plays a vital role in supporting departments to implement the County's OHS program and fostering a culture of safety **.**

Reporting to the Supervisor, Corporate OHS, the overall objective of this position is to support departments in implementing the County's occupational health and safety (OHS) program. The position plays a key role in ensuring OHS policies, programs and activities meet legislative, best practice and organizational requirements by providing expert advice, support and guidance to assigned client department(s).

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide expert coaching, support and guidance to management, supervisors and leaders to assist them in meeting their responsibilities for the implementation of the organization's OHS management system
- Coordinate, implement and manage the OHS management system requirements for client groups that includes program administration, hazard identification, incident investigation, training, and emergency response
- Provide professional advice to assist staff in ensuring legislative, corporate & departmental OHS requirements are met. Recommend changes which facilitate improved practices and procedures
- Collaborate with other OHS supervisors, OHS corporate team and HR experts to ensure a comprehensive and cohesive approach to address complex issues (e.g. incident investigations, standard work procedures in multiple work sites, health and safety performance issues or actions required under the County's alcohol and drug program)
- Support managers, supervisors and workers to inspect and evaluate department environments, equipment, and practices, in order to ensure compliance with legislation, corporate and departmental OHS requirements and to ensure job site safety
- Provide expert advice in addressing health and safety incident reporting/investigations. Assist in the determination of direct and indirect causes of incidents and recommend controls that will prevent reoccurrence of similar incidents
- Ensure client groups meet obligations of the Certificate of Recognition (COR) standards from Partnerships in Injury Reduction and the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA)
- Respond to any immediate OHS incidents or priorities
- Act as a resource for health and safety committees, assisting with their activities and ensuring compliance with the County’s OHS policies
- Work with leaders, supervisors and management to ensure all documentation required for the effective operation of the OHSMS is completed and tracked in ITrak or department tracking systems
- Monitor, assess and report on the performance of the OHS management system
- Work with leaders, supervisors and management to ensure the accurate entry of investigations information and all corrective actions in ITrak
- Collaborate with leaders, supervisors and management to ensure health and safety training is current and ensure competency requirements are met
- Coordinate, recommend, and deliver health and safety training programs tailored to client needs
- Provide expert advice on contractor safety management, ensuring compliance with Alberta OHS legislation and Workers' Compensation Board-Alberta standards.
- Evaluate contractor safety plans and submissions and oversee safety standards implementation at multiple employer worksites.
- Support supervisors and project managers in coordinating health and safety requirements for contracted work
- Participate as a member of Strathcona County’s OHS team, contributing to the development and review of County-wide OHS standards and practices.
- Deliver OHS-related training and updates to client groups, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Support the County’s Certificate of Recognition (COR) and Partners in Injury Reduction (PIR) programs

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Completion of a post-secondary degree and two years recent professional level experience implementing occupational health and safety practices within operational work areas; OR Completion of a post-secondary diploma in occupational health and safety, environmental science, or occupational hygiene from a recognized academic institution, or related field and four years of recent professional level experience implementing occupational health and safety practices within operational work areas
- CRSP or CRST, or eligibility for CRSP and actively working towards designation
- Strong knowledge of Alberta OHS legislation and best practices
- Experience with, or certification within, the Incident Command System is an asset
- Previous experience working in the public sector is an asset
- Strong interpersonal skills, relationship building, group facilitat