Safety Officer

Requisition ID: 17453
Department: Transit Services Dept.
Service: Safety, Regulatory, Trng & Dev Service
Branch: Safety Stand. Invest. & Reporting Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Temporary - Up to 2 years
Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: ATU 1760
Salary Information: $65,279.76 - $92,588.86 annually (2023 rates of pay)
Location: Transit Service, 1500 St.Laurent
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Transit Services - OC Transpo
Application Close: 20/05/2025

**JOB SUMMARY**

The mandate of the Safety Standards, Investigation and Reporting Unit is to support OC Transpo with providing a safe workplace for staff and safe service for customers. This is done by supporting the implementation of the Safety Management System and ensuring compliance with regulations and safety processes across bus, para transit and rail operations and maintenance.

You are responsible for assuring safety compliance with existing transportation, with a primary focus on bus, garage, facility, environmental and labour legislation and for investigating situations of non-compliance. You will provide support in the field in all OC Transpo properties on all shifts through incident response, inspection, investigation, safety outreach and knowledge transfer activities.

You are required to work outside of normal working hours to support investigations where required. This position is responsible for providing 24/7 field (workplace) safety services.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- Completion of a 4-year university degree in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene, science, legal studies, engineering, or other relevant discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible and relevant experience preferably in a labour intensive and unionized environment, in transportation (road vehicles and/or railway), conducting investigations, providing analysis, making recommendations and reports, focused on occupational health and safety.
- Considered an asset:
Health & Safety certification such as Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Certified Health & Safety Consultant (CHSC), Registered Occupational Hygienist or Technologist (ROH/T) and/or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)

**CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES**
- Valid Ontario unrestricted G class driver’s licence (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerit points accumulated
- Current Standard First Aid, CPR and/or AED certificates

**KNOWLEDGE**
- Issues and principles pertaining to emergency preparedness, concepts, and techniques
- Hazard assessment, risk mitigation and methods of control
- Accident investigation and workplace inspection methodology
- Risk assessment methodology
- Research methods, data collection and interpretation
- Canada Labour Code-Part II respecting Occupational Safety and Health rules, regulations, and practices
- Environmental Protection Act, Regulations for Construction Projects, the Canadian Criminal Code provisions for safety, Technical Standards and Safety Act, Workplace Safety & Insurance Act, Fire Code, Building Code etc.
- Knowledge of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Safety Management System
- Federal and provincial legislation, regulations, standards, codes, and by-laws relating to safety and emergency management
- Policy and procedure development and documentation practices
- Project management principles and techniques
- Transit industry
- A strong understanding of accident theory and causation combined with the use of facts and logic to develop meaningful solutions, recommendations, and corrective actions

**COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
- Demonstrated knowledge of industry and best practices related to safety, health, and environment
- Experience in safety operations of a large public/private sector organization, preferably within transportation
- Demonstrated ability with computer/software
- Demonstrated ability to conduct high profile investigations and initiate improvements in safety systems and procedures
- Highly developed facilitation, analytical, and communication skills to advise all management levels and assist in formulating long term strategy and practical short term solutions regarding hazard controls.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure necessary to meet a multitude of corporate mandates
- Demonstrated ability to set targets, objectives, delegate tasks and follow-up to ensure objectives are achieved
- Proven ability to effectively lead, team build, coach, and motivate subordinate staff and others to ensure set objectives are met with due regard for quality, quantity, effectiveness, and deadlines
- Sound judgement; well-developed management, organizational, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills including technical report writing, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work with professional multi-disciplined teams, deal with complex issues and maintain effective working relationships
- Requires a valid non-probatio