Health, Safety and Environment Application Specialist

Job Description
Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto's subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

Our Safety Information Management Team is seeking a Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Application Specialist to lead the performance evaluation of the application in relation to Metrolinx' safety management system, evaluates and provides strategic direction on enhancements to improve program performance, and is accountable for the integrity of the data as it is shared with the organization.

What will I be doing?

• Provides subject matter expertise on the Enterprise HSE application in order to provide direction, implement, and/or maintain application performance.
• Establishes, configures, and ensures the soundness of application system profiles including the security matrix, system access, functional roles, and user permissions.
• Receives, investigates, and evaluates issues to direct to the correct action owner.
• Primary point of contact with I&IT technical teams and/or vendor to ensure that technical issues and enhancements are resolved.
• Develops plans and/or resolves functional issues as raised by the business or external contractors.
• Receives, investigates, evaluates, and develops plans in collaboration with stakeholders to support application feature rollouts, enhancements, and new feature / functionality requests. Maintains documentation of the process, impact and mitigations to business and system impacts, decisions, and plans. Presents business case through IT Change Management enhancement process.
• Leads, participates, and coordinates business unit SMEs / Super Users in the business UAT and system testing activities of business process and integrations for enhancement and quarterly system releases.
• Possesses intimate knowledge of application business rules, workflows, lookup tables and data connections to other systems to provide direction and/or implement performance improvements while maintaining the integrity system configuration and functioning.
• Directs and/or builds queries, reports, and dashboards for business users to access and view EHS data; provides enterprise-level analysis of safety data to support monthly business reporting from Safety & Security.
• Build, manage and improve the data automation (ETL queries, data models) to facilitate easy/self-serve reporting for Business Stakeholders to perform analysis and reporting.

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a diploma in Computer Science or a related discipline – or a combination of education, training, and experience deemed equivalent.
• Demonstrate experience in software development and implementation experience required.
• Demonstrate experience in HSE system implementation, specifically with Medgate/Cority.
• Understanding of the connections between the EHS suites in Cority would be an asset.
• Hands-on experience in software coding (XML/HTML).
• Functional understanding of data management, data analysis and integration.
• Experience in gathering and documenting user requirements for feature enhancement and new functionality.
• Demonstrate years of work experience in the field(s) of Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Safety, Industrial Hygiene or Risk Management (Operational or Enterprise) would be considered an asset.
• Project management experience required with an understanding of the Agile methodology being an asset

Don't Meet Every Requirement?
If you're excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn't quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation
We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: or email .

Application Process
All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

For Internal applicants, with the recent implementation of the Internal Mobility Policy, the internal recruitment process has changed for non-union roles. Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan). Please review all provisions of the policy before submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.