HSE Director

Director, Health, Safety and Environment

Location: Flexible within Canada

Preferred locations: Edmonton, AB; Stoney Creek, ON; Dieppe, NB; or Dartmouth, NS

Employment type: Full-time, permanent

The Opportunity

Twin Staffing is leading a confidential search for an experienced Director of Health, Safety and Environment on behalf of a rapidly growing, multi-branch Canadian equipment-rental organization.

This is an opportunity to design, build and lead a national HSE program across branches, service shops, yards, field operations and transportation activities. The successful candidate will establish the strategy, systems and standards required to support continued growth while creating a practical and consistent safety culture across Canada.

This is not simply a compliance position. The organization needs a hands-on leader who can build a scalable HSE management system, earn the confidence of frontline employees and help operational leaders turn safety requirements into effective everyday practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and implement a national HSE management system, including policies, procedures, forms, training requirements, inspection programs, audit tools and corrective-action processes.
• Develop a multi-year HSE strategy aligned with continued branch expansion and operational growth.
• Maintain compliance with occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation, environmental and transportation requirements across multiple Canadian jurisdictions.
• Establish practical safety programs for equipment-rental operations, including:
• Shop and yard safety
• Equipment movement and inspections
• Loading, unloading and load securement
• Lockout and tagout
• Working at heights
• PPE and chemical handling
• Housekeeping and 5S
• Customer-site and field-service work
• Develop driver and transportation standards for Class 1 and Class 3 operations, including vehicle inspections, driver qualifications, documentation, coaching and incident reporting.
• Create national training matrices, onboarding programs, toolbox talks, refresher training and competency-tracking processes.
• Lead the investigation of incidents, near misses and hazards, including root-cause analysis and corrective-action follow-through.
• Partner with branch managers, service managers, technicians, drivers, dispatch, sales, HR and senior leadership to embed safety into daily operations.
• Develop HSE dashboards and report on leading and lagging indicators, claims, audit findings, training completion and corrective-action closure.
• Conduct branch audits, site visits, hazard assessments and management-system reviews across Canada.
• Support regulatory interactions, customer safety prequalification, emergency preparedness, contractor requirements and return-to-work coordination.
• Build a culture in which employees feel comfortable identifying hazards, stopping unsafe work and participating in operational improvements.

What You Bring

• At least seven years of progressive HSE experience.
• Experience building, implementing or significantly improving safety programs across multiple locations or operational groups.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian occupational health and safety requirements across multiple provinces.
• Experience within equipment rental, construction, transportation, logistics, industrial services, heavy equipment, fleet operations or a comparable operational environment.
• Knowledge of commercial transportation safety, including inspections, documentation, load securement and driver-risk controls.
• Strong capabilities in incident investigation, root-cause analysis, hazard assessment, corrective-action management and emergency planning.
• Experience developing training programs, audit systems, safety dashboards and supervisor leadership tools.
• The ability to influence executives, operational managers, supervisors and frontline employees.
• Strong written, verbal and executive-level communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, HSE reporting tools, safety databases and document-control systems.
• A valid driver’s licence and the ability to travel regularly across Canada.

Education and Designations

Post-secondary education in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Health, Risk Management, Business, Engineering, Operations or a related discipline is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will also be considered.

The following designations are considered strong assets:

• Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
• Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRS