DescriptionThe Opportunity:
Join our dynamic team as an HSE Advisor, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the health, safety, and environmental compliance of our projects. You'll collaborate with business operations, provide expert advice, and develop strategies to prevent injuries and support our HSEQ vision. Your expertise will help us maintain high standards and achieve our primary business goals.
Why choose WSP?
- We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
- Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
- A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
- Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
- Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
- A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.
We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.
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What you can expect to do here:
- Establish and maintain partnerships and communication with Business Operations to make recommendations and influence Leadership (e.g. Project Managers/Directors) to understand needs, assesses Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) risks and aligns HSE advisory services to support the attainment of primary business goals, which is to prevent injuries mainly through:
- Efficient planning through Project Risk Assessments, Safe Job Procedures and Practices.
- Selection of hazards controls according to Hierarchy of Controls (HoC) principle
- Consultation and participation of employees
- Trainings and competencies
- Behavioural Based Safety interventions
- Supports Emergency Response Plan (ERP) risk assessment, including workplace violence; and development of ERP for projects, including monitoring and inspection, emergency supplies (i.e. first aid, AED, eye wash, etc.), local emergency drills, pandemic preparedness.
- Provide key support through advising on project related HSE issues, trend analysis and recommend solutions.
- Understand the HSEQ vision, mission, goals and objectives. Make efforts to support and influence the business sectors in which you work to keep those people on point in supporting the HSEQ vision and mission.
- Stay abreast of emerging trends and issues in industry related to the business sector in which you support.
- Network with industry and client counterparts to build relationships and credibility in the sector in which you support.
- Liaise with the broader HSE team seeking SME advice, and project or key client support as required from the Key Client and Major Project Support team..
- Support business partners in project pursuit and planning through networking, engaging people, and using the Horizon platform to assess project activity in your sector.
- Devise improvement strategies for your projects and people in your sector using the leading and lagging data available.
- Listen to and understand the specific needs of your business sector partners and make recommendations and plans that help them achieve HSE success for their clients while staying complaint with WSP standards.
- Follow proper change management processes for plans or procedures developed specifically for projects.
- Proactively reach out to project teams and sector people leaders to embed yourself in the sector business and project support.
- Review, understand and proactively support the effective and consistent application of HSE Management System (i.e., Policy, Programs, Procedures and Processes).
- Review project HSE Plans and related HSE documentation.
- Monitor and verify the project HSE compliance with WSP HSE Management System, Provincial/Federal regulations by conducting frequent site audits and inspection visit reports.
- Support the WSP Business Operations in identifying training needs, gaps, and training providers.
- Assist with implementation of HSE legal changes or through knowledge of industry best practices.
- Provide HSE mentoring and coaching to our business leaders and professional employees (e.g., Professional Personnel and Worker).
- Support business operations performing incident investigations and root cause analysis, identify proper corrective actions, monitor tracking and closure of actions in WSP’s online reporting system; and collaborate with HSE Expertise Team (e.g., High Potential investigations), as required.
- Support the HSE Programs Team by providing subject expertise regarding HSE training development, communication, audit preparation and procedure review.
What you’ll bring to WSP:
- Degree, diploma or certificate program from a post-secondary and accredited institution in environment, health and safety (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- A professional designation such as (CRSP, CRST, CHSO or CHSC) would be an asset.
- 8-10 years of experience related to industrial or construction project safety.
- Intermediate to senior experience level in an HSE role
- Knowledge of Canadian provincial OH&S Acts, regulations, and industry best practices.
- Bilingualism (French/English) an asset
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Autonomy and self-motivated team player.
- Proficient computer skills and thorough understanding of Microsoft office suite.
Deliverables & Key Performance Indicators:
- Achieve target for number of visits to projects to perform inspection/audit as budgeted and set in annual Goals and Objectives (G&O)
- Completion of HSE Inspection Reports, Audit Reports, HSE Root Cause Analysis Report, and other measured metrics (e.g., inspection or audit record, corrective actions)
- Managing events within the WSP Online Reporting System against measured metrics (e.g., HSE incidents and observations: Timeline to action or close a reported event)
- Cascading and supporting HSE communications, goals and objectives.
- Positive feedback from sector leadership and business partners.
