Environmental Health & Safety Advisor

Position Summary
The Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Advisor role exists to provide support and guidance to the North Vancouver Facility team as it relates to all aspects of creating a safe workplace. The role is to incorporate a hands on approach to the elimination/mitigation of safety risk, assess/measure site safety performance, drive safety accountability and develop a strong, positive, site safety culture.

Job Duties

• Ensures quality delivery of GFL’s EH&S program by guiding and mentoring operations, managers and supervisors to increase safety and environmental awareness and improve EHS practices of day to day operations.

• Support the development and implementation of GFL’s EH&S initiatives, programs, policies, and procedures while ensuring compliance with relevant employment and occupational health and safety legislation.

• Lead facility compliance for the process and documentation of equipment preparation, isolation and lockout.

• Assists and coordinates the execution of environmental monitoring and emergency exercise events.

• Participates in incident investigations and provides guidance to operations when conducting root cause analysis and identifying quality corrective actions.

• Ensures safety hazards and environmental risks are identified and controlled through established programs

• Participate in Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee meetings as well as other legislatively required programs.

• Remain up to date on Health & Safety regulations and maintains relationships with regional regulatory personnel.

• Maintains effective relationships with regional stakeholders and regulatory authorities.

• Support the development and implementation of GFL’s EH&S initiatives, programs, policies, and procedures while ensuring compliance with relevant employment and occupational health and safety legislation.

• Coordinates involvement with regional and corporate initiatives.

• Demonstrates an understanding of internal and external customer requirements and provides quality service in accordance with company and regulatory standards.

• Provides guidance through coaching and positive reinforcement to operations management to ensure that all employees are trained to do their work in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of EH&S legislative requirements, as well as best industry practices.

• Related degree and/or professional designation.

• 5 years demonstrated progressive experience is an asset.

• Exceptional communication skills.

• Proficient in the use of various office software programs.

• SiteDocs, Enablon and/or WorkHub experience considered an asset.

• Knowledge of refinery operations is an asset.

• Confidence in ability to work in a constantly changing, fast paced work environment.

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GFL Environmental is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply. We seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. GFL will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Job Type: Full-time