AddressClosing Date: March 26, 2024
Are you passionate about safety and ensuring the safety of others? If so, we would love to have you join our Health and Safety team at Elkview Operations!
Reporting to the General Manager, the Superintendent, Health and Safety is responsible for working with other department heads to provide health and safety support. You will also sponsor, and assist in the development of, fit-for-business health and safety requirements and procedures that align with Teck's Health and Safety Policy, Strategic Plan, and Sustainability Strategy.
To be successful, we are looking for someone with strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship management skills. Someone who is organized and has the ability to multi-task and meet challenges directly, with sophisticated analytical, problem solving, and decision-making abilities. Strong influencing and leadership experience who can align the team to a common purpose is vital for this role.
You will have the opportunity to develop a team that is responsible for advancing strategic health and safety initiatives. You will build and grow a culture that is critical to the success of further developing a positive and proactive attitude towards safety across the operation. You will also have the chance to collaborate with all levels of the operation, with varying expertise, and work with them to achieve crucial strategic objectives.
Join us in the breathtaking Elk Valley of British Columbia. Here you will find outdoor adventure at your fingertips. Whether it's biking and skiing, or the laid-back atmosphere of fishing and hiking, there is something for everyone! Working a compressed work week with alternating Fridays off, come experience what work life balance is all about!
Responsibilities:
- Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
- Coordinate with Operations, Business Units, and corporate teams to strategically plan for health and safety
- Apply continuous improvement processes and systems to improve health and safety performance
- Build on the current culture, with the objective of further developing a positive and proactive attitude
- Manage a dynamic Occupational Health, Safety, and Contractor Management team through mentorship and effective leadership
- Implement, and mentor on, Teck’s High Potential Risk and Control Strategy and mitigate high risk activities by ensuring effective controls are in place
- Participate in assurance activities to confirm conformance to established critical controls and assist in the development of effective action plans where deviations are identified
- Manage the performance and efficiency of Occupational Health and Hygiene programs, including, but not limited to employee wellness, fitness for work, industrial hygiene monitoring, and exposure reduction
- Analyze real time incident statistics and identify trends with mitigation strategies
- Engage in development projects applicable to the Operation to ensure risk identification and mitigation is considered for all projects
- Provide support within the contractor management system to improve contractor conformance
Qualifications:
- Degree or diploma, or equivalent industry experience
- Professional designation of CRSP, CIH or equivalent
- Minimum ten years of dynamically senior level experience preferably in a mining or natural resource environment
- Strong digital literacy including the Microsoft Office Suite®; Word, Excel, and Outlook
Benefits:
Teck employees receive a competitive compensation package that includes, but is not limited to, base salary plus the following benefits:
- Two Annual Bonus Plans
- Comprehensive Benefits Plan
- Retirement Package
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Health Lifestyle Account
Salary Range: $141,000 - $175,000
The actual base salary offered is determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies and considers internal equity.
Successful candidates must be willing to satisfy the pre-employment requirements of a pre-employment drug screen and three professional references.
About Teck
At Teck, we value diversity. Our teams work collaboratively and respect each person’s unique perspective and contribution.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal and zinc.
Teck has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and is one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People.
The pursuit of sustainability guides Teck’s approach to business. Teck has been recognized as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations by Corporate Knights and is ranked #1 in the Metals and Mining industry on the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI).
Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK.
Learn more about Teck at www.teck.com or follow @TeckResources.
