Senior Specialist, Health & Safety US Renewables

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Your Opportunity

One Permanent Full Time Position. 

Are you someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values learning, and seeks career growth in an environment where you are encouraged and supported?  Look no further!

At Capital Power, we are committed to ensuring the well-being and safety of our employees. We are seeking a Senior Specialist, Health & Safety, who is dedicated to this cause.  In this role, you will assist US Renewables operating units in implementing our Health, Safety & Environmental Management System. Additionally, you will ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, internal policies, and reporting requirements. Occasionally, you may also provide support to US Gas Fleet Operations, remotely and at site, as needed.

You will contribute to our team by:

• Acting as a subject matter expert and interpreting and implementing internal safety standards and ensuring compliance with Occupational Health and Safety regulations for employees, supervisors, and managers.

• Leading hazard assessments and documenting site-specific procedures to prevent health and safety incidents.

• Supporting and guiding the implementation of the contractor prequalification and selection process for capital projects and outages.

• Providing pre-outage and on-site support for all phases of planned and forced outages.

• Identifying support needs, including programs/procedures, training requirements and outage/project contracted health and safety support.

• Providing assistance and support with the development of health and safety improvement plans.

• Supporting the on-going development of a proactive leading indicator safety program at all levels of the organization.

• Attending and participating in various team meetings, safety meetings, outage planning meetings and kick off meetings.

• Providing assistance and support to ensure successful implementation of Corporate Program and Planning initiatives.

• Developing proactive, cost-effective solutions focused on health and safety processes at the operational level.

• Pro-actively identifying emerging health and safety issues at the operational level and providing support on resolutions.

• Actively participating in and providing guidance on the hazard assessment and control processes.

• Reviewing the site emergency response plans and Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report (HRVA) and making recommendations for updates or improvements.

• Supporting and responding to incidents in the workplace, completing the investigation process, and supporting the implementation of corrective/preventative action.

• Actively participating in the workplace audit and inspection processes and the implementation of corrective actions to resolve issues identified.

• Participating in the HSE Risk Profile Summary Report Reviews.

• Providing health and safety advice, coaching expertise, guidance, leadership, and support to all levels of the organization.

• Serving as the first point of contact and response for employee and contractor health and safety management.

What you will bring to the role:  

Education:

• Completed Degree in the field of Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent experience working in the field of Occupational Health and Safety.

• Certified Safety Professional designation would be considered an asset.

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years Health and Safety field experience;