Safety Coach, Qualico Edmonton

Description

• Acting as a resource and support for all stakeholders relating to health and safety practices, including contractors, employees, the safety team, and other Qualico safety professionals.
• Documenting identified opportunities for improvement to assess and address potential weak points, risks and/or signals in our safety program, personnel, and contractors.
• Participating as a facilitator in safety conversations, such as toolboxes, new employee orientations, training sessions, proactive or post event learning teams.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement and engage all parties in identifying and implementing solutions.
• Administering first aid as required and appropriate and provide transportation to clinic if needed. Cooperating with the claims coordinators in identifying and providing our employees with access to medical services.
• Leading or assisting in the internal audit process. Participating in the audit of other businesses in the Qualico family.
• Creating trusting and successful working relationships.
• Coaching employees and contractors on best practices and standards.
• Identifying contractor safety needs and solutions to respond to these needs.
• Working cooperatively with the other members of the immediate safety team and other safety professionals in other Qualico businesses, in various cross organizations projects (audits, meetings, documentation reviews, site inspections, etc.).
• Taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions and actions.
• Analyzing unplanned events and working with all parties to identify and implement solutions to prevent re-occurrence and improve our program.
• Proactively visiting worksites to review and assess health and safety practices/risks and engaging employees and contractors to implement best practices, build trust, and foster environment of cooperation/collaboration.

Requirements

• Facilitation skills – ability to speak in front of groups and facilitate presentations is a strong asset.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of Safety II, Safety Differently, Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles would be a bonus.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and PowerPoint) and learning various safety and data collection apps.
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent.
• Detailed oriented; you focus on detailed accuracy when dealing with a high volume of work.
• Valid driver’s licence and access to reliable vehicle.
• Some education in health and safety is preferred.
• Satisfactory verification of criminal record check.
• A strong communicator; you clearly express your thoughts in conversation and in written communication.
• Knowledge of the residential construction industry is considered an asset.
• Standard First Aid Certification.
• Organized; you effectively manage your time while balancing multiple priorities.
• Formal training and a good understanding of event analysis (aka accident investigation) is an asset.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance