ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY SPECIALIST (Hybrid)

at  Kardium Inc

Your opportunity
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.
Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.
We have now completed our pivotal clinical study and our focus is on regulatory approvals and commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.
As the Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for fostering a culture of safety, and leading continuous improvement initiatives that result in an effective environmental health and safety program, and provide a safe working environment for all Kardium employees and guests.
Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.
Meaningful work you will be a part of

• Review Kardium’s health and safety program, and propose and implement safety policies and procedures that comply with applicable laws and regulations to meet Kardium’s needs.
• Conduct regular safety audits, facility inspections and risk assessments to identify potential hazards.
• Lead investigation of workplace environmental and safety incidents and compile and submit all necessary incident reports.
• Identify and drive on-time implementation of corrective and preventative measures arising from all environment and safety audits, inspections and incidents
• Lead and facilitate Joint Health and Safety Committee meetings, ensuring effective communication and implementation of safety initiatives.
• Serve as a point of contact for environment health and safety related enquiries for internal stakeholders and act as liaison for external agencies.
• Maintain all environmental and health and safety files and records and ensure all necessary permits are current and up to date.
• Ensure storage, handling, and use of chemicals and other hazardous materials complies with all applicable regulations.
• Develop and deliver health and safety training.
• Ensure chemical management and safety information systems are maintained up to date.
• Develop, prepare and present environment and safety performance metrics.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives for the environment, health and safety program.
  What you bring to the team
  Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about creating cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work within a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. And we understand that only by working together can we solve the unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably with a science or engineering background
• Minimum 5 years health and safety management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Good working knowledge of applicable OH&S regulations and standards
• Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment such as ISO 13485 or AS9100D is an asset
• Proven track record implementing environmental and safety management programs and initiatives
• Highly analytic and data driven with the ability to organize data to drive conclusions and actions
• Exceptional collaboration skills, ability to grow relationships and manage expectations, and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Flexible and willing to take on additional responsibilities as required

Compensation
Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.

• $80,000 – 130,000 (CAD Annually)

Your Benefits & Well-being
The total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.
Comprehensive medical & dental coverage for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.
Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.
Support for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.
Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.
Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?
Our Purpose Our People Our Culture
Patient first ​ Brilliant ​ Excellence
Innovation ​ Achievers​ Communication
Quality Trust ​ Decision making ​
At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.
We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, and Irish ERG.
As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.
And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more