Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Can you see yourself supporting industrial hygiene program delivery through maintaining exposure inventories, conducting basic monitoring, and calibrating instruments? Do you enjoy coaching and mentoring project team members, supervisors, and contractors to promote safe behaviours and enhance compliance with safety expectations? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Chalk River location is looking for an Occupational Safety, Health & Industrial Hygiene Specialist. Apply today!

• Problem Recognition and Analytical Capabilities:
• Recognizing when something is wrong or likely to go wrong and proactively addressing issues to support safety improvements across Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL).
• Assessing situations objectively and recommending appropriate courses of action to site supervisors and team members.
• Analyzing data or information by identifying underlying principles, causes, or facts and breaking complex information into manageable components.
• Identifying objects, actions, and events by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or conditions.
• Applying critical thinking by using logic and reasoning to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Applying general rules to specific problems to develop sound, logical answers.
• Organizing specific inputs and observations to create meaningful summaries and actionable conclusions.
• Evaluating information to determine compliance with laws, regulations, and standards using relevant information and sound judgment.
• Utilizing risk management principles and thinking creatively to solve problems and propose innovative solutions.
• Communication:
• Expressing ideas and opinions clearly and effectively through oral communication.
• Managing duties by efficiently planning, prioritizing tasks, and demonstrating strong time management and attention to detail.
• Partnering with project and operational teams to pursue common goals and foster collaboration.
• Interacting with managers and directors to solicit input and promote effective implementation strategies.
• Engaging audiences through effective presentation and public speaking skills.
• Demonstrating excellent written and oral communication by writing clear instructions and reports, delivering safety training and awareness sessions, and interfacing with jurisdictional authorities, regulatory agencies, and other relevant bodies.
• Critically reviewing contractor plans and providing constructive, meaningful feedback.
• Maintaining effective interaction and communication with applicable CNL personnel, construction supervisors, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Program Implementation and Oversight:
• Developing, implementing, and monitoring OSH programs, project-specific work plans, and risk registers to ensure compliance with CNL and regulatory requirements.
• Conducting formal and informal oversight inspections and audits to evaluate project and contractor adherence to OSH plans, procedures, and legislative standards.
• Performing field observations to identify non-compliance, gaps, or opportunities for improvement, and following up on corrective actions.
• Supporting the tendering and contractor selection process by reviewing submitted OSH programs and work plans.
• Field Presence, Coaching, and Engagement:
• Maintaining regular presence in work areas to actively support safe work execution and build rapport with site personnel and contractors.
• Coaching and mentoring project team members, supervisors, and contractors to foster safe behaviours and increase compliance with safety expectations.
• Promoting and encouraging hazard reporting, near-miss identification, and pause/stop-work actions where appropriate.
• Modelling desired safety behaviours and helping shape a proactive, high-performing safety culture.
• Incident and Non-Compliance Management:
• Assisting in the investigation and follow-up of incidents, non-compliance events, and identified deficiencies.
• Supporting or leading root cause analysis and developing recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Preparing detailed reports and ensuring the implementation and documentation of corrective actions.
• Maintaining accurate records in applicable data management systems to support traceability and continuous improvement.
• Risk Assessment and Technical Safety Support:
• Providing subject matter expertise for developing task-specific and comprehensive project risk assessments.
• Assisting in creating safety work procedures to support CNL’s Integrated Work Control and Engineering Change Control programs.
• Delivering timely and credible technical responses to support requests from stakeholders.
• Ensuring consistency and quality of OSH documentation in alignment with corporate standards.
• Industrial Hygiene Support and Monitoring:
• Supporting industrial hygiene program delivery through maintaining exposure inventories, conducting basic monitoring, and calibrating instruments.
• Completing industrial hygiene oversight activities, including audits and field observations, to ensure compliance with legal and programmatic expectations.
• Conducting or assisting in hearing testing, scheduling medical baselines, and supporting routine industrial hygiene surveillance activities.
• Providing project-specific industrial hygiene guidance and maintaining visible field presence to reinforce expectations.
• Training, Compliance, and Professional Development:
• Completing all CNL-required training, including role-specific and Radiation Protection training.
• Maintaining certifications and engaging in ongoing professional development to support effectiveness in the role.
• Promoting and sharing new knowledge with peers to enhance team competency.
• Adhering to CNL information protection policies and maintaining confidentiality where required.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.