Safety Specialist

at  Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Do you want to work in an environment where you will be responsible for promoting and enhancing the safety culture at Whiteshell (WL)? Can you see yourself assisting in the implementation of the Occupational Health & Safety Program and providing support to line managers, workers and contractors to ensure responsibilities related to occupational safety and industrial hygiene are fulfilled? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!

LOCATION:

CNL ’s Whiteshell is located in the beautiful and historic municipality of Pinawa, Manitoba, roughly an hour by car from Winnipeg, MB. Pinawa is an excellent choice for people looking for peace and tranquillity and those who love the outdoors.
CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Please read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.
CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects, including accommodations for all employees.
CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received regarding accommodation requests will be kept confidential.
CNL respectfully recognizes and acknowledges that the Whiteshell Site is located within the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations, including those within Treaty 1, 3, and 5, and the homeland of the Red River Métis. CNL is thankful to have the opportunity to work on these traditionally and culturally significant lands and waterways.

• Providing industrial safety expertise for operational and demolition activities.
• Developing hazard identification and mitigation techniques for operations and work control.
• Characterizing the site hazards, developing inventories as per regulations and site procedures.
• Maintaining worker exposure inventories, and supporting the health center in performing hearing testing and scheduling medical baselines.
• Performing monitoring for worker exposures to occupational safety and industrial hygiene hazards as required.
• Reviewing and assisting with work being planned and performed for contractors to ensure compliance with all company and government regulations, to ensure consistent approaches to work onsite.
• Working with line supervision and employees to ensure safety is integrated into all site activities.
• Identifying problem areas from participation in workplace inspections and accident investigations and making recommendations to line management for improvement.
• Developing and maintaining occupational safety programs, policies and procedures, guidelines and training materials.
• Developing and delivering effective and efficient safety training, either directly to employees, or to line supervision so they can instruct their own employees.
• Assisting line management with incident investigations that identify apparent causes, root causes, and provides appropriate recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Applying risk management principles in order to grade and remediate hazardous situations.
• Promoting the WL Near Miss program.
• Promoting safety culture by being a role model and setting the safety standard on site.
• Attending and actively participating in Fact Finding/Rapid Learning investigations.
• Acting as mentor to new employees, and visitors to our site.
• Maintaining instrument calibrations and supply inventories to provide timely support to operations and project work.
• Maintaining confidentiality in all matters.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.