occupational health and safety (OHS) consultant

OH&S Specialist (Advisory Services)Requisition ID: 46758 OrganizationVancouver is consistently ranked as one of the world?s most liveable and environmentally sustainable cities. Recognized among BC?s Top Employers and Canada?s Greenest Employers, the City of Vancouver is seeking colleagues who can help advance our core commitments to exceptional public service, sustainability, equity, and an outstanding quality of life for all residents.With a strong commitment to being a City of Reconciliation, we invite you to join our dedicated team and become part of an innovative, inclusive, and engaging workplace. A career with the City of Vancouver and within the broader public service, offers meaningful work where you play a key role in ensuring equitable access to services, upholding ethical governance, and supporting the needs of citizens with integrity and dedication.Main Purpose and FunctionThe Occupational Health and Safety Specialist is a safety professional who provides advice, support and analysis to the organization and helps business units establish risk controls and management processes that promote sustainable business practice. They work to reduce and eliminate fatalities, injuries (physical and psychological), occupational illnesses, and property damage.In partnership with assigned business units, or working within a specific area of program expertise, the position is responsible for ensuring that staff are engaged in their OHS statutory and corporate obligations so that a culture of continuous improvement grows and at minimum, compliance at all levels of the organization are maintained. They lead in implementation and coordination of safety measures and review, promote continuous improvement and improve safety culture.Additionally, this position plays a key role in managing construction and contractor safety, ensuring that all work conducted by internal teams and external contractors aligns with regulatory requirements and best practices. This position will leads the development, implementation, and coordination of the contractor safety programs, assess compliance with safety standards, and implement proactive measures to mitigate risks in construction and contracted work environments.Deliverables include: providing advice, direction or recommendations on Regulatory or City Program compliance and improvements to directors, managers and supervisors writing, maintaining and implementing corporate health and safety management system, policies, programs and standards to enhance continuous improvement, safety culture and compliance with legislation investigating multi-business unit safety concerns or incidents and providing reports and recommendations to managers managing and executing projects developing and delivering educational programs and materials as required conducting safety and health assessments and producing recommendations guiding and assisting with the operation of Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees.Specific Duties and Responsibilities Researches, develops, implements and continuously improves health and safety programs/ systems/approaches in alignment with regulatory standards and industry best practices. Conducts/facilitates comprehensive risk assessments to identify hazards, evaluate potential risks, and recommend appropriate preventative or corrective measures applying the hierarchy of controls. Conducts/facilitates safety audits and inspections of facilities, equipment, and processes to ensure compliance with safety standards and identify areas for improvement. Develops and implements audit and inspection protocols. Examines plans for buildings and equipment and make health and safety related recommendations. Prepares reports. Leads, oversees and/or participates in complex or serious incident investigations and monitor to ensure investigation processes are sound and corrective actions are completed. Monitors environmental and occupational hygiene quality factors such as air/noise/heat/chemi