occupational health and safety (OHS) consultant

OH&S Specialist (Strategy & Systems)Requisition ID: 45804 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.Deliverables include: providing advice, direction or recommendations on Regulatory or City Program compliance and improvements to directors, managers and supervisors writing, maintaining and implementing the safety management system and its associated programs ensuring enterprise-wide integration, consistency, and continuous improvement of corporate safety programs, standards, and management system processes. delivering strategic safety initiatives and projects that strengthen organizational capability and improve safety performance. providing corporate tools, guidance, and resources that enable departments to effectively implement the City's Occupational Health & Safety Management System. evaluating organizational safety performance and recommending evidence-based improvements to systems, programs, and governance. supporting the development, integration, and optimization of OH&S technology solutions, including incident management, corrective action tracking, risk management, audit and assurance tools, and safety performance reporting systems.Key Contacts and Reporting RelationshipsThe position reports to a Safety Manager within Workplace Safety. This position requires interaction with a diverse group of people including, but not limited to, employees, managers, directors, supervisors, unions, WorkSafeBC, BC Municipal Safety Association, vendors and other internal or external stakeholders.Specific Duties and Responsibilities Leads the implementation, integration, governance, and continuous improvement of the corporate Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) management system across diverse operational environments, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices, and recognized management system frameworks such as ISO 45001. Establishes and maintains system frameworks, standards, and processes to ensure consistency, scalability, and effectiveness of the OH&S management system across the organization. Designs, implements, integrates, and continuously improves health and safety management systems, programs, and processes across multiple operational areas Leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of corporate OH&S programs an