Director, Health, Safety, Environment & Compliance (HSEC)
About the role
About The Role MEMS is looking for a strategic and people-focused Director of HSEC to lead our Health, Safety, Environment & Community programs across Canada. This is a senior leadership position focused on building a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance, managing risk, and supporting sustainable growth.
You’ll oversee a national HSEC team, guide contractor safety programs, and collaborate across departments to make sure our operations stay safe, compliant, and forward-thinking.
If you're passionate about turning safety from a checklist into a culture — and want to work where your leadership truly shapes the business — this might be the role for you.
Please note this position is available to be based out of our Guelph, Saskatoon, Sherwood Park, or Calgary offices.
Key Responsibilities Leadership & Strategy
- Lead, mentor, and grow a national HSEC team
- Align HSEC initiatives with MEMS’ business goals and future growth
- Champion a people-first approach to safety and risk management
- Set and manage HSEC budgets, programs, and annual targets
Health, Safety & Environment
- Oversee HSE systems, standards, and metrics across all jurisdictions
- Lead investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective actions
- Drive proactive safety initiatives and training programs
- Promote a behavior-based safety culture at all levels
Regulatory Compliance & Risk
- Stay current on HSE legislation across Canada
- Manage audits, inspections, certifications (COR, etc.)
- Own regulatory relationships and due diligence (e.g., for M&A)
- Maintain contractor and corporate safety portals (ISN, ComplyWorks, Avetta)
Contractor Management
- Build and enforce a national contractor safety program
- Lead contractor pre-qualification, onboarding, and site audits
- Ensure jurisdiction-specific compliance is met on all projects
About You
- CRSP (or equivalent experience in HSE leadership)
- 10+ years in senior safety/environmental roles, with management experience
- Strong knowledge of Canadian HSE laws, standards, and regulatory frameworks
- Proven track record managing contractor safety programs
- Strategic thinker with strong communication and leadership skills
- Experience managing change, culture, and cross-functional teams
Why Join MEMS? We're a fast-growing company that values innovation, collaboration, and doing things the right way — safely, sustainably, and responsibly. You’ll be part of a team that’s building not just safer workplaces, but a stronger company from the inside out.
We Offer
- A collaborative, high-trust culture
- Leadership that values new ideas
- Flexible work options
- Opportunities to make real impact
Apply Today Ready to lead safety in a big way?
Submit your resume (and a short message, if you’d like) directly through LinkedIn, our website, or email us at recruitment@mems.ca
Equal Opportunity Statement MEMS practices equal opportunity and fair hiring practices when filling positions and will hire the most qualified individuals based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and other competencies. MEMS has adopted this philosophy to ensure all employees, and potential candidates are considered for employment opportunities through a consistent, fair and barrier-free approach.
About Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.
Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. (MEMS) is an employee-owned consultancy, providing environmental, health and engineering services across Western Canada since 1998. We are known for our credibility, integrity, technical competence and our talented staff. We continually meet and exceed the needs of our client’s projects because we are prepared technically, professionally and logistically. We are delivery oriented and provide our clients with superior cost-effective service.
Our senior management and employees have many years of applied experience and expertise in engineering and environmental sciences, policy development, planning, regulatory support, assessment, operations, remediation, reclamation and environmental information systems implementation. Combined, our team has worked in over 25 countries, spanning 5 continents. Our knowledge of world ecologies gives us a unique perspective, allowing us to approach problems in fresh inventive ways.
MEMS provides a complete diversified range of services to assist organizations in meeting their environmental sciences and regulatory responsibilities.
Director, Health, Safety, Environment & Compliance (HSEC)
About the role
About The Role MEMS is looking for a strategic and people-focused Director of HSEC to lead our Health, Safety, Environment & Community programs across Canada. This is a senior leadership position focused on building a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance, managing risk, and supporting sustainable growth.
You’ll oversee a national HSEC team, guide contractor safety programs, and collaborate across departments to make sure our operations stay safe, compliant, and forward-thinking.
If you're passionate about turning safety from a checklist into a culture — and want to work where your leadership truly shapes the business — this might be the role for you.
Please note this position is available to be based out of our Guelph, Saskatoon, Sherwood Park, or Calgary offices.
Key Responsibilities Leadership & Strategy
- Lead, mentor, and grow a national HSEC team
- Align HSEC initiatives with MEMS’ business goals and future growth
- Champion a people-first approach to safety and risk management
- Set and manage HSEC budgets, programs, and annual targets
Health, Safety & Environment
- Oversee HSE systems, standards, and metrics across all jurisdictions
- Lead investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective actions
- Drive proactive safety initiatives and training programs
- Promote a behavior-based safety culture at all levels
Regulatory Compliance & Risk
- Stay current on HSE legislation across Canada
- Manage audits, inspections, certifications (COR, etc.)
- Own regulatory relationships and due diligence (e.g., for M&A)
- Maintain contractor and corporate safety portals (ISN, ComplyWorks, Avetta)
Contractor Management
- Build and enforce a national contractor safety program
- Lead contractor pre-qualification, onboarding, and site audits
- Ensure jurisdiction-specific compliance is met on all projects
About You
- CRSP (or equivalent experience in HSE leadership)
- 10+ years in senior safety/environmental roles, with management experience
- Strong knowledge of Canadian HSE laws, standards, and regulatory frameworks
- Proven track record managing contractor safety programs
- Strategic thinker with strong communication and leadership skills
- Experience managing change, culture, and cross-functional teams
Why Join MEMS? We're a fast-growing company that values innovation, collaboration, and doing things the right way — safely, sustainably, and responsibly. You’ll be part of a team that’s building not just safer workplaces, but a stronger company from the inside out.
We Offer
- A collaborative, high-trust culture
- Leadership that values new ideas
- Flexible work options
- Opportunities to make real impact
Apply Today Ready to lead safety in a big way?
Submit your resume (and a short message, if you’d like) directly through LinkedIn, our website, or email us at recruitment@mems.ca
Equal Opportunity Statement MEMS practices equal opportunity and fair hiring practices when filling positions and will hire the most qualified individuals based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and other competencies. MEMS has adopted this philosophy to ensure all employees, and potential candidates are considered for employment opportunities through a consistent, fair and barrier-free approach.
About Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.
Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. (MEMS) is an employee-owned consultancy, providing environmental, health and engineering services across Western Canada since 1998. We are known for our credibility, integrity, technical competence and our talented staff. We continually meet and exceed the needs of our client’s projects because we are prepared technically, professionally and logistically. We are delivery oriented and provide our clients with superior cost-effective service.
Our senior management and employees have many years of applied experience and expertise in engineering and environmental sciences, policy development, planning, regulatory support, assessment, operations, remediation, reclamation and environmental information systems implementation. Combined, our team has worked in over 25 countries, spanning 5 continents. Our knowledge of world ecologies gives us a unique perspective, allowing us to approach problems in fresh inventive ways.
MEMS provides a complete diversified range of services to assist organizations in meeting their environmental sciences and regulatory responsibilities.