Infrastructure and Capital Projects - Construction Safety Officer, COM
Toronto, ON
Mid Level
full_time
About the role
- (Internal Title: Construction Safety Officer)
- Perform construction assurance and compliance activities on the assigned projects
- Support Project teams to develop Safe Work Procedures and implement them effectively for the safe execution of the work
- Perform formal inspections and audits to ensure compliance with the relevant OHS legislation, standards, and contract requirements
- Provide day-to-day oversight for on-site construction work conducted by contractors to assess contractor compliance against the relevant OHSA legislation and contract requirements, support with the identification of hazards and implementation of risk mitigation controls
- Review site activities and provide support for the protection of workers as well as public, infrastructure, and operations
- Engage, coordinate, and work with the integrated project team and internal/external stakeholders to provide consistent and continuous support, in collaboration with the integrated project team, review, analyze, and outline construction activities and work areas to ensure safe and efficient delivery
- Participate and/or support others with incident investigations, including follow-up actions to ensure the implementation of identified corrective actions
- Assist the Safety Director and Safety team with other tasks as required
- Provide construction safety assurance by reviewing and assessing the Contractor’s Safety Plan and Safe Work Method submissions and inspecting construction sites
- Liaise and offer expertise to the Safety Manager, Construction Manager, and team on construction safety matters
- Assist in the development of safety training materials and presentations
- Interpret the Health and Safety of the project and make recommendations to the managers
- Facilitate safety training sessions
- Engage in site safety observations and audits
- Establish a strong safety culture on-site and accident prevention techniques, and compliance with external and internal policies
- Participate in injury investigations and associated reporting and follow-up
- Support Ministry of Labor (MOL) site visits and MOL incident investigations
- Research, compile, and review detailed proof, and recommendations relating to safety policies, regulations, and industry safety practices to assist in resolving on-site safety issues and omissions to safety practices that may be discussed in claims resolutions or lack of work performance
- Evaluate document reviews with safety as the focus of the review
- Complete any tasks assigned by the Construction Safety Manager in an efficient and timely manner
Working Conditions
-
Site-based
-
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Experience in railway safety, infrastructure, and heavy civil
-
Education:
- College Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety or Risk Management, or a combination of education and industry experience
-
Licenses OR Certifications:
- Holding a recognized certification in at least one of the following: Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Canadian Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC), Gold Seal Certificate (GSC) for Construction Safety Coordinator (CSC) or National Safety Officer (NSO)
-
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Construction regulations and its application to construction projects
- Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
- Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
- Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
About Accenture
Business Consulting and Services
10,000+
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.
We are a talent and innovation-led company serving clients in more than 120 countries. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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Infrastructure and Capital Projects - Construction Safety Officer, COM
Toronto, ON
Mid Level
full_time
About the role
- (Internal Title: Construction Safety Officer)
- Perform construction assurance and compliance activities on the assigned projects
- Support Project teams to develop Safe Work Procedures and implement them effectively for the safe execution of the work
- Perform formal inspections and audits to ensure compliance with the relevant OHS legislation, standards, and contract requirements
- Provide day-to-day oversight for on-site construction work conducted by contractors to assess contractor compliance against the relevant OHSA legislation and contract requirements, support with the identification of hazards and implementation of risk mitigation controls
- Review site activities and provide support for the protection of workers as well as public, infrastructure, and operations
- Engage, coordinate, and work with the integrated project team and internal/external stakeholders to provide consistent and continuous support, in collaboration with the integrated project team, review, analyze, and outline construction activities and work areas to ensure safe and efficient delivery
- Participate and/or support others with incident investigations, including follow-up actions to ensure the implementation of identified corrective actions
- Assist the Safety Director and Safety team with other tasks as required
- Provide construction safety assurance by reviewing and assessing the Contractor’s Safety Plan and Safe Work Method submissions and inspecting construction sites
- Liaise and offer expertise to the Safety Manager, Construction Manager, and team on construction safety matters
- Assist in the development of safety training materials and presentations
- Interpret the Health and Safety of the project and make recommendations to the managers
- Facilitate safety training sessions
- Engage in site safety observations and audits
- Establish a strong safety culture on-site and accident prevention techniques, and compliance with external and internal policies
- Participate in injury investigations and associated reporting and follow-up
- Support Ministry of Labor (MOL) site visits and MOL incident investigations
- Research, compile, and review detailed proof, and recommendations relating to safety policies, regulations, and industry safety practices to assist in resolving on-site safety issues and omissions to safety practices that may be discussed in claims resolutions or lack of work performance
- Evaluate document reviews with safety as the focus of the review
- Complete any tasks assigned by the Construction Safety Manager in an efficient and timely manner
Working Conditions
-
Site-based
-
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Experience in railway safety, infrastructure, and heavy civil
-
Education:
- College Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety or Risk Management, or a combination of education and industry experience
-
Licenses OR Certifications:
- Holding a recognized certification in at least one of the following: Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Canadian Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC), Gold Seal Certificate (GSC) for Construction Safety Coordinator (CSC) or National Safety Officer (NSO)
-
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Construction regulations and its application to construction projects
- Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
- Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
- Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
About Accenture
Business Consulting and Services
10,000+
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.
We are a talent and innovation-led company serving clients in more than 120 countries. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
This LinkedIn company page is moderated. When engaging with Accenture, we encourage everyone to:
- Use common courtesy and be respectful of others.
- Create your own original content and avoid content that you know to be fraudulent.
- Never repost someone else's copyrighted work, unless you have permission.
- Never post personal, identifying, or confidential information.
We reserve the right to delete comments or posts we deem to be:
- Profane, obscene, inappropriate, offensive, abusive material.
- Spam, repeated comments and commercial messages and personal advertisements.
- Discriminatory or that contain hateful speech of any kind regarding age, gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
- Threats; personal attacks; abusive, defamatory, derogatory, or inflammatory language; or stalking or harassment of any individual, entity or organization.
- False, inaccurate, libelous, or otherwise misleading in any way.