OH&S and Environmental Specialist, for COWI North America

Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Specialist

North Vancouver, Oakland, New York

Regular, Full-Time

Hybrid

Are you prepared to become a member of one of North America's prominent engineering consulting firms? Are you committed to advancing health, safety, and environmental excellence across Canadian and US operations in collaboration with COWI Group, and motivated to contribute directly to the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry? This role may be your next career milestone.

Join us in shaping a better tomorrow

Become a vital part of our global team, responsible for facilitating deeper integration of our management system into business processes and culture and communicating Health and Safety programs, policies, and processes to ensure the highest levels of safety across all company offices and site locations throughout North America. As the Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Specialist you will also manage the Environmental Management System for both Canadian and US operations, supporting continuous improvement in environmental performance. You will provide local support to the Business Line Process & Quality Director and serve as a role model for Process & Quality, Occupational Health & Safety, and environmental best practices. This unique opportunity allows you to take part in safety and environmental initiatives that protect our people, reinforce regulatory compliance, and contribute directly to our operational excellence.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

Health and Safety:

• In collaboration with Group Health and Safety, further develop, plan, and implement safety policies, standards, and procedures while ensuring effective delivery of local safety training programs, including management of the E-Learn platform.
• Respond to health and safety emergencies, investigate accidents, troubleshoot and resolve office and site safety issues, and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Assist local health and safety representatives with hazard and risk assessments pertaining to OH&S assessments
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, codes, standards, and regulations by interfacing with government, industry, and regulatory bodies.
• Maintain accurate safety records and reports in line with local legislation, established procedures, including ISO45001 certification and COR audit processes.
• Collaborate with local health and safety representatives to manage training records, PPE inventories, office first aid supplies, ergonomic evaluations, site safety plans, and safety documentation.
• Co-chair the Health and Safety committee, prepare safety reports and metrics, support site safety meetings, and work with HR and supervisors to facilitate Modified Work Programs for workplace injuries in Canada and the US.

Environmental:

• Support in maintaining and further developing ISO14001 certification and ensure ongoing environmental compliance.
• Provide Environmental Management System (EMS) reports and updates to management.
• Assist local health and safety representatives with hazard and risk assessments pertaining to environmental assessments.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on environmental performance.
• Perform other environment-related duties as assigned.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• A Bachelor's degree with a min. of 5+ years of experience within health & safety and environmental management from the AEC industry.
• Experience implementing health & safety and environmental strategy and goals within international organisations.
• Familiarity with maintaining and further developing a management system including management reviews, objective setting, process descriptions, communication and training etc.
• Experience in ensuring legal compliance with US or Canadian legislation.
• An understanding of OH&S elements such as hazardous work, physical working environment, psychosocial well-being and emergency preparedness, and experience with on-site or field engineering work.
• Practical experience with managing, implementing, and improving an ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certification, and if you have experience with ISO 9001 and 27001 etc. it is considered a plus.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity - and sometimes even our courage - to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100% of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

Being part of the COWI community offers more than just a competitive salary. We take care of our people both professionally and personally.

Some of our benefits include:

Canada:

Flexible working arrangement | Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave | Fantastic close-knit team with a wealth of knowledge to share! | Full time hires get minimum 3 weeks vacation to start | Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity | Paid sick leave | Annual Fitness spending account. Yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga or gym membership | Group RRSP program with company matching | Personal and professional development fund | Parking or public transit allowance | Extended Health coverage with 100% of premiums paid by us | Employee Assistance Program (EAP) | STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance | Referral incentive program| Frequent social events

US:

Flexible working arrangement | Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave | Fantastic close-knit team with a wealth of knowledge to share | Full time hires get minimum 3 weeks vacation to start | Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity | Paid sick leave | Annual fitness subsidy - yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga, or gym membership | 401K contribution matching with generous company match | Personal and professional development fund | Parking or public transit allowance | Medical, dental, and vision insurance 80% employer-paid premiums | Employee Assistance Program (EAP) | STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance | Referral incentive program| Frequent social events

Base compensation: $92,800 to $116,000 for North Vancouver location only. $90,400 to $113,000 for Oakland and New York locations only. Actual compensation is subject to variations due to education, experience, skill set, and location.

Got more questions?

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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