Wright Construction has been operating in Saskatchewan since 1905 with projects ranging from British Columbia to Ontario. We represent the longest operating construction company in the Province of Saskatchewan and in the City of Saskatoon.
Over three generations, Wright Construction has helped build this province. Along the way we have produced many landmarks across Western Canada, including the original buildings of the University of Saskatchewan, Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina, the Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, Merlis Belsher Place, the Grande Prairie Aquatic Center, Humboldt’s District Health Center and much more!
Wright Construction performs General Contracting, Design Build, Public-Private-Partnerships (P3s) and Construction Management services. We excel in a variety of commercial, institutional, mixed use and industrial environments. Each year we complete hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail space for various developers and retail chains. Wright Construction is a strong competitor in the institutional sector providing services to school and health boards across Saskatchewan and Alberta. Meanwhile, we are a Butler Buildings dealer and have erected approximately 6.5 million square feet of per-engineered building space. We have been awarded Butler “Builder of the Year” and “Top Volume Builder” in Canada many times over the last 10 years.
SUMMARY OF POSITION
- The HSE Officer will be responsible for detecting and rectifying unsafe and/or unhealthy working conditions, provide training support, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing the worksite.
- This position spends most of the work-week on site.
- This position will be required to travel between a rotation of sites.
- This position is designed primarily to be a Monday to Friday shift pattern, however, schedules, shifts and locations may change from time to time to meet operational and training requirements.
- This position reports to the Directors of Construction.
Specific duties include but are not limited to:
- Regularly monitor safety compliance of workers and subcontractors; conduct site inspections and institute remedial action if required.
- Assist with the development and review of the Field Level Hazard Assessments (FLHA), Job Hazard Assessments (JHA), Safe Work Practices (SWP), and Safe Job Procedures (SJP).
- Assist in the planning and startup of new projects with respect to safety requirements.
- Research, prepare and deliver weekly safety meetings and assist operations with preparation of toolbox meetings
- New worker safety orientations.
- Conduct investigations and complete related documentation.
- Investigate all situations where a worker has refused to work based on safety conditions.
- Maintain and monitors statistics, records, safety violations, and accident/incident frequencies.
- Keep the Management team current on the status of any issue(s) that may impact the work being performed.
- Ensure all site-specific statistics, workforce hours and documents are prepared as needed and forwarded to the Safety stakeholders and Managers.
- Attend all applicable company and client safety meetings
- Be familiar with all required aspects of the Wright Construction Safety Manual and all applicable legislation and regulations that impact the Construction industry.
- All other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
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- Construction Safety Officer (CSO) Designation is preferred.
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO) is considered an asset.
- 5 or more years of related experience. Construction experience preferably with a General Contractor in the Commercial and/or Institutional sectors.
- Strong knowledge of the Act and Regulations
- Valid Driver’s License is required
- Certifications in various end user training courses are required. (ie: Fall Protection, WHMIS, Power Mobile Equipment, etc.)
- Clear and precise verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple high-level responsibilities and tasks
Personal Attributes:
- Customer Focus – is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect
- Timely decision making – Makes decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; able to make a quick decision
- Ethics and Values – Adheres to an appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good times and bad; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he preaches
- Functional/technical skills – Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment
- Planning – accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results
- Problem solving –probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.
- Drive for Results – can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results
- Time Management – uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.
What we offer:
- Fair and competitive compensation package
- Industry leading employer paid pension program
- Pension matching program
- Company paid benefit program
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Professional Development
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