Health and Safety Manager Safety

What is the project?
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station refurbishment program involves designing and building a new deep-water intake in Lake Ontario to improve the plant's cooling system. A 1.5 km-long tunnel, built by a pressurized TBM (10.15 m diameter slurry TBM);

• Two vertical shafts (onshore and offshore);
• An offshore modular intake structure, resting on the lake bed.

The project is distinguished by its proximity to an active nuclear site, requiring rigorous standards of safety, planning and coordination.
The Health & Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing and managing the H&S program while ensuring compliance with H&S legislation. They will conduct trainings for management and staff and provide recommendations on augmenting the performance of H&S initiatives and plans.
Act in a leading role in the development, implementation and management of the Health & Safety program
Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Develop, refine and maintain organizational health and safety programs and strategies to prevent workplace injuries
Influence and assist companywide in the implementation of Health & Safety training initiatives
Conduct and create training and communication for management and staff using internal and external resources on Health & Safety
Provide regular reporting and recommendations to senior management on health and safety statistics and performance
Improve the level of excellence in the company’s Health & Safety programs and performance
Identify and anticipate health and safety concerns and hazards by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational conditions; Coordinate facility audits and set audit standards
Assist in the daily meetings to report all field incidents
Analyse the safety incidents and the environment of construction
Organise regular emergency drills to maintain a quick and efficient emergency response

Minimum of 15 years experience in the construction industry, preferably on large infrastructure projects
Knowledge of Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
COR Auditor training is preferred
Demonstrate practical knowledge of current health and safety legislation
Familiarity with safety management systems and incident reporting tools
Experience working on projects with high-risk environments (nuclear, offshore, or similar)
4 vacation weeks & 3 emergency/sickness days paid

• Annual bonuses
• Group Health Insurance (premium participation including virtual health care system)
• Wellness spending account;
• Attractive and challenging project.

As part of a lineage of 100-year-old companies whose names are associated with impressive achievements worldwide, VINCI Construction Grands Projets possesses end-to-end expertise in the creation of complex infrastructure. Throughout the world, VINCI Construction Grands Projets designs and builds major civil engineering structures (tunnels, bridges, dams, liquefied natural gas storage tanks, road and rail infrastructure) and buildings (skyscrapers, shopping centres, hotels, major industrial facilities, nuclear power plants, etc.). As a complement to the company's high level of expertise, its consummate engineering skills, and expert project management abilities, VINCI Construction Grands Projets practises a policy of involvement at the local level wherever it operates, partnering with local firms and companies, enabling it to deploy wide-ranging yet modular solutions. These solutions, including technical assistance, turnkey projects, and maintenance programs, respond to the many different needs of a broad range of private- and public-sector clients.