Location: Edmonton, Alberta area
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Employment Type: This position begins as a temporary role with the opportunity to convert to full-time, permanent employment based on performance
Travel: Regional travel; local candidates preferred
Position Summary
Drake Group is seeking an experienced HSE Manager to support a manufacturing plant.
The HSE Manager will recommend strategic direction and implement plans based on recent safety audit results, and will ensure that policies and programs meet legislated requirements. Responsibilities will include training employees in safety management best practices, assisting with hazard identification and the development of safe work procedures, identifying, developing and delivering safety training supplements, providing day-to-day guidance and advice. The HSE Manager will also be responsible for providing field support for the safety requirements of significant projects.
Primary Responsibilities
- Implement safety practices, policies, and plans of the company.
- Provide necessary training, leadership, organization, and control to meet the company's goal of zero injuries.
- Accept full authority to take any necessary action to maintain overall safe practices and procedures, including the authority to cease an unsafe operating procedure.
- Implement information flow and data publications to ensure each level of management is properly informed of all activities relative to compliance with company safety policies and bulletins.
- Ensure all equipment and buildings owned or operated by the company comply with safety and fire regulations and any other Provincial or Federal regulations.
- Instruct workers and monitor performance.
- Observe equipment and property conditions and report discrepancies to appropriate managers.
- Orientation of new employees with safety instruction including, but not limited to Dangerous Goods, WHMIS, driver, warehouse, and maintenance personnel education.
- Monitor and measure effectiveness of all safety programs and documentation required as part of compliance with Occupational Health & Safety.
- Develop a team from within the company to ensure safety and compliance is observed at all levels.
- Develop manuals, policies, and procedures for training and safe work practices to be approved by the Safety Manager and then implemented.
- Conduct accident investigations as necessary to assist with liability determination and causation, including resolution of open claims.
- File requests for accident evaluations, ensuring unpreventable accidents are recorded as such wherever applicable.
- Observe all company rules, policies and procedures about Occupational Health and Safety, etc.
- Provide advice and counsel to management and other employee groups on a broad range of occupational safety issues and decisions.
- Design and write safety standards to conform to industry standards and federal, provincial, and local regulations.
- Coordinate Disability Claims and claims management
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (preferred)
- CRSP, CHSC or MSO designation (preferred)
- 5 years’ experience as a Safety Manager
- Experience in research, analysis, interpretation and implementation of safety regulations, standards, and best practices as they pertain to PPC’s operations
- Understand and have complete knowledge of all Federal, Provincial rules and regulations pertaining to safety codes and Occupational Health and Safety rules
- Direct experience assessing training needs, creating training materials to fulfill those needs, and then delivering the training
- Excellent at creating high quality presentations using a variety of technologies (e.g. WebEx, Microsoft PowerPoint, LCD projectors, etc.)
- Advanced written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate with individuals
- Demonstrated ability to train, coach, evaluate, and improve others
- Motivated, energetic, goal-oriented, and positive outlook critical
- Strong time management and prioritization skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong sense of professionalism and diplomacy
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments, key business partners, and other stakeholders
- Strong work ethic and positive team attitude
Key Performance Objectives
Success in this role will be measured by the ability to:
- Drive continuous improvement in safety performance through visible field leadership.
- Reduce recordable injuries, vehicle incidents, utility damages, and high-risk exposures.
- Improve audit scores, corrective action closure rates, and leading-indicator participation.
- Strengthen field-level accountability and frontline safety engagement.
- Build strong partnerships with operations while promoting a proactive safety culture.
- Support safe, compliant, and efficient execution across regional utility construction operations.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a practical safety professional who can lead without creating unnecessary friction. This person understands operations and communicates well with crews and leadership, and knows how to balance compliance, production, and operational risk.
This is a strong opportunity for an experienced HSE leader who enjoys solving problems proactively, and making a measurable impact across multiple active work sites.
To apply: Submit your resume through this posting or send it to [email protected]
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Experience:
- HSE Management: 5 years (required)
- Demonstrated ability to train, coach, evaluate others: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- CRSP (preferred)
- CHSC (preferred)
- MSO (preferred)
Work Location: In person
