The District of Saanich is the largest municipality on beautiful Vancouver Island home to approximately 117,000 citizens, blending an urban and rural environment. As an award winning, COR certified employer since 2009, we pride ourselves on exceeding industry standards in health and safety and injury management systems. Our workforce, of more than 1500 staff, are our greatest asset and we strive to attract and retain the best talent to provide excellent services to our citizens.
We provide a supportive, team-focused work environment that consistently attracts top-quality people, enables them to perform at their best and continue to develop their skills. Our competitive wages, excellent benefits package, gold-plated pension plan, various flexible work arrangements, inclusive work environment and progressive initiatives make the District of Saanich a highly desirable place to invest your talent.
As the OHS Systems Coordinator, you will: respond to enquiries and requests; manage corporate safety and Workplace Injury Management (WIM) training programs; provide technical advice, guidance and consultancy services to municipal departments to meet legal, regulatory and performance requirements; coordinate OHS related testing (e.g. hearing); develop, review and update safety documentation for low to moderate risk activities; provide technical and administrative support for annual Certificate of Recognition (COR) audit; design, develop and maintain OHS intranet and SharePoint; maintains spreadsheets, software applications and records management system and support Joint Health and Safety Committees and the OHS Division.
As a qualified candidate, you will have a health and safety certificate or one-year post-secondary education in health and safety; two years of related experience in health and safety; be proficient in use of related software programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Sharepoint, Adobe, etc); Occupational First Aid Level 2 certification; quantitative respirator fit tester qualifications preferred; a valid Class 5 BC Driver’s Licence; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
The successful candidate will work Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 37.5 hours per week. As a component of the selection process, testing will be conducted.