New Job Health & Safety Specialist In British Columbia

City of Castlegar

Health & Safety Specialist

BASIS: FULL TIME, PERMANENT | CLOSING: AUGUST 26, 2022 AT 4:30 PM

Responsible for the overall effective and efficient operations of the City’s health, safety and wellness programs.

Key Responsibilities
Responsible for providing leadership, direction and hands-on expertise to the organization on health, safety, and wellness matters, ensuring regulatory compliance and fostering a positive, healthy and safe workplace. The Health and Safety Specialist works closely with Corporate Services and Human Resources staff while acting as a resource to directors, managers, supervisors and employees throughout the City.

Qualifications
The successful candidate will have a post-secondary diploma, degree or certificate in Occupational Health & Safety accompanied with 5-7 years related experience.

A competitive compensation package will be provided including an attractive salary and excellent benefits. Please visit our website at www.castlegar.ca for a full job description as well as additional background information on our community.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their detailed resume via email by 4:30 p.m. on August 26, 2022 to [email protected] with the subject line Health and Safety Specialist Position.

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position and advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

About Castlegar
Live more at one-third the average housing price of metro Vancouver and two-thirds the B.C. average. Be an outdoors action hero in the West Kootenay wild, in British Columbia’s interior, where the Columbia and Kootenay rivers meet and endless adventures are right in your backyard.

Work for a City going places – with an ambitious vision, a dynamic municipal government, and a track record of doing cool things – including Millennium Ponds, Sculpturewalk, and an ongoing refresh of Columbia Avenue, our main artery. The City of Castlegar is growing and we’re looking for the perfect person to get in on the action.

Learn More
To view all available job positions or learn about applying for a City position, please visit castlegar.ca/careers