Provincial Occupational Health & Safety Coordinator

Location: NS Admin Office, Dartmouth; office-based with travel throughout Nova Scotia required

Company

hirify.global operates emergency medical care services through Emergency Medical Care Inc., including ground ambulance, air medical transport, medical communications, and TeleHealth/811 operations in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

What you will do

• Implement, monitor, and update occupational health and safety programs, policies, and safe work practices.
• Conduct workplace inspections, audits, risk assessments, and job hazard analyses.
• Support and investigate workplace incidents and collisions, analyze trends, and develop preventive measures.
• Guide employees, leaders, and occupational health and safety committees on legislative responsibilities and safety procedures.
• Promote physically, psychologically, and environmentally healthy workplaces, including return-to-work and suitable-work support.
• Deliver safety training, reports, presentations, meetings, and communications to employees, leaders, unionized staff, and external partners.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in occupational health and safety, health, or a related discipline; equivalent education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum 3 years of occupational health and safety experience, including experience in a healthcare or emergency services organization.
• Experience in both unionized and non-unionized environments.
• Safety certification such as Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) or equivalent.
• Class 5 Nova Scotia driver’s licence in good standing and Class 4 or higher Nova Scotia driver’s licence in good standing.
• Fluent written and verbal English is required. Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, project management, organizational, and collaboration skills are also required.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time position.
• Flexible work environment with time spent in and out of the office.
• Safety-focused workplace supporting employee participation, engagement, and recognition of safe work behaviours.
• Work involves collaboration with frontline employees, leaders, unionized employees, occupational health and safety committees, external experts, and educational institutions.
• Regular exposure to office-based work, data entry, report writing, mobile communication, and occasional low to moderate noise.