Safety And Facilities Advisor

TL;DR

Safety And Facilities Advisor (Occupational Health and Safety): Leading and continuously improving the Faculty of Applied Science occupational health and safety program across research, operational, learning, fabrication, and student design environments with an accent on governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and safety systems. Focus on assessing complex engineering activities, coordinating incident response and corrective actions, developing safety standards and training, and influencing distributed stakeholders across the Faculty.

Location: hirify.global Vancouver Campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; onsite role. The position supports activities across the Point Grey and Okanagan campuses and off-site locations as required.

Salary: $7,502.25–$10,788.33 CAD per month.

Company

hirify.global is a public research and education institution whose Faculty of Applied Science delivers engineering, architecture, nursing, planning, and multidisciplinary research and learning programs.

What you will do

• Lead the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and continuous improvement of the Faculty-wide occupational health and safety program.
• Establish safety goals, priorities, performance measures, governance processes, and corrective action frameworks.
• Advise faculty, staff, students, academic units, and leadership on occupational health and safety requirements and applicable legislation.
• Oversee hazard identification, risk assessments, inspections, training, emergency preparedness, incident reporting, and investigations.
• Develop safety programs for engineering design teams, capstone projects, fabrication, testing, competitions, and other experiential learning activities.
• Coordinate Safety & Risk Services, Building Operations, departmental safety personnel, student safety officers, and other stakeholders through functional leadership and influence.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least three years of related experience, including one year in a specialized area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience designing, implementing, and evolving safety management systems in complex, decentralized environments.
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety legislation, regulatory requirements, university policies, and governance structures.
• Experience with safety practices in laboratory, research, fabrication, or workshop environments.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, facilitation, collaboration, analytical, problem-solving, hazard identification, and risk assessment skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities independently and demonstrate commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time staff position in a non-union employee category.
• Work within a multidisciplinary faculty focused on research, innovation, education, and responsible professional practice.
• Operate with a high degree of independence and professional judgment under general direction.
• Collaborate with distributed safety networks and support a proactive safety culture across faculty and student communities.
• Ongoing position with responsibility for improving safety in complex learning, research, and operational environments.