HSE Manager

Company Overview:

Flatstone Construction is an English River First Nation-owned general contractor providing end-to-end infrastructure and construction services across Saskatchewan. With over three decades of experience serving major mining operators, we combine proven technical capability with a strengthened culture of safety, quality, and reliability. Flatstone is built on long-term partnerships, creating opportunities for Indigenous workers and their communities while delivering consistent, high-performance results in demanding environments.

Job Summary:

Reporting to the General Manager, the HSE Manager owns the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Flatstone’s health, safety, and environmental (HSE) programs, ensuring compliance with Saskatchewan occupational health and safety legislation, client site requirements, and industry best practices across Flatstone’s construction and remote/mine-site operations.

The HSE Manager builds and sustains a strong safety culture across a unionized, multi-site workforce, and acts as the primary link between site-level safety personnel, project teams, and senior leadership. This is a hands-on role suited to a safety leader who is equally comfortable auditing a job site, investigating an incident, and advising executives on risk.

Key Responsibilities:

HSE Program & Strategy

• Develop, implement, and maintain Flatstone’s HSE management systems, policies, and procedures.

• Establish and track leading and lagging HSE indicators (KPIs), reporting trends and risks to the General Manager and senior leadership.

• Maintain and advance Certificate of Recognition (COR) status, including internal audits and coordination of external audits.

• Lead annual HSE planning, budgeting, and program prioritization in partnership with company leadership.

• Stay current on regulatory changes across Saskatchewan and client jurisdictions, updating programs accordingly.

Site Safety Oversight & Compliance

• Provide functional oversight and mentorship to site safety coordinators and supervisors across Flatstone’s project and mine-site locations.

• Conduct and oversee site inspections, safety audits, and hazard assessments across construction and remote/fly-in-fly-out sites.

• Ensure compliance with client-specific site requirements (including Cameco site standards at Cigar Lake, Key Lake, McArthur River, and Denison-Wheeler River) as well as Saskatchewan OHS regulations.

• Standardize orientation, permitting, and pre-task hazard assessment practices across sites.

• Act as primary liaison with client HSE representatives, regulators, and other external safety stakeholders.

Incident Management & Investigation

• Lead investigation of incidents, near misses, and WCB claims, identifying root causes and corrective actions.

• Maintain incident tracking and reporting systems, ensuring timely reporting to regulators and clients as required.

• Support Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) claims management, reconsiderations, and return-to-work planning in partnership with HR.

• Escalate significant HSE risks and incidents to the General Manager with clear recommendations.

Training, Culture & Leadership Development

• Develop and deliver HSE training programs for employees, supervisors, and leadership, including supervisor-level safety leadership training.

• Champion a strong safety culture across a unionized, multi-site workforce, including remote and fly-in/fly-out crews.

• Partner with Operations and Project Delivery Managers to embed safety accountability into daily site operations.

• Build HSE capacity across Flatstone, including hiring, developing, and mentoring site safety staff as the group grows.

Qualifications:

• NCSO (National Construction Safety Officer) or CRSP (Canadian Registered Safety Professional) designation required; equivalent combination of education and experience considered.

• 7+ years of progressive HSE experience, including experience leading a safety function.

• Experience in construction, mining, or other project-based, remote-site industries strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety legislation and Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements.

• Experience supporting unionized, fly-in/fly-out, or remote-site workforces is an asset.

• Experience building HSE programs or functions from the ground up is an asset.

• Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel regularly to remote project and mine sites.

Core Competencies

• Strong technical HSE knowledge paired with hands-on, detail-oriented execution on site.

• Sound judgment and risk management across diverse site environments.

• Ability to translate complex safety information for non-technical audiences and senior leadership.

• Strong leadership, mentorship, and team-building skills.

• Clear, calm communication under pressure, including during incident response.

• Self-starter with a continuous improvement mindset and comfort operating in ambiguity.

What We Offer

Flatstone offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support our employees and their families:

• Professional development: support for ongoing learning and training opportunities

• Meaningful work: contribute to projects that create lasting opportunities for Indigenous workers and communities across Saskatchewan

• Stability and growth: join an established, First Nation-owned organization with three decades of industry presence and an active project pipeline

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Please apply through the Des Nedhe website at https://desnedhe.com/careers/.

As a diverse and inclusive First Nation employer, we encourage all qualified and interested candidates to apply. Des Nedhe Group relies on Section 48 of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code to give preference in employment opportunities to qualified candidates.

While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.