Safety Specialist - Rabbit Lake

Safety Specialist

• Contract Length: 13 Months
• Location: Key Lake, Saskatchewan
• Fly In Fly Out Camp accommodations provided
• Rotation 2 weeks in-2 weeks out, 11 hours a day)
• Company Charter Flights provided - Departing from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Contractors are expected to travel to Saskatoon for chartered flights to camp sites.
  
  

Raise is currently hiring a Safety Specialist on behalf of our client. This is an excellent opportunity to join a construction management team supporting industrial operations in Northern Saskatchewan. The successful candidate will help maintain high safety standards, ensure compliance with safety and environmental requirements, and promote a strong safety culture across construction activities. Our Client is a Canadian global leader in exploration, mine engineering, and environmental protection

Description

The Safety Specialist will be a key member of the Construction Management Team (CMT), responsible for ensuring that construction activities comply with established Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) requirements. This role focuses on identifying workplace hazards, monitoring safe work practices, conducting site inspections, reviewing risk assessments, and supporting incident investigations and corrective actions.

The successful candidate will work closely with construction teams and contractors to promote safe work procedures, strengthen hazard awareness, and support continuous improvement in site safety performance.

Responsibilities

• Safety Compliance: Ensure construction activities comply with applicable safety, health, environmental, and quality requirements.
• Contractor Coordination: Work closely with the Construction Management Team and contractors to promote safe work practices and compliance.
• Safety Procedures: Monitor adherence to safety, health, and environmental procedures, work instructions, and site requirements.
• Workplace Inspections: Conduct daily and weekly site inspections with the CMT, including behavioral observations and identification of hazardous conditions.
• Risk Assessments: Review Field-Level Risk Assessments (FLRAs) and daily contact cards to ensure quality and compliance.
• Training and Qualifications: Support SHEQ-related training and assess contractor personnel qualifications, as required.
• Safety Meetings: Participate in job hazard assessments, toolbox talks, safety meetings, constructability reviews, and project kickoff meetings.
• Hazard Identification: Identify, assess, and address health and safety concerns specific to site activities.
• Incident Investigation: Investigate injuries, accidents, and near misses in accordance with established corrective action processes.
• Incident Reporting: Ensure timely notification and reporting of significant safety events.
• Corrective Actions: Monitor the quality of incident investigations and ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented promptly.
• Safety Culture: Promote proactive hazard identification, safe work practices, and continuous improvement across construction activities.
  
  

Qualifications

• 4 to 10+ years of dedicated safety experience in heavy industrial or construction environments.
• Previous experience supporting large-scale industrial projects, preferably in mining, utilities, energy, or similar sectors.
• Strong working knowledge of occupational health and safety regulations and industrial safety requirements.
• Experience conducting workplace inspections, behavioral observations, and hazard assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to review and evaluate Field-Level Risk Assessments (FLRAs) and Job Hazard Assessments (JHAs).
• Experience investigating incidents, accidents, and near misses and implementing corrective actions.
• Knowledge of formal incident investigation methodologies, such as TapRooT, Five Whys, or Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Understanding of integrated Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) frameworks.
• Strong communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with construction teams and contractors.
• Education and Certifications
• A degree or diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Environmental Science, or a related technical/engineering field preferred
• Certification: Construction Safety Officer (CSO) designation is required
  
  

Additional Information

• As this is a safety Sensitive Role Pre-access substance testing will be required
  
  

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