Reference: 038553Duration: Permanent, Full TimeNumber of Positions: 20Location: Courtenay, Fort St. John, Kelowna, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Victoria,Salary: $47.06 - $59.33/hourlyDeadline date: 08/12/2024
Our Prevention Services division is dedicated to the prevention of workplace injury, illness, disease, and death. We engage with employers and workers to reduce risk and keep workplaces healthy and safe primarily through education, consultation, and enforcement.
If you have a growing passion for Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) and want to make a real positive impact in helping to ensure every worker in this province goes home safely at the end of the day, please read on. We're looking for passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated individuals to help us build safer and healthier workplaces across British Columbia!
As an Occupational Safety Officer (OSO) you will have at least four years of direct hands-on progressive industry experience in one or two of the following industries and have been involved in workplace health and safety in the following industries: Agriculture, Asbestos, Coastal Logging, Construction, Fishing & Marine, Forestry, Health Care, Hospitality, Industrial Construction, Manufacturing, Trades and Utilities, Oil & Gas, Retail, and Transportation and Warehousing.
We have positions available in the following locations with specific focuses:
You'll help ensure B.C. workers go home safely at the end of their workday. Where you'll work At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines the convenience of working remotely with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position. In this role, you'll work primarily in the field, as well as your B.C. home/remote office and occasionally in your reporting office's location.
We'll be reviewing applications weekly don't wait, apply today as our team training module is scheduled to start September 2024. Please specify in your cover letter and/or application which location(s) you're applying to.
To see if you meet the requirements for this position before applying, please review our new Job Preview page where it will outline in more detail what we are looking for. There's also a self-assessment questionnaire you can fill out to see if this career path is the right fit for you. Read more about the role here on our Job Preview sheet.
Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:
WorkSafeBC's COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the "Policy") is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.
At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We're honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.
It's challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for. Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.
Learn more: Discover who we are.
As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work and life. Along with a competitive salary of $47.06 - $59.33 hourly, with regular increases, which will commensurate with experience, your total compensation package includes:
Learn more: Find out what we offer. Salary: $47.06 - $59.33/hourly Want to apply?
Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.
Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.
Please apply online