Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

The Opportunity:

A leadership role focused on Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) management for key clients and major projects. This position requires strategic planning, risk management, and a strong commitment to safety culture and environmental stewardship.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging

• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.

• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.

• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.

• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.

• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

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What you can expect to do here:

• Ensure appropriate HSEQ support, resourcing, advice, and guidance is given to primarily major projects (risk level 4-5 projects) across all sectors within WSP Canada Operations. This includes collaborating with business sector leaders, project managers and other operational teams in supporting business development efforts, project pursuit, contract review, planning, resourcing, and execution of major projects.

• Stay up to date on major client HSEQ needs and trends to ensure appropriate resourcing, skills, systems, and programs are available to projects.

• Lead the development of client and project specific HSEQ plans, systems, data tracking, KPIs, analysis, and training as required by major projects (typically risk level 4-5 projects). Ensure that project plans and systems developed for major projects meet client expectations but also meet or exceed WSP expectations.

• Collaborating with the Director, HSEQ Program, manage governance and development of a suite of project specific plans, systems and tools that can be adapted to major client needs as required. This is including safety managements systems, learning management systems, data management systems etc.

• Support lower-level projects (risk level 1-3 projects) as required by the Director, HSE Operations especially as it pertains to projects that may have delegation of authority (Prime Contractor needs) to WSP or other unique HSEQ field challenges.

• Lead the Major and Key Client Program from an HSEQ perspective. Networking and advising the Major Client Program team with specialist HSEQ advice on major clients in the energy, transportation, buildings and other sectors.

• Represent WSP from an HSEQ perspective in key client meetings and project pursuit meetings with senior Leaders, project managers and colleagues as required.

• Collaborate with Major Project Delivery Excellence team in improving project delivery tools.

• Utilize company Pipeline tool to understand and seek opportunities in major project pursuit and delivery.

• Work in collaboration with the WSP procurement team to qualify subcontractors through the WSP subcontractor management tool. Manage external and client specific prequalification tools such as ISN, Cognibox and other proprietary systems to ensure WSP stays compliant with these systems.

• Sourcing and leadership of all the HSEQ Major Project HSE Support personnel (Site Health and Safety Officers, specialists, SMEs, managers etc.) and HSE Specialists (Subcontractor, Contract) and Coordinator/Analyst (Data and Administration - Project Support) to develop the competence through continuous learning (i.e., HSEQ Training), feedback on their performance, and coaching on areas to improve. Project resources will be hard line reporting to this role, while having day to day dotted line reporting to projects.

• Set HSE Team’s (Specialist/Coordinator/Analyst/Major Project HSE Support) personal performance objectives both in line with their development needs and the objectives set by the HSEQ department.

• Be responsible for aspects of people management including but not limited to: recruitment, compensation, succession, performance management, talent, and leadership development.

• Ensure that while the key support provided by the HSEQ Team meets or exceeds the client or project needs, it is aligned with WSP HSEQ Management Systems (i.e. Policy, Programs, Procedures and Processes), WSP’s Project Delivery Lifecycle, Hierarchy of Controls (HoC), provincial regulatory requirements and HSEQ department objectives.

• Ensure consistency of the HSEQ Team (Specialist/Coordinator/Analyst/Major Project HSE Support) and holds employees accountable to the HSEQ Management System.

• Ensure project or client specific programs, systems or tools that are developed are appropriately controlled and documented to ensure they do not penetrate areas of the business that they are not relevant too and cause confusion between corporate programs and initiatives.

• Visit the workplace and observe how the work is done, how risks are identified and mitigated through the HoC and verify with the workers that the means at their disposal are sufficient, adequate & effective.

• Liaise with WSP’s internal clients of Major Project HSE Support to ensure smooth integration of their HSEQ risk prevention priorities and requirements and coordination of risk prevention measures between the external clients and WSP, including those for risks arising from the activities of the Clients’ own subcontractors.

• Coordinate with the Director, HSEQ Expertise and ensure competent involvement of the Major Project HSEQ team in the investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action process for major projects events

• Ensure project-based incident reporting programs are aligned and report in to the corporate Incident Management System.

• Support the Director & Deputy Vice President HSE Operations Team, in their implementation and continuous improvement for all related processes

What you’ll bring to WSP:

• Minimum 10 years in a senior HSEQ role on major capital projects in the energy, transportation, and industrial construction sectors.

• Skilled collaborator and communicator. Ability to network with multiple internal and external stakeholders and hold a credible position in a major project execution environment.

• Experience managing large, dispersed teams of HSEQ professionals.

• Project Management experience is desired.

• Broad network of HSEQ resources that can support major projects.

• Significant reputation in industry and member of significant industry groups and/or committees such as Energy Safety Canada, Mining Associations and Construction Associations

• Undergraduate degree in a related discipline (Engineering, OHS, Environment) or equivalent combination of experience and education.

• Designation of Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP).

• Bilingualism (French/English) an asset.

• Comprehensive knowledge of HSEQ legislation, occupational HSE compliance requirements and regulatory structure in all Canadian jurisdictions.

• Expertise and knowledge of best-in-class project HSEQ Management Systems, including programs, standards, processes and requirements, risk assessment processes and techniques and training in hazard recognition, assessment, and control.

Decisions/Influences (which decisions does the incumbent own and which does the incumbent influence?)

• Makes independent decisions related to resources, approach, and tactical operations. Decision-making may include cross function collaboration (e.g., exercises independent judgement within the HSE Management System to solve moderately complex problems, and partner with HSE Directors/SME to solve high complexity problems).

• Manages budget for their team.

• Regularly makes recommendations on matters of significance in department and/or function.

• Influences on HSE department objectives, resources, etc.

Deliverables & Key Performance Indicators:

• Set HSEQ Team’s (Specialist/Coordinator/Analyst/Major Project HSE Support) personal performance objectives both in line with their development needs and the objectives set by the HSEQ department.

• Monitor and track HSEQ Team’s (Specialist/Coordinator/Analyst/Major Project HSE Support) Goals and Objectives against measured metrics (e.g., WSP Online Reporting System timelines, travel and training budget usage, HSE Training completion)Positive feedback from project managers and sector leadership in supporting major projects.

• On major projects, compliance to WSP practice and project delivery model as it pertains to HSEQ.

• Positive audit and HSEWQ Excellence audits on major projects.

Interactions with

• Business Operations and Sector Leaders

• Safety Committee / Representative

• HSEQ Managers, Advisors, Specialists (MSD, Claims, Radiation, etc.), Expertise Team and Programs Team

• Corporate functions (e.g., Procurement, Legal, People and Culture, etc.)

• Canadian HSEQ team

• Project delivery excellence personnel

Other

• Role requires occasional travel to project sites.

• The job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work required to perform this job.

• As WSP business operations workload varies, the HSEQ Team assignments may also require flexibility to support the HSEQ Team, as necessary.

• This job description is subject to change as the needs and requirements of the job evolves to adjust to the company strategic orientation.

Who else should be reviewing this job description?

• Director & Deputy Vice President HSE Operations

• Vice-President HSEQ

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP :

• We value our people and our reputation

• We are locally dedicated with international scale

• We are future focused and challenge the status quo

• We foster collaboration in everything we do

• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY. (https://www.wsp.com/en-CA/careers/notice-to-staffing-agencies)