Job Title

Health & Safety Program Manager

Company, Department

Nova Scotia Power – Health, Safety & Environment

Location:

Halifax, Nova Scotia – 1H

Type Of Employment

Regular, Full Time – Hybrid

Closing Date

February 9, 2024

Reference Umber

2024 - 2398

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Health & Safety Program Manager to join our Health & Safety t eam.

Reporting the Director of Health & Safety, the Health & Safety Program Manager will lead a team of Health & Safety Program and Training Specialists across the province, including Team Leads and their indirect reports providing subject matter expertise to foster a strong health and safety culture for our employees and contractors and ensuring that health and safety requirements are being addressed under the safety management system.

To support this commitment, the Health & Safety Program Manager will lead building and delivering research-backed programs, systems, reporting, and tools that are focused on preventing serious injuries and fatalities, continuously improving our health and safety programs, and innovating to find better ways to protect our teams, customers, and communities.

As a caring and visible leader on health and safety, you are focused on ensuring the Programs and Training team maintains a focused presence in the field and is actively engaged with key stakeholders across the business, contractors and in our community through participation in various safety initiatives and committees that provide opportunities to reinforce health and safety as our priority.

Key Elements Of This Role Include

As a Health & Safety Program Manager you will:

• Lead a team of health and safety program and safety training professionals supporting programs, change management, reporting, communication, and training roll out.
• Support our health and safety 5-year plan deliverables in consultation with subject matter experts.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with external and internal stakeholders and committees, working as a mentor and subject matter expert to empower a culture where every employee leads with health and safety and understands their roles and responsibilities.
• Integrate the principals of energy-based safety, human factors and psychological health and safety into existing processes and safety coaching to ensure hazards have been identified and have effective direct controls that are engineered to mitigate or eliminate the hazard.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to support team member’s progression and promote ongoing development and growth within their role and in the organization.
• Support the development and implementation of longer-term health & safety strategies to continue to enhance and refine the Safety Management System, systems, training and reporting.
• Build and leverage relationships with key stakeholders throughout the organization and externally to support decision-making that impacts health or safety. Identify challenges with achieving goals and develop an action plan that drives operational excellence in health and safety in consultation with the Senior Leadership team.
• Develop strategies to ensure all health and safety aspects are addressed and that engineering solutions are embedded into pre-job planning and job safety analyses (JSAs) for work that involves high-energy.
• Partner with Leaders at all levels in the organization to ensure seamless integration between corporate safety initiatives and service delivery by the Health & Safety Program and Training team and into the field.
• Liaise with external agencies in the community, contractors, and schools to facilitate greater awareness and effective management of public safety considerations within the community.
• Participate in conferences and benchmarks against current research and top performing organizations for program improvements.
• Identify knowledge gaps and develop training and orientation strategies to promote continuous learning within the organization, with contractors and within the team, in consultation with the Senior Leadership Team and Leaders within the organization.
• Ensure processes and procedures relating to health and safety are being effectively and consistently implemented by employees and contractors.
• Maintain the audit and compliance program, including coordinating and performing regularly scheduled inspections, compliance checks, audits, and observations with a focus on coaching and recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Lead and support safety investigations applying the SCAT methodology, ensuring reporting requirements are met and that effective root cause analysis is completed, and corrective actions mitigate any potential for future incidents. Prepare and review investigation reporting capturing analysis and recommendations and work with stakeholders to cascade learnings and ensure the successful and timely implementation of corrective actions.
• Ensure contractors have an appropriate plan for their work scope and adequately covers the areas where work will be performed and that all requirements are being met.
• Coordinate and perform audits and implement continuous improvement plans with support of key stakeholders across the organization.
• Participate in budgeting and cost management activities within the department.
• Plan and participate in business continuity, security and emergency planning exercises, and support emergency response where needed.
  
  

These Skills Will Make You Successful

Our commitment to health and safety requires relentless focus and effort. As the successful candidate you recognize yourself in the following competencies, and possess or are working towards the desired skills and experience listed below:

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or other equivalent technical field may be substituted for up to 5 years of experience.
• You have significant experience that demonstrates progressive leadership with a minimum of 5 years' experience leading cross functional teams within a complex organization as a health and safety management professional.
• You are certified or be eligible for certification as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) or Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRST).
• You take a collaborative approach and understand how to coach and lead others to empower a culture that leads with health and safety.
• You have expert knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and Federal and Provincial Health & Safety regulations.
• You understand how to navigate complex change and have demonstrated experience acting as a change management leader who has helped shape and implement new strategic direction and facilitated the implementation of organization structure changes You operate independently and apply innovation and coaching skills to lead a team successfully through transformational change while ensuring continuity of service delivery and high-level of engagement.
• You are a critical thinker who understands how to identify and act on barriers that impact success within the team and within the organization.
• You think strategically and have experience recommending multi-year plans that support continuous improvement and operational excellence in health and safety.
• You have a high level of personal organization, are detail-oriented, and work independently to meet deadlines.
• You build effective working relationships and demonstrate excellence in verbal and written communication.
• You have significant experience leading multi-year projects within a complex organization and budget, acting as a project manager and facilitating implementation of change.
• You are comfortable analyzing/ interpreting data and trends using tools like Excel and understand how to translate multiple points of data and information into produce impactful reporting that captures key insights and helps Senior Leadership make decisions that support continual improvement in Health & Safety.
  
  

At Nova Scotia Power, our employees are our greatest strength. Our Leadership Competencies set standards that advance our business strategy, deliver results for customers, and provide career development for employees. As the ideal candidate, you are a strong leader who works to advance a safety culture by placing safety, health, and wellness above any business objective. You understand the importance of strong inclusive teams and develop employees to take on challenges and opportunities. You encourage innovation, lead change to ensure continuous improvement demonstrating integrity, and set clear expectations for a high standard of work performance for yourself and your team. Lastly you will connect every decision to the company strategy and apply sound judgment to translate new ideas into actions.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we’ve listed above, please consider applying.

Learn More About Our Culture And Values

At the Emera Group of Companies , you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by February 9, 2024,and let us know why this role is right for you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Flexibility: Hybrid work model with 2 flexible remote workdays.
• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
  
  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers , Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers . We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values . The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.