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HSE Specialist


Company : Modern Niagara


Location : Ottawa, Ontario


Created : 2025-10-07


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Join to apply for the HSE Specialist role at Modern Niagara 1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the HSE Specialist role at Modern Niagara Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canadas infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal. WE BUILD FOR LIFE. We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record thats well above industry standards. At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canadas infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet. Modern Niagara is one of Canadas Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNAs Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazines Gold Winner for Canadas Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canadas Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canadas Best Health + Safety Leader Award. The role of Health and Safety (HSE) Specialist is to support and cultivate a preventative safety culture in the Modern Niagara Building Services business and works to reduce or eliminate risk of injury and illness in the workplace. The HSE Specialist is a reliable and knowledgeable resource for workers, supervisors, foremen, managers and executives to provide support, advice, inspections, training, document management and hazard identification. Duties And Responsibilities Facilitating safety-related education training On-site engagement to influence commitment from all MN workers to comply with all HSE requirements Support and lead HSE for specific operational projects by providing industry experience and specialized knowledge Partnering with operations on HSE messaging and communications to MN employees Analyzing data from reports to review existing preventative programs and make recommendations for new preventative initiatives Engaging and collaborating with field leaders when doing site inspections Attending all HSE applicable meetings Supporting operations and Senior Leadership in managing risk by: Analyse and interpret data to identify opportunities of improvement Enhancing our safe work procedures by utilizing lessons learned Analyze HSE training needs and provide recommendations of training to ensure competency and awareness of workers Consulting for operations on new project site specific safety plans Advising on safety topics Incident and claim management Qualifications and Requirements: Post-secondary education in a related field is an asset Previous 3+ years experience working in the construction industry would be a strong asset Credentials to support skillset Demonstrated competency with Microsoft office including: Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint Effective communicator with the ability to develop and sustain productive working relationships with employees, subcontractors and other stakeholders at all levels Well organized with an ability to effectively set and manage competing priorities Sense of prioritization and drive to succeed Must be comfortable working within a deadline driven fast paced environment Resourceful, energetic and able to manage multiple priorities Strong team player with the ability to operate independently with confidence Driver's license and the ability to travel to job sites with own vehicle Strong interest in growing career within the construction industry We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential. We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. 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