About this role
Job Title : Senior Safety and Environmental Specialist Location: Halifax, NS, Ottawa, ON, or Victoria, BC Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time Annual Salary: $105,000-130,000 About BMT BMT is dedicated to tackling the most crucial engineering challenges of our era, fostering an environment where individuals with exceptional technical expertise provide meaningful, practical solutions. Committed to creating a safer, more efficient, effective, and sustainable future, BMT values diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognizing their pivotal role in achieving our business purpose. Learn more about BMT at www.bmt.org . About the Role The Safety and Environmental Specialist is responsible for ensuring that safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements are effectively integrated into design. Identifying hazards, assessing safety and environmental impacts, developing mitigation strategies, and ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, standards, and customer requirements throughout the project lifecycle. Role Specific: Develop and own the Safety and Environmental Management Plan. Conduct Safety and Environmental assessments throughout the design lifecycle. Identify and mitigate potential Safety and Environmental risks through design recommendations. Develop and manage Safety and Environmental requirements and verification criteria. Ensure compliance with applicable Safety and Environmental standards. Translate Safety and Environmental needs into defined and measurable requirements. Analyze verification assessments to ensure compliance with Safety and Environmental requirements. Lead and support hazard identification, analyses and assessments. Develop and maintain Hazard Logs. Lead and facilitate Safety briefs and working groups. Support hazard analyses and operational risk assessments. Evaluate Safety and Environmental impacts associated with design change. Collaborate with other engineering disciplines to ensure best practice is applied to Safety and Environmental initiatives. Present findings and recommendations to technical and senior management audiences. Mentor BMT staff who are developing skills, qualifications and experience in their domain General: Manage your own technical work and evaluate its effectiveness to improve best practice. Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. Comply with relevant business and ethics codes of conduct. Undertake engineering and non-engineering activities in a way that contributes to best practice. Act as Technical Lead on specified projects. Maintain a program of Continuing Professional Development to sustain your technical knowledge Act as Technical Assurer on specified projects. Work within the BMT Quality Management System (QMS) processes and procedures. Maintain your technical competency in your area(s) of specialization. Promote a positive team culture through input, feedback and participation in team building and wellness activities.