Occupational Hygiene Officer

Overview

At WorkSafeBC, our Prevention Services division is dedicated to the prevention of workplace injury, illness, disease, and death. We work with employers and workers to reduce risk and keep workplaces healthy and safe through education, consultation, and enforcement.

If you share our passion for workplace health and safety and want to be part of an elite team of like-minded professionals helping employers prevent occupational illness, disease and disability, please read on.

We're looking for enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and dedicated Occupational Hygiene Officers (OHO) to help us build safer and healthier workplaces in British Columbia. We have positions available in: Nelson, Cranbrook, Terrace, Richmond, and Abbotsford locations.

How you'll make a difference: 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 on 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 May 2025. Please specify in your cover letter and/or application which location(s) you're applying to.

What you'll do

As an Occupational Hygiene Officer you will:

Engage with workers and employers from various industries to reduce risk and keep workplaces healthy and safe through education, consultation, and enforcement. You'll make a positive, tangible difference by:

• Anticipating, recognizing, and evaluating physical, chemical, and biological health hazards, and recommending control measures
• Investigating accidents
• Conducting occupational hygiene assessments
• Discussing physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, and industrial ventilation principles
• Making and explaining decisions
• Influencing and directing the actions and opinions of others and taking control of critical situations
• Interpreting, applying, explaining, and enforcing WorkSafeBC regulations, policies, guidelines, and standards

Want to know more? Here's what one of our Occupational Hygiene Officers has to say about his job.

Is this a good fit for you?

We're looking for people who can:

• Use their interpersonal and communication skills to convey the potential hazards, risks, and/or controls and gain compliance on complex health and safety hazards within various work environments
• Use their critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate unique workplace health and safety hazards and identify effective mitigations and controls
• Make and enforce timely decisions independently and objectively, using sound judgment and technical knowledge
• Handle high pressure, and sometimes tense situations and emergencies with a high level of professionalism

Your background and experience

• A bachelor's degree with a major in sciences or engineering and either two (2) years of experience in occupational hygiene, or three (3) years of industry experience directly related to your field of scientific study or
• A master's degree in occupational health or hygiene with either one (1) year of direct experience in occupational hygiene, or one (1) years of industry experience directly related to your undergraduate field of scientific study or
• Other combinations of education and experience may be considered
• Working knowledge of industrial hygiene principles and practices, health sciences, and technical sciences
• General knowledge and application of occupational health and safety principles as evidenced by education and/or formal experience in OH&S

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.

Important to know

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Consent to a criminal record check
• Confirm you're legally entitled to work in Canada in a full time permanent basis

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.

Who we are

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.

What's it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

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 .

Our benefits

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 o f $48.46 - $61.09 h ourly, with regular increases, which will commensurate with experience, your total compensation package includes:

• 3 weeks of vacation in the first year with regular increases based on years of service, and optional leave arrangements such as the Earned Time Off (ETO) program where you can generate an additional 13 flex days off annually
• competitive benefits package (with no waiting period) and contributions towards an excellent (defined) government pension plan
• car allowance or company vehicle, company cell phone & laptop
• access to in-house training, yearly tuition reimbursement, career growth opportunities, and more!

Learn more: Find out what we offer .

Salary: $ 48.46 - $ 61.09 /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.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply . If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.