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Business: Unitech Construction Management
Email: recruitment@unitechcm.ca
Address: Quilchena

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Unitech Construction 

Looking for full time Safety Advisor

Wage will be commensurate with experience

 As one of Unitech’s Site Safety Advisor you will be a resourceful, intelligent, confident, and dedicated professional who is committed to building our clients trust through clarity and integrity. You will be a fair, fun, and firm team player who will be responsible for protecting the Health and Safety of all workers on your designated construction site.

• Communicate with Management, Supervisors, and Employees to identify safety objectives and requirements. • Establish schedules for inspections and monitoring, safety meetings, and the review of safety performance. • Participate in accident and incident investigations to ensure objectivity and thoroughness. • Monitor and follow-up corrective action recommendations resulting from inspections, investigations, and safety committee reports. • Inspect the workplace for safety deficiencies on an ongoing basis. Notify the Superintendent and/or the appropriate person of any deficiencies and provide guidance for corrective action. • Develop safety topics relevant to the workplace for inclusion in toolbox talks and safety meetings. Review building schedule and inform workers in the meetings of upcoming trades and equipment arriving on site. • Monitor the WHMIS procedures and ensure employees are informed and SDS are current. • Collate and review all safety records and statistics and effectively communicate trends or significant deviations from the norm to management, supervisors, and the safety committee for corrective action. • Review, on a continuous basis, the performance of the safety program and make recommendations on changes and improvements, should they be required. • Coordinate site safety programs with the Superintendent, Supervisors, and Sub-contractors, ensuring all the company standards are met. • Represent the company during site inspections by the WCB and other regulatory agencies. • Conform to the Health and Safety Program and set a good example. • As the safety portion of this work is not full time you will be assisting doing “on the tools” work on the construction site including site housekeeping, moving materials, framing and other tasks depending on experience and capabilities.

• Minimum Certified Level 2 First Aid Attendant • A strong understanding of safety code rules and regulations • A technical understanding of the construction industry preferred • Effective communication and writing skills • Certificate in traffic control (Flagging) an asset • Previous first aid experience in the construction industry an asset • Ability to work efficiently with a service-oriented attitude, courtesy, tact, and diplomacy under stressful situations with constant interruption. • Maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work. • Ability to effectively manage time, responsibilities, and priorities.

Send us a copy of your most recent resume and our HR department at recruitment@unitechcm.ca will review your qualifications. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.