
Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician
- Calgary, AB
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
- Our Flexible Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
- A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
- Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
- Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
- A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.
- Applying your technical knowledge of methods, regulations, equipment, tools, systems, controls, and procedures.
- Make routine and non-routine decisions with guidance and with latitude of your supervising Project Manager.
- Work on a wide variety of assignments, scope of work and complexity.
- Providing project technical support and services, including:
o Identifying site issues or project concerns and recommending corrective actions * Providing occupational hygiene services, including:o Conducting site assessments for asbestos, mold, lead, PCB's, etc.
o Sample collection in the field, data interpretation, and preparation of reports.
o Interpreting and/or analyzing sample/data results in relation to legislative requirements and industry-accepted guidelines and criteria.
o Supervising asbestos abatement activities. * Conducting air quality assessments, including indoor air and occupational hygiene (i.e., IAQ, welding fume, noise)
- Basic client liaison to ensure health, safety, and occupational hygiene needs are addressed.
- Participate in the Health and Safety program.
- Participate in the Quality Control program.
- Engaging in technical training programs,
- Flexibility in meeting client schedules - evening, night, and weekend work may be required
- This position is approximately 90% field work, and 10% office-based with travel across Alberta and across Western and Northern Canada (for extended periods of time) with paid over-time as required.
- You'll be using your expertise to complete field surveys, write technical reports, collaborate with our many counterparts in all our different disciplines at WSP and provide expertise and client deliverables on projects.
- All other duties as required.
- Occupational Hygiene technician certificate, diploma from a chemical or environment programs or equivalent education such as technical, trade or college, and a Bachelor of Science (or similar) also acceptable.
- Eligible for membership in a professional organization is an asset but not a requirement.
- All levels of experience in Occupational Hygiene, hazardous material assessments (e.g., asbestos-related issues, lead, silica dust, etc.), is considered an asset.
- Experience working with a hazardous materials abatement contractor is an asset but not a requirement.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and you know your way around the MS Office suite of products.
- Must possess a valid Class 5 driver's license with no restrictions and access to a reliable vehicle, with appropriate registration and insurance.
- Requirement to wear personal protective equipment (i.e., respiratory protection, hard hat, high-visibility vests, fire retardant coveralls, safety boots, and safety glasses).
- A desire to broaden range of professional skills, adaptable, while managing a busy workload with proven problem-solving skills.
- Enthusiastic and versatile, willing to take on responsibility.
- Strong people and an ability to work in a team environment.
- You want to experience what it's like to work for the leading environmental consulting firm globally and be part of a growing and thriving team!
- We value our people and our reputation
- We are locally dedicated with international scale
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo
- We foster collaboration in everything we do
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable