HSE Advisor

LaPrairie Crane is one of Canada’s largest independent mobile-crane companies servicing customers across Western Canada for over 40 years.

With their extensive fleet of cranes, including all-terrains, boom trucks, carry decks, crawlers, hydraulic trucks and rough terrain cranes, they offer customers one-stop project solutions for their most complex lifting needs.

LaPrairie Crane is currently looking for a full-time Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Advisor to join its team in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

The ideal candidate is enthusiastic, organized, adaptable and enjoys working in a fast-paced and multi-tasking environment.

Job Summary

The HSE Advisor will work closely with the Senior HSE Supervisor to achieve a safe working environment and meet statutory and contractual requirements.

The HSE Coordinator will be required to travel to LaPrairie Crane, Capstan, and Northland Fleet Services worksites throughout Peace River and Northern B.C. region.

Shift : Monday to Friday 8 : 00am- 4 : 30pm, overtime as needed.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Conduct frequent field audits on safety conditions on various jobsites and branch locations within region.
• Provide professional expertise and guidance in all areas of HSE including direction in incident management and investigation.
• Provide support, advice and direction for managers and supervisors.
• Comply with all HSE Policies and promote a safe working environment.
• Promote an organizational culture where incidents, hazards and opportunities for improvement are reported, discussed, and addressed quickly and efficiently.
• Accountable for the interpretation of the Provincial and Federal OHS legislation as it applies.
• Assist supervisors in the delivery of Toolbox Safety talks on site.
• Mentor employees on HSE issues on sites.
• Liaison with contractors, third parties, HSE and other internal clients with the provision of presentations to increase awareness of HSE matters.
• Support incident owners to ensure accident and incident investigations are conducted and events reported in a timely manner.

Ensure all required investigation documentation is provided in a clear manner to the HSE Administrator for reporting. Travel to incident location sites for investigation.

Coordinates investigation and performs Root Cause Analysis.

• Support safety meetings by providing relevant information for use during the meeting and actively participating or chairing throughout.
• Carry out and record regular safety checks and safety inspections with documentation completed in a timely manner.
• Assist in ensuring legislative compliance of divisions under region.
• Assign, complete and follow up on corrective actions to address deficiencies noted on inspections, incidents or safety meetings.
• Primary support in case of HSE issues.
• Maintain a pro-active approach to the wellbeing of all employees, subcontractors and associated client personnel affected by our work.
• Monitor paper and electronic field level hazard assessments, equipment daily checks, driver logbooks, lift calculations and behavior-based observations.
• Be comfortable in filing documents in a shared electronic matter as well as hard copies.
• Able to complete timely and accurate data entry into programs such as Asset Manager, TMT and Workhub.
• Monitor and maintain HSE inventory supplies for facilities within region.
• Be available on-call as needed for emergency situations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-3 years relevant field safety experience.
• NCSO Professional certification, or equivalent.
• OHS Certification would be an asset but not required.
• Familiarity with crane, heavy haul, trucking, mining, oil and gas and construction operations is an asset.
• Experience with the WCB process and claims management is an asset but not required.
• Experience and proven record in participation of safety management processes (e.g. safety committees, working groups, heavy industrial auditing and inspection experience).
• Hold a valid drivers’ license.
• Able to work effectively with people of all levels including management, employees, and contractors.
• Highly organized with attention to detail.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and adapt to fast changing situations.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information in an efficient and professional matter.
• Self-starter, ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• Ability to prioritize projects and meet critical deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft basic suite of programs (i.e., e Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).

LAPRAIRIE Group of Companies, established in 1982 as a one-crane, two-man operation in Tumbler Ridge, BC, has grown into a successful, group of companies employing over 750 local employees and offering full turnkey services within the mobile crane and rigging, heavy hauling, highway and bridge maintenance, frac sand mining, processing and distribution service sectors.

This 100% Canadian, and family-owned group of companies services the Canadian and Northeastern USA markets through its various subsidiaries : LAPRAIRIE Crane, Northland Fleet Services, LAPRAIRIE Haul, LAPRAIRIE Works, LAPRAIRIE Oilfield, CAPSTAN Hauling, ENTREC, LAPRAIRIE Rock, and Canadian Silica Industries.