Safety Advisor

YVR is a place of connection, bringing together people, places and cargo while ensuring a safe and efficient experience for everyone. We are looking for someone who is keen to take on the initiative and contribute to YVR’s Health and Safety Team with a proactive and collaborative approach to a variety of health and safety issues.

Position Overview

Are you an individual who enjoys problem solving, thinking on your feet, and working with a diverse group of people? Do you work well independently with minimal supervision, but also enjoy collaborating on project with a fun and high-energy team? If this sounds like you, we would like to encourage you to apply to join our Health and Safety team. 

The Safety Advisor is part of a team that is focused on enabling business at YVR to ensure intended business outcomes are successfully and safely achieved. As proactive health and safety professionals we use our expertise to apply the safety lens across our airport community ensuring YVR is one of the safest airports in the world.  

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing proactive and leading-edge health and safety programs to ensure a safe and healthy environment, which includes conducting inspections, risk assessments, internal audits of programs and practices, and incident investigations
• Administering and delivering safety training including but not limited to Supervisor Safety Leadership training, FLHA use, as well as new employee orientations, and creating computer-based training modules on a variety of topics
• Managing multiple priorities, such as conducting extensive indoor environmental quality, noise dosimetry assessments, and liaising with tenants and airlines on issues pertaining to indoor environmental quality issues
• Developing and sustaining cooperative working relationships at all levels while overseeing the corporate Respiratory Protection, Hearing Conservation, Ergonomics, WHMIS and Transportation of Dangerous Goods programs, the Hazardous Materials Management Program, as well as supporting the evolution of an Integrated Safety Strategy for the airport
• Monitoring of organizational safety metrics, data analytics, and health and safety management technology tools
• Supporting the designated business partner(s) on meeting safety objectives, incident investigations, training, and more 

Key qualifications include:

• Minimum five years of recent, related progressive experience, supplemented by a post-secondary degree in health and safety or a related field; or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• Preference given to Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and/or Registered Occupational Hygienist (ROH) designations 
• Demonstrated experience in executing and operating successful health and safety programs and management systems
• Demonstrated experience with broad based occupational health and safety support in the identification, assessment and control of health and safety risks
• Thorough knowledge of federal and provincial regulations governing occupational health and safety
• A team player, capable of working both collaboratively and independently, while ensuring strong communication skills, sound judgment and confident leadership

This position is open to both Vancouver Airport Authority employees and external applicants. Previous job performance will be taken into consideration for all internal candidates that apply for this position.

As part of our recruitment process, short-listed candidates may be required to participate in an assessment process.

Salary Range : $86,640 to $124,545 per annum, based on 37.5-hour work week. This is individually tailored to reflect your unique experience, qualifications and internal equity. Performance-Based Incentive: Eligible for an annual bonus target at 7.5% of your annual salary.

At YVR, your work experience goes beyond the paycheck. We support your personal and professional development, well-being, and a thriving work culture with generous vacation days, extensive health benefits, retirement savings matching, wellness programs, community engagement, commuting support, and continuous learning opportunities. Learn more at https://careers.yvr.ca/benefits.

YVR is more than just an airport. We connect our beautiful province and all it has to offer to the world. We are all leaders and trailblazers for change and innovation, so no matter the department or team you’re a part of, the work you do matters.

At YVR, we are flexible in everything we do. We will work together to find ways to deliver customer excellence that helps us all thrive.

Whatever your background and wherever you’re from, you belong at YVR. If you have any questions about accessibility or require any assistance applying, please reach out at careers@yvr.ca.