Health and Safety Advisor

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Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to join our Health and Safety team. Are you looking for a work environment where your knowledge, ideas, and professional opinions are valued? Do you want to be part of a collaborative, supportive team? Apply!

The CGC is a significant part of Canada’s dynamic and diverse agriculture sector. We regulate grain handling in Canada, set grain standards and conduct research on grain. At the CGC we strive to live our values of Excellence, Integrity, Respect and Accountability. Our employees work in offices, laboratories and grain terminals across the country offering a wide spectrum of health and safety challenges and opportunities. You will be working collaboratively with managers, employees and health and safety committees to create a safe and healthy workplace.

We promote work/life balance. We have an Employee and Family Assistance program to support you and your family. During the work day, you can take advantage of walking clubs and ad-hoc fitness classes onsite. We also have an arrangement with GoodLife Fitness for discounted memberships.

Our headquarters are located in the heart of downtown Winnipeg. On your breaks, you’ll be able to explore the great restaurants and shops situated in the historic Exchange District or enjoy nature at the Forks and the Waterfront.

With its low-cost of living, diverse population, thriving arts scene, professional sports and the friendliness of a small town, Winnipeg is one of Canada’s most desirable cities.

Intent of the process

This process will be used to staff one full time indeterminate position.

A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used for similar indeterminate, specified period employment, acting appointments, assignments, secondments or deployments.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:
• Successful completion of a Bachelor of Science degree with a specialization in microbiology or related discipline or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Education/Training:
• Successful completion of a Degree, Diploma or Certificate from a recognized University or College program in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Completion of biosafety or biosecurity training.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience providing a range of occupational health and safety support services to management, employees and committees.
• Experience working in a laboratory in which hazardous materials were used.
• Experience working in a biocontainment and or bio-secure laboratory.
• Experience as a workplace health and safety committee member or health and safety representative.
• Experience delivering training.
• Experience in incident investigation, such as accidents, security breaches, equipment failures, or other related activities that require assessing contributing factors or determining root cause.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (BBC/BBC)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of chemical safety practices.
• Knowledge of safe laboratory practices.

Competencies:
• Effective Interactive Communication
• Being a Team Player
• Adaptability
• Initiative

Ability:
• Ability to use reasoning skills to solve problems.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Competencies:
• Judgement
• Planning, organizing and coordinating

Abilities:
• Ability to use a variety of methods to conduct research related to occupational health and safety/biosafety issues.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

• Willingness to work overtime
• Ability to travel within Canada or to the United States of America.
• Valid drivers' license OR personal mobility in the time and manner normally associated with possession and use of a valid driver's license.
• Ability and willingness to be exposed to grain and flour dust / soil, and to outdoor conditions in an industrial environment. Known allergies must be controlled through the use of personal protective equipment and/or medication, and must not impinge upon the duties to be performed.
• Ability and willingness to be exposed to hazardous microorganisms, chemicals and equipment while using all required personal protective equipment and following safe work procedures.

Other information

Only applications submitted online using the ‘Apply online’ button above will be considered.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Candidates will be asked, as per the application process, to answer screening questions for each education and experience criteria. Candidates will have to provide specific examples, for each screening question demonstrating how they have acquired the criteria. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate your answers to the screening questions. Failure to clearly demonstrate in your answers how you meet the screening criteria may result in the rejection of your application. Any of the education and experience qualifications may be used for the screening of applications.

A cover letter is not required as the screening questions will be used for screening purposes.

Confirmation of receipt of applications will not be sent by Canadian Grain Commission; only candidates successful in the screening process will be contacted for assessment.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

In order to manage the number of applications in the selection process, management may use top-down consideration of scores at various steps in the process, to determine the number of candidates who will be further considered in the process.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.