OHS Department Coordinator

Posted on: Jun 11, 2026

Posted by: Strathcona County

Summary

Are you passionate about promoting health and safety in the workplace and ensuring compliance with legislation? Strathcona County is looking for a proactive and knowledgeable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Department Coordinator to join our team. This position plays a vital role in fostering a positive safety culture.

Reporting to the Supervisor, OHS Services & Governance, the overall objective of this position is to support Transportation Engineering and Operations in implementing the County’s occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). The position plays a key role in ensuring department activities meet legislative, best practice and organizational requirements by providing expert advice, support and guidance to assigned client department(s).

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Provide expert coaching and mentoring to management, supervisors and leaders to assist them in meeting their OHS responsibilities.
Coordinate OHSMS requirements for client groups
Provide professional advice to assist staff in ensuring legislative, corporate & departmental OHS requirements are met
Make recommendations to facilitate improved practices and procedures
Collaborate with the County OHS team and HR experts to ensure a comprehensive and cohesive approach to address complex issues (e.g. incident investigations, procedures, health and safety performance issues or actions required under the County’s alcohol and drug program)
Support managers, supervisors and workers to inspect and evaluate department environments, equipment, and practices, in order to ensure compliance with legislation, corporate and departmental OHS requirements and to ensure job site safety
Provide expert advice in addressing health and safety incident reporting/investigations, including the determination of direct and indirect causes of incidents and recommend controls to prevent reoccurrence of similar incidents
Support departments to ensure they meet the obligations of the Certificate of Recognition (COR) program
Respond to immediate OHS incidents or priorities
Act as a resource for health and safety committees
Work with leaders, supervisors and management to ensure all documentation required for the effective operation of the OHSMS is completed and tracked
Monitor, assess and report on department OHSMS performance
Support leaders, supervisors and management to ensure health and safety training is identified, current and ensure competency requirements are met
Provide expert advice in contractor safety management to enable the effective management of risk
Participate as a member of Strathcona County’s OHS team, contributing to the development and review of the County OHSMS Help develop department safety plans and provide updates to client groups, ensuring alignment with organizational goals

Requirements

Qualifications and Skills:

Completion of a post-secondary degree and two years recent professional level experience implementing occupational health and safety practices within operational work areas; OR Completion of a post-secondary diploma in occupational health and safety, environmental science, or occupational hygiene from a recognized academic institution, or related field and four years of recent professional level experience implementing occupational health and safety practices within operational work areas
CRSP or CRST, or eligibility for CRSP and actively working towards designation
Strong knowledge of Alberta OHS legislation and best practices
Experience with, or certification within, the Incident Command System is an asset
Previous experience working in the public sector is an asset
Strong interpersonal skills, relationship building, group facilitation and leadership behaviors
Strong communication skills (listening, paraphrasing, and engaging others) are critical
Excellent time management is imperative to this role, including managing heavy workloads and multiple demands on your time
Strong analytical skills are necessary to interpret and manage key information obtained through many and various diverse sources

Conditions of Employment:

Class 5 Alberta vehicle operator’s license and ability to provide own transportation and meet insurance requirements

Job Type

Full Time

Employer Contact

No employer contact listed.

Salary Range

90,792.00 - 113,484.80

Closing Date

June 21, 2026

Posting ID: 38742

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