Closing Date: October 13, 2020

Are you passionate about safety and ensuring the safety of others? If so, we would love to have you join our Health and Safety team at our Fording River Operation.

Reporting to the Supervisor, Safety and Loss Control, the Health and Safety Coordinator is responsible for administration and coordination of site safety programs. The Coordinator ensures the mine site and its personnel are always in a state of readiness and is committed to the Company vision of “Everyone going home safe and healthy everyday”. This opening is for a temporary 12-month contract.

To be successful in this role we are looking for someone self-motivated and driven to produce results. Someone who will find opportunities for growth and improvement and will gain trust and compliance in those initiatives. To achieve this you must have well-honed communication and interpersonal skills, be able to gauge your audience, and convey a message affectively.

You will have the opportunity to help develop a team that is responsible for advancing the high potential risk control strategy. With direction from our coal safety team you will develop and grow a program that is critical to the success of the operation. You will also have the chance to collaborate with all levels of the operation, with varying expertise, and work with them to achieve crucial strategic objectives.

Join us in the breathtaking Elk Valley of British Columbia. Here you will find outdoor adventure at your fingertips. Whether it's biking and skiing, or the laid-back atmosphere of fishing and hiking, there is something for everyone! With an attractive salary, benefits, and Earned Day Off schedule, come experience what work life balance is all about!

Responsibilities :

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Facilitate risk assessments, effectiveness reviews, and gap assessments
• Conduct in field audits and Critical Control Verification Assessments
• Apply continuous improvement processes and systems and provide expertise to ensure the workplace meets all applicable occupational health and safety standards
• Coordinate health and safety systems and programs, including accurate weekly, monthly, and year end reporting
• Assist Contract Managers and Supervisors in preparing detailed Environmental Health and Safety Community work plans (EHSC) and Environmental Protection Work Plans (EPWP) prior to contractor work
• Provide departmental support for incident investigations, actions management, and safety meetings

Qualifications :

• Completed, or working towards, a certificate, Diploma, or Degree in Health and Safety
• Minimum two years’ experience in a health and safety role
• Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite® and safety management systems software
• Class 5 driver’s license

At Teck, we value diversity. Our teams work collaboratively and respect each person’s unique perspective and contribution.

Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter electronically.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Your application to this posting is deemed to be your consent to the collection, use and necessary disclosure of personal information for the purposes of recruitment. Teck respects the privacy of all applicants and the confidentiality of personal information.

Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, and zinc, as well as investments in energy assets. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK.

The pursuit of sustainability guides Teck’s approach to business. Teck is building partnerships and capacity to confront sustainability challenges within the regions in which it operates and at the global level. In 2019, Teck was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) for the tenth straight year, indicating that Teck’s sustainability practices rank in the top 10 per cent of the world’s 2,500 largest public companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index.

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