Chief Safety Officer

Description:

The Chief Safety Officer (“CSO”) is responsible for all aspect of Environment, Health, Safety and Quality (“EHSQ”) at TRIUMF. This role is accountable for developing a best-in-class safety culture that supports TRIUMF’s commitments to its people, regulators, and funders and implementing a quality program that informs and advances operational excellence. The CSO provides strategic direction for EHSQ. They also serve to ensure policies and programming align with and support TRIUMF’s strategic plans.

The CSO reports to the Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and is a member of the Leadership Team. They supervise groups responsible for auditing and leading Occupational Health and Safety, Radiological Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Quality, and interact with their Leadership Team peers and their teams on a daily basis, providing advice, solving problems, interpreting policies, and addressing other safety-related issues. The CSO maintains external contacts with federal and provincial government agencies, regulators, and affiliated universities and institutions, both nationally and internationally. All relationships should be characterized by professionalism, diplomacy, trust, competence, objectivity and responsiveness.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a progressive safety leader to make a transformative impact at one of Canada’s most essential institutions. Servings as an ELT member in this newly elevated role that was created to lead a newly formed division, the CSO, will lead, coach, and develop the growing OHS, Radiation Protection, and Quality teams, currently comprised of ~25 staff through three Managers who will report directly. The CSO will effect change across the organization by fundamentally rebuilding and growing the OHSQ functions, promoting a behavioural safety culture at TRIUMF, helping all employees and visitors to see safety as supportive not obstructive to research and operations, and building capacity by developing training and orientation programs. The CSO will also report to board Environment, Safety and Security Committee, and build stronger relationships with regulators, area first responders, and community partner groups.