Vacancy: Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Co-op, British Columbia, Canada

Posted 6 Days Ago
Full time
20020494

ACCIONA is a global group that delivers sustainable solutions for infrastructure, water and renewable energy projects across the world. Its business spans the entire value chain, from design and construction through to operation and maintenance. ACCIONA’s goal is to lead the transition towards a low-carbon economy, bringing technical excellence and innovation to all of its projects to design a better planet.

ACCIONA is a global group that delivers sustainable solutions for infrastructure, water and renewable energy projects across the world. Its business spans the entire value chain, from design and construction through to operation and maintenance. ACCIONA’s goal is to lead the transition towards a low-carbon economy, bringing technical excellence and innovation to all of its projects to design a better planet.


We are an international company with a workforce of more than 38,500 top professionals, present in more than 40 countries across the five continents. Leaders in Innovation and Technological Development at the service of society, we’re looking for experts in designing a better planet who can go out there and promote sustainable development and find solutions to the biggest global challenges, including global warming, overpopulation and water scarcity.

We have successfully delivered large infrastructure projects across Canada since 2001. Our leadership and expertise span the entire value chain from research and development through construction, operation and maintenance of projects. Currently involved in some of Canada’s largest infrastructure projects, ACCIONA delivers solutions that contribute to the economic and social progress of the communities in which it operates. www.acciona.ca

The QHSE Co-Op Student position is a multifunctional position. The Co-Op Student will play an integral part of the Acciona Infrastructure North America (AINA)’s Quality, Health, and Safety, Environment & Sustainability team. In addition to having engineering qualifications the holder of this position must exhibit comprehension of general quality assurance and health & safety responsibilities.

Under the direct reporting to the AINA Corporate Director of Quality, Environmental and Sustainability and the Director of Health & Safety, the Co-Op Student will be able to providing support to other business groups.

-Assist in the planning and performing workplace inspections and audits for compliance with occupational health and safety, quality and environmental legislation.
-Assist in developing and evaluating safety management system (SMS) for Corporate Team.
-Assist in developing and evaluating environmental management system (EMS) for Corporate Team.
-Assist in developing and evaluating quality management system (
QMS) for Corporate Team.
-Assist in developing and evaluating Sustainability framework for Corporate Team.
-Develop and propose recommendations to address audit findings and verify compliance.
-Prepare investigative briefs and other documents for the prosecution of infractions of occupational safety and environmental legislation.
-Inspect facilities for possible contraventions of health, safety and environmental legislation and prepare control documents to resolve identified issues.
-Develop a share folder flow plan.
-Assist with content, statistics and graphic for safety management system, Q&E management systems.
-Support development of training material related to QHSE.
-Process mapping.

-Strong verbal and written communication skills.
-Strong problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
-Ability to deal with sensitive issues with tact.
-Ability to be assertive when required.
-A good understanding of industrial processes, human resources, environmental studies or similar fields.
-Interest in understanding how law is written and applied Carrying out Project investigations, collecting, processing, and evaluating the on-site data, processing and interpretation of chemical, geographical, and geological data for preparing environmental reports and work plans accordingly.
-Ability to work with applications which support QHSE management (e.g. Visio, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, documents and records databases, etc. AutoCAD and BIM would be asset).

Engineering background

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce that is free of all forms of discrimination.