Safety Specialist

Welcome to Orano

Helping to meet current and future challenges to preserve our world and build the world of tomorrow while taking care of everyone's health is stimulating for you. For us too. By joining the Orano Group, a leading international player in the nuclear industry, you are in the right place.

Every day we work to produce efficient low-carbon energy, to fight global warming, to find solutions that save natural resources, and to contribute to progress in health.

Our strengths? Across the entire fuel cycle, we have extensive expertise in cutting-edge technologies, safe, high value-added products and services, and a strong capacity for innovation. All of these factors reflect the strong skills of our 17,000 employees, whom we are constantly striving to develop. With their different backgrounds and experience, they are proof of our openness to all talents. They share the same ambition: to give nuclear energy its full value.

Job description

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on the safety and well-being of our site workforce. You’ll mentor and support a team of Safety Technicians, helping them grow professionally while overseeing key programs like Fire Prevention and Emergency Response. You’ll provide hands-on training to ensure the team is prepared for any situation. Your active presence in the field will encourage employees to engage fully in safety programs and contribute to enhancing our safety culture. If you’re passionate about safety, we encourage you to apply!

Responsibilities include:

o Fulfil the role of Incident Commander

o Lead training for the Emergency Response Team

o Conventional Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Process Safety

o Priorities based on the hazard and risk registries

o Hazard identification, risk communication and risk analysis

o Authorization and permit to work systems

o Workplace inspections, audits and observations

o Non-conformance and incident investigation, classification, analysis and reporting

o Change Management

o Contractor Management

o Incident and injury statistical reports

o Coordinate improvement initiatives or prevention strategies with front line leaders and key stakeholders

Our Full-Time Benefits

Skills and Qualifications for the position include:

o Hazard analysis and risk assessment

o Root cause analysis

o Behavior based safety and human factors

o Industrial Hygiene

o Emergency Response

o Excellent computer skills in database management systems and spreadsheets.

o Knowledge of statistical analysis

This position is subject to pre-employment checks including education and criminal record verification.

Drug and alcohol substance testing is a requirement for all safety sensitive positions at Orano Canada.