Reporting to the Director, Emergency Management & Resilience in the Operations and Resilience portfolio, the Safety and Environmental Safety Officer (SEO) is responsible for developing, implementing and administering the University’s environmental health and safety program, including the procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological hazards or ergonomic factors. The SEO advises, supports and provides services to leaders and managers throughout the University to ensure they are compliant under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and supporting regulations. The SEO is responsible for demonstrating leadership and organizational commitment to achieving optimal management and the reduction of hazards and exposures that are detrimental to people and/or property on campus.
The SEO works closely with the Associate Director, Employee and Labour Relations, within the People and Culture department, to develop and implement occupational health and safety policies, and assists People and Culture in coordinating the Royal Roads occupational health, safety, and wellness program to ensure Royal Roads is compliant with the various legislative requirements.
University policy, government regulations, institutional precedents, professional standards and accepted practices govern independent action; as such, the SEO:
- works independently, planning and arranging own tasks as direction is infrequently provided by supervisor;
- must be able to apply standard policy or procedure to routine problems or duties without benefit of specific guidelines;
- determines actions to be taken without immediate direction of supervisor in all but unusual cases;
- creates new procedures for resolving non-routine matters with a high to moderate potential to generate conflict.
- routinely interacts with students, employees, contractors, administrators, and regulatory agencies and serves as an internal consultant to all levels of the University on matters of environmental safety.
