Experienced Safety Attendant - Town of Bonnyville - Total Safety

Description

Overview

Position Summary After appropriate training, certification, and competency provided and/or verified by Total Safety Services, the Safety Attendant will perform duties at industrial customer sites or Total Safety locations in one or more areas: Confined Space, Fire Watch, Bottle Watch, Atmospheric Monitoring, Flagging/Spotting, Driving and Towing. This position also serves as a subject matter expert (SME) to train, mentor, and review employee knowledge and supporting documentation, engaging workers in the field and shop. When not assigned to a project, the Safety Attendant may be shop-based, offer suggestions, and work with HSE leadership to revise and write supporting documentation as directed by leadership.

Specific Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Understands TSS's responsibility to the employee to train, mentor, deem competent, and be held accountable to all roles and responsibilities
• Follow suite with the TSS Short Service Employee Program if required
• Complete all TSS assigned orientations and training
• Complete all client assigned orientations and training as required to access client locations
• Review, be knowledgeable, and accountable to all associated TSS Policy, Procedure, Standards, and expectations set forth for the role
• Review, be knowledgeable, and accountable to all associated client Policy, Procedure, Standards, and expectations set forth to access and work on a client property
• Conduct hazard identification, control measures, and documentation daily
• Effectively understand PPE requirements and utilize all as required
• Obtain as required and review the entire permit at the job site, identify any mistakes, ensure that mistakes are corrected, set up the job per procedures, and ensure hazards are identified and controls are in place
• Know who to contact in case of emergency, where the nearest eyewash and safety showers are located, and emergency meeting and muster locations
• Knowledgeable of TSS and Client emergency response plans and their assigned role, expectation, and responsibility
• Ensure that proper equipment needed for the job is in place (e.g., vest, meters, radios, air horn, barricade tape or breathing air barricades and tags; fire extinguisher, charged water hose with nozzle, horn, fire blankets or burlap to cover drains, PPE)
• Follow all steps required before allowing work per guidelines and procedures specific to the work being performed. Ensure that all workers have the PPE specified on the permit
• Follow all procedures while work is in progress. Maintain visual and/or radio communication with the crew. Observe work conditions and maintain awareness of anything that could endanger workers
• Conduct job completion routine and complete all documentation per procedure
• Gathers equipment and notifies customer that the job is complete
• Assist others as needed
• Work safely and participate in inspections, audits, and reviews as required by TSS and the client
• Assist in incident investigations as required and directed by leadership
• Report and document observations, near misses, and incidents
• Activate stop-work authority when conditions are life-threatening
• Assist in the training, mentoring and tutelage of employees
• Review, research, revise, rewrite, and document control as directed by leadership; Safety Attendant associated Safety Watch documentation

Qualifications

Education: High School Diploma or GED preferred.

Experience: Previous experience within Oil & Gas facilities (Sweet and Sour), Leases, Drilling Locations, Construction Projects, Manufacturing Industry, Off-Road Driving, Winter Driving, Inter-Personal Communication Skills, and Ability to Critical Think. Experience related to Short Service Employee Programs is a plus.

Required Licenses Or Specific Training:

• Valid Gov't issued ID
• Valid Class 5 driver's license (if at any time driving will be required)
• H2S Alive - Energy Safety Canada
• Standard First Aid Level C (2 Day in-class)
• CSO (Common Safety Orientation) – Energy Safety Canada
• Fall Protection – Energy Safety Canada
• Confined Space Entry and Monitor - Energy Safety Canada
• Fire Watch - Energy Safety Canada

Other Required Skills, Knowledge, Or Abilities:

• Ability to read, write, and comprehend English (operational, process, safety and quality instructions and work permits, and Plant/Refinery Fire Watch and Fresh Air procedures)
• Ability to quickly grasp training and pass certifications to work in-plant
• Familiarity with plant equipment where work is being performed
• Ability to understand and complete basic mathematical requirements
• Ability to quickly become proficient in the care and use of all site-specific PPE
• Must be able to work outdoors in an industrial environment in all weather conditions
• Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities

Interpersonal Communications: Ability to read, write and comprehend English and/or French for Quebec employees (operational, process, safety and quality instructions and work permits and Plant/ Refinery Fire Watch and Fresh Air procedures). Must have good communication skills and have confidence and authority to enforce stop-work when conditions or procedures are not safe. Frequent contact with customer and job site personnel makes communication and interpersonal skills critical.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, climb, stoop, bend, crouch, or crawl. The position requires the use of hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The employee will be exposed to industrial, manufacturing, shop, and remote environments and may travel to required locations. Accommodations may be provided as required. Candidates should be prepared for wet, humid, outdoor weather conditions (hot/cold), noise, vibration, and congested work areas, and exposure to high pressure, chemicals, gas releases, or fire with hazard mitigation in place. Office-based work may also be required for administrative duties.

About Total Safety

• Total Safety is the world's premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and related products, including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance and inspection, flare services, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical treatment/paramedics, communications systems, engineered systems design, and materials management.
• Total Safety operates from 200 locations worldwide to ensure the safe wellbeing of workers.
• Total Safety is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.
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