Hygiene Consultant

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

What can I expect to do in this role?

1. Gain a breadth of experience in occupational hygiene assessments and provide professional advice and consultation on related issues and hazards.
2. Enforce the Occupational Health and Safety Act and associated regulations.
3. Enforce the Building Opportunities for the Skilled Trades Act (BOSTA) and associated regulations.
4. Act as agents in the enforcement of other applicable legislation such as: Hazardous Products Act, Fire Code and Building Code Applications, First Aid Requirement.
5. Perform occupational hygiene inspections in health care, institutional, industrial, construction, and mining workplaces.
6. Collect scientific data of an occupational hygiene nature and analyze worker exposures to hazardous substances based on measurements taken and assessment of controls.
7. Provide consultation, advice, and recommendations to Ministry inspectors and workplace representatives.

How do I qualify?

Mandatory

1. This position requires the successful candidate to have a valid class “G” driver's license or equivalent as recognized by the Province of Ontario. The offer of employment is conditional upon the successful candidate providing proof of a valid driver's license at time of hire.
2. Certification in occupational hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene or Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists, or ability to become certified within 2 years by having the relevant education and experience, and passing the certification exam.
3. Under the OPS Employment Screening Checks Policy, the position requires a Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check, a local police check and a drivers records check upon hiring and every 5 years.
4. You have the ability to travel to workplaces located in your primary assigned geographical area, with the occasional assignment to workplaces outside of your area.
5. For the bilingual position, you must possess oral and written French language skills at the advanced level. Your proficiency level will be confirmed before an offer of hire is made.

Technical Knowledge:

1. Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations, and relevant policies, standards and practices to identify and evaluate occupational health and safety hazards.
2. Knowledge of occupational hygiene principles and methods.
3. Knowledge of physiology, toxicology, epidemiology and industrial ventilation as they relate to occupational hygiene.
4. Knowledge of federal and provincial occupational health and safety legislation.

Communication Skills:

1. Well developed communication skills to promote compliance, provide advice and consultation.
2. Ability to accurately document and convey confidential and sensitive information with demonstrated experience in report writing including preparing technical reports.
3. Conflict resolution and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with, impact, and influence others to a logical or appropriate course of action.
4. Respect differing interests and conflicting priorities in possible emotional circumstances.
5. Ability to tactfully and professionally deal with contentious and emotionally charged work situations.

Analytical, Research and Investigative Skills:

1. Ability to enforce, interpret, apply, and explain legislation.
2. Experience conducting inspections and investigations including interviewing experience and experience handling evidence.
3. Reasoning, evaluative and analytical skills to interpret information, assess compliance with legislation, regulations, policies, procedures, or standards, and determine strategies/actions to be taken.
4. Knowledge of or experience with legal, court, or quasi-judicial procedures.

Inspection skills:

1. Experience performing occupational hygiene inspections and health hazard and exposure control assessments related to various occupational sectors (health care, institutional, industrial, construction, mining, etc.).
2. Ability to anticipate, identify and evaluate physical, biological and chemical occupational health hazards and recommend control measures.
3. Ability to interpret, apply and enforce occupational health and safety legislation.

Other Important Skills:

1. Use tact and good judgement to make recommendations and provide advice in situations when required.
2. Knowledge of or experience with computer information technology, computer databases, and business software applications.
3. Planning and organizational skills to co-ordinate own workload.

Additional Information:

1. In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
   
   Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Corporate Talent Programs Branch, Talent and Leadership Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.
   
   A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The employment screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
2. T-LB-224015/24