Are you a Certified Construction and Maintenance Electrician or Red Seal equivalent with underground mining experience? Are you looking for a new challenge? Does health and safety matter to you? If so, then this is a great opportunity for you. Bring your experience and your enthusiasm for workplace health and safety to the position of Occupational Health and Safety Inspector for Mining with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.
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Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.
About the job
You will:
• enforce the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its related regulations.
• enforce the Building Opportunities for the Skilled Trades Act (BOSTA) and associated regulations.
• act as agents in the enforcement of other applicable legislation such as: Hazardous Products Act, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Act.
• conduct comprehensive inspections and investigations, write orders and reports.
• engage in enforcement activities including prosecutions.
• work with health and safety partners, workers, union/management to promote safe work practices and working conditions with workers, unions and management through the Internal Responsibility System (IRS).
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• The positions require the successful candidates to have a valid class G driver's licence or equivalent. The offer of employment is conditional upon the successful candidates providing proof that they have a valid driver's licence upon being hired.
• You must be able to travel extensively and province wide, respond to after-hour calls, and work evenings and weekends as part of regular scheduled work.
• You must have underground hard rock common core, or basic underground soft rock common core (One of the following applicable underground common core programs P770010, P770130, P770225, P770121, and P770141)
• You must have a valid Construction and Maintenance Electrician Certification in Ontario or Red Seal equivalent in another province.
• You have work related underground mine experience or other equivalent training.
Technical knowledge:
• You have working knowledge, practical experience, training, or education in mining or related workplaces, and with mining methods, equipment, and processes.
• You have knowledge of trends, new developments and hazards in the field of Occupational Health and Safety in order to identify and evaluate safety hazards and controls.
• You have experience with mining operations and equipment to identify, evaluate and control health and safety hazards.
• You have the ability to enforce, interpret, apply and explain legislation.
• You have the ability to conduct inspections and investigations including interviewing experience and experience in handling evidence.
• You have the ability to administer the Provincial Offences Act and evidence in court.
• You have working knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and relevant regulations, standards and legislation relevant to the appropriate mining sector including but not limited to Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Designated Substances, Trades Qualifications and Apprenticeship Act.
Analytical skills:
• You have the ability to interpret information collected that may be technical in nature and assess whether employer's operation is in compliance with legislation, regulations, policies and standards, and determine strategies/action(s) to be taken.
• You possess reasoning and judgement skills to maintain objectivity.
• You are able to assess and use the appropriate level of authority to enforce the Occupational Health and Safety legislation.
• You can remain neutral through investigations and inspections.
Communication and Interpersonal skills:
• You have conflict resolution and interpersonal skills with the ability to impact and influence others to a logical/appropriate course of action.
• You can respect differing interests and conflicting priorities.
• You have well developed communication skills to promote compliance, provide advice and consultation.
• You have well developed oral and written communications skills to accurately document and convey information including report writing.
Other important skills:
• You have planning and organizational skills to co-ordinate own workload.
• You are a results oriented person and have the ability to deliver on performance objectives.
• You have knowledge of or experience with computer information technology, computer databases and business software applications.
***HOW TO APPLY***
Please follow these instructions and disregard the instructions in the “How to Apply” section below:• You are required to complete an application form. Please visit
Ontario Government Websitein order to download the application and obtain instructions on completing and submitting the application form.
• Read the job description and information to make sure you understand this job.
• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number on the application form
• If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email and notify us at MiningatMLITSD@ontario.ca to provide your contact information. Recruitment Services staff will contact you within 48 hours.
• For all enquiries, please email us at MiningatMLITSD@ontario.ca
• Interviews may be held in person and via use of technology (Skype, Zoom, Teams, etc.)