Are you motivated by the opportunity to strengthen workplace health and safety across Ontario?Play a key role in identifying hazards, supporting compliance, and helping ensure safer working environments across a wide range of sectors. This is a role for someone who thrives on variety, professional judgment, and meaningful public service - where each day brings new settings, new challenges, and real impact.
This role also offers strong opportunities for growth and development. You'll receive comprehensive training, a structured learning plan, and support to maintain your professional designation. With exposure to a wide range of workplaces and the ability to carry out independent work, you'll provide valued expertise that helps advance safer workplaces across Ontario.
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About the job
Although every day will look different, you will:
• provide occupational hygiene assessments and professional advice on related issues and hazards
• enforce the Occupational Health and Safety Act and associated regulations
• enforce the Building Opportunities for the Skilled Trades Act (BOSTA) and associated regulations
• act as agents in the enforcement of other applicable legislation (e.g., Hazardous Products Act)
• perform occupational hygiene inspections in health care, institutional, industrial, construction, and mining workplaces
• collect scientific data of an occupational hygiene nature and analyze worker exposures to hazardous substances
• provide consultation, advice, recommendations to Ministry inspectors and workplace representatives
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• This position requires the successful candidate to have a valid class “G” driver's license or equivalent as recognized by the Province of Ontario.
• Certification in occupational hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (now known as Board for Global EHS Credentialing) 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.
• 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.
• For the bilingual position, you must possess oral French language skills at the advanced plus level. Your proficiency level will be confirmed before an offer of hire is made.
Technical knowledge
You have:
• knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, its regulations, and related policies, standards, and practices to identify and assess workplace hazards
• knowledge of occupational hygiene principles and methods
• knowledge of physiology, toxicology, epidemiology and industrial ventilation as they relate to occupational hygiene
• knowledge of federal and provincial occupational health and safety legislation
Communication skills
You have:
• communication skills to promote compliance, provide advice and consultation.
• the ability to document and convey confidential and sensitive information with demonstrated experience in report writing including preparing technical reports.
• conflict resolution and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with, impact, and influence others.
• the ability to tactfully and professionally deal with contentious and emotionally charged work situations.
Analytical, research and investigative skills
You have:
• the ability to enforce, interpret, apply, and explain legislation.
• experience conducting inspections and investigations.
• the ability to interpret information, assess compliance with legislation and standards, and determine appropriate actions
• knowledge of or experience with legal, court, or quasi-judicial procedures.
Inspection skills
You have:
• experience performing occupational hygiene inspections and health hazard and exposure control assessments related to various occupational sectors.
• the ability to anticipate, identify and evaluate physical, biological and chemical occupational health hazards and recommend control measures.
• the ability to interpret, apply and enforce occupational health and safety legislation.
Organizational and computer skills
You have:
• planning and organizational skills to co-ordinate own workload.
• tact and sound judgement to make recommendations and provide advice in situations when required.
• knowledge of or experience with computer information technology, computer databases, and business software applications.
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
What we offer
The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for 29 ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:
• a career that can grow across ministries and job functions
• flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs
• many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups
This role comes with a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes:
• a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement)
• group health, dental, life and disability benefits
• a range of vacation and leave options
• an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services