Safety & Quality Specialist (Investigations & Systems)

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Reporting to the Manager, Safety and Quality, the Safety & Quality Specialist supports investigations, compliance, systems, and data analysis to help strengthen Lindsay Construction’s safety and quality programs. This opportunity is ideal for an analytical, detail-oriented professional who enjoys solving problems and improving processes.

Position Benefits

Here’s why we think you’ll love working at Lindsay:

• Flexible working hours throughout the year (early “Lindsay Fridays”)
• Competitive salary
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Employee Health Benefits
• Group RRSP with 4% matching
• Annual health and wellness reimbursement
• Frequent social and community-based events
• Opportunities to collaborate closely with senior personnel and other departments

Position Responsibilities

Here’s what your day-to-day looks like:

• Serve as the lead investigator and coordinate the investigation process for safety and quality events in collaboration with applicable operational leaders.
• Conduct root cause analyses and prepare investigation reports, recommendations, and corrective action plans.
• Track corrective actions assigned to responsible owners, follow up on completion, and support or verify effectiveness where assigned.
• Support regulatory, insurance, audit, and internal reporting requirements, and use findings to identify recurring issues and system improvements.
• Provide coordination and administrative support for workers’ compensation and return-to-work processes.
• Administer contractor compliance and prequalification applications and Safety & Quality information systems, including SALUS.
• Monitor company compliance, mandatory training, certification, and regulatory requirements.
• Support ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 initiatives, audits, corrective actions, and management reviews.
• Extract, compile, validate, and analyze safety and quality data from SALUS, Microsoft applications, and other business applications.
• Develop dashboards, reports, scorecards, metrics, and practical findings for leadership and operational teams.
• Identify trends, recurring issues, emerging risks, and improvement opportunities, and communicate or escalate findings to the applicable operational or departmental owner.
• Support Safety & Quality communications, departmental activities, documentation, automation, and digital solutions.

Job Requirements

Our ideal candidate has the following:

• We welcome applicants from a range of professional backgrounds and will consider transferrable skills and experience relevant to the role.
• Three to five years of related experience in investigations, compliance, systems, data analytics, project coordination, safety, quality, or a related field.
• Experience supporting investigations, root cause analyses, or structured problem-solving.
• Experience working with data, reporting, performance metrics, and business systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to recognize trends and validate information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
• A valid driver’s license.

Non-Technical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities — Required

• Naturally curious, organized, detail-oriented, and committed to improving systems and processes.
• Professional and collaborative, with the ability to work effectively with employees at all organizational levels.
• Able to investigate issues, turn detailed information into practical insights, and maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information.

The Following Will Be Considered Assets

• Experience in occupational health and safety, quality, compliance, health services, rehabilitation, disability management, construction, manufacturing, or another regulated industry.
• Experience with SALUS, Microsoft applications, contractor compliance applications, or other business applications.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 45001, auditing, compliance, corrective-action processes, and continuous-improvement methodologies.
• Formal investigation or root cause analysis training; training may be provided.
• Experience with data analytics, automation, Artificial Intelligence, or business intelligence tools.
• Post-secondary education in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, kinesiology, nursing, health sciences, rehabilitation, safety, quality, business or data analytics, project management, or another related discipline.
• Equivalent combinations of education and transferable experience in investigation, assessment, case coordination, data analysis, documentation, or regulated environments will be considered.
• A relevant professional designation or certification.

How to Apply

Please use the link provided to apply. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.