The posting
Job Description
The Safety Supervisor provides frontline leadership for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of occupational health and safety programs. The role ensures compliance with legislation, client requirements, and company standards while supporting operational excellence and worker wellbeing.
Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.
The following schedule is available:
- Afternoon: 3:30pm to 11:30pm (Monday to Friday)
What you’ll do
- Conduct site inspections, audits, and field safety verifications.
- Support pre-job planning, hazard assessments, FLRAs, and permit-to-work processes.
- Coach supervisors and employees on hazard recognition, safe work practices, and risk management.
- Lead and support investigations of incidents, injuries, near misses, property damage, and environmental events.
- Track corrective actions to completion and verify effectiveness.
- Monitor high-risk work activities, including confined space entry, working at heights, critical lifts, excavations, hot work, and energy isolation.
- Coordinate safety training, emergency response exercises, and awareness initiatives.
- Support contractor safety management, including performance monitoring and compliance verification.
- Prepare and communicate HSE performance metrics and reports.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to Field Safety Advisors while partnering with internal stakeholders and external contractors to strengthen safety performance.
What you’ll bring
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Health & Safety or a related field.
- 5+ years of safety experience in construction, industrial, manufacturing, marine, or heavy industry environments.
- 3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- NCSO, CRSP, CHSC, or equivalent professional designation preferred.
- Strong knowledge of incident investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.
- Experience conducting risk assessments, hazard identification, and control verification.
- Proficiency in safety audits, inspections, and regulatory compliance programs.
- Experience developing and supporting emergency response plans and initiatives.
- Knowledge of contractor safety management and permit-to-work systems.
- Sound understanding of occupational health, industrial hygiene, and workplace exposure controls.
- Working knowledge of WorkSafeBC regulations and COR certification requirements.
- Strong communication, coaching, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to access active construction and industrial worksites and perform field-based safety activities.
- Ability to wear required PPE and travel between multiple work locations as needed.
Why you’ll love working here
- This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
- In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience.
- We also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, Personal Spending Account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
- Free on-site gym.
- Parking is included.
The estimated salary for this position is $112,500 - $137,500 plus a shift premium for the afternoon shift. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skillset and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.
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About Us
Seaspan Shipyards is one of North America’s most modern shipyards and unique in its ability to provide a complete range of services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair and life-cycle maintenance work for Canada’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as commercial vessels including cruise-ships and deep-sea vessels. Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards.
To learn more, visit our website: www.seaspan.com
This position may involve defense articles and/or technical data regulated by the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act. In compliance with ITAR, the successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance through the Canadian Controlled Goods Program as regulated by the Controlled Goods Regulations and Defense Production Act. The successful candidate will be required to maintain their security clearance throughout their employment in this position.
Seaspan is committed to Employment Equity, supports diversity in the workplace, and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including, women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, and persons with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] for confidential support. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment.
Seaspan Shipyards is one of North America’s most modern shipyards and unique in its ability to provide a complete range of services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair and life-cycle maintenance work for Canada’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as commercial vessels including cruise-ships and deep-sea vessels. Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards.
To learn more, visit our website: www.seaspan.com
