Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician

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The Opportunity

Build the future with us - You’ll join our Occupational Hygiene and Safety team, working closely with occupational hygienists, hazardous materials specialists, safety professionals, and technologists. Using your technical skills, you’ll conduct onsite assessments and monitoring for a range of public and private clients.

You’ll be supported by experienced technicians, project managers, and senior practitioners, with opportunities to quickly grow your autonomy. WSP invests in your development through mentoring, safety and technical training, job shadowing, and hands‑on learning. 

This role is 90% fieldwork / 10% office, with travel across Alberta, Western, and Northern Canada. Paid overtime is available. You’ll conduct field surveys, prepare reports, collaborate across disciplines, and contribute to high‑impact client deliverables.

Your Impact

• Apply technical knowledge of methods, regulations, equipment, and procedures.
• Make routine and non‑routine decisions with guidance from your Project Manager.
• Support projects by preparing and calibrating sampling equipment and identifying site issues with recommended corrective actions.
• Conduct occupational hygiene assessments, including asbestos, mold, lead, and PCB evaluations.
• Collect samples, interpret data, and prepare clear, accurate reports.
• Analyze results against legislation and industry guidelines.
• Supervise asbestos abatement activities.
• Complete air quality assessments (IAQ, welding fume, noise, etc.).
• Liaise with clients to ensure health, safety, and hygiene needs are met.
• Participate in WSP’s Health, Safety, and Quality program and ongoing technical training.
• Accommodate client schedules, including potential evening, overnight, and weekend work.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• Occupational Hygiene Technician certificate, chemical/environmental diploma, technical/trade education, or B.Sc.
• Eligibility for professional membership is an asset.
• Experience in occupational hygiene or hazardous materials (asbestos, lead, silica, etc.) is an asset.
• Experience with abatement contractors is beneficial but not required.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication; proficiency with MS Office.
• Valid Class 5 driver’s license, unrestricted, with reliable insured vehicle.
• Ability to wear required PPE (respiratory protection, hard hat, hi‑vis, FR coveralls, boots, glasses).
• Adaptable, eager to expand your skills, and comfortable managing a busy workload.
• Team‑oriented, enthusiastic, and ready to take on responsibility.
• Motivated to grow within a leading global environmental consulting firm.

Compensation

BC, AB, SK, NWT & NT: $29.00 – $38.90
MB & ON: $26.40 – $36.90
Atlantic Provinces & QC: $26.20 – $35.30

Disclosure:
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Why Choose WSP?

We exist to shape communities and advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors, and scientists across the globe call WSP home.

• Proudly Canadian – born and raised in Québec, now operating in over 40 countries

• A global community of 72,000 brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach

• Limitless opportunities start here – tailor your role to match your ambition

• Flexible work, real balance – we support your life in and out of work

• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people doing humbly important work

Make Your Mark with WSP

Driven by purpose and impact? We’d love to hear from you. Apply today and take your next step with us.

 

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe.  In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP.  Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please  READ THE FULL POLICY.