Safety Risk Management Specialist (Risk modeling & Intelligence)
Job Summary
Our System Safety and Engineering Management (SSEM) Department is currently looking for a Safety Risk Management Specialist. This role is crucial for managing the organizations safety risks to ensure the protection of employees the public passengers and contractors. The specialist will enhance our ability to consistently identify risks and implement effective mitigation strategies thereby improving safety and operational efficiency.
The Risk Management Specialist supports the organization in the development and maintenance of safety risk models for various asset types tracks the performance of safety metrics over time and maintains a record of interventions and their associated outcomes for each safety risk. Over time the role contributes to the development of a register of actions most likely to reduce prevent or mitigate specific safety risks or categories of safety events. By delivering on the Safety Risk Management Program the Risk Management Specialist contributes to the achievement of Metrolinxs corporate safety strategic goals and objectives
- Conduct and/or guide the conduct of quantitative and qualitative analysis of safety risks within operational programs in order to identify high priority safety risks.
- Analyse safety data to categorize estimate and prioritize the safety risks which can affect an operational program including safety risks identified during an incident investigation.
- Develop new safety risk models and enhance existing models across various asset types.
- Develop safety risk and performance reports on a monthly quarterly and annual basis.
- Collaborate with business units and external stakeholders in the application of safety risk management processes standards systems and procedures in the conduct of safety risk assessments compliant with the Metrolinx Risk Management Maturity Model.
- Deliver safety risk management guidance training and advice to business units and external stakeholders in order to build safety risk awareness and to ensure consistent due diligence with respect to safety within Metrolinx.
- Facilitate safety workshops with Metrolinx business units to collect safety data associated with potential safety risks within operational programs and engineering project deviations to ensure the safety risks are identified and appropriately addressed.
- Develop and maintain the Safety Risk Scorecard that clearly defines quantifies and trends higher priority risk to produce actionable insight for targeted stakeholders and decision-makers including business units and organizational leadership.
- Recommend ways to maximize safety awareness and promote positive safety culture within the business units.
- Support the continuous improvement of safety at Metrolinx through the application of standardized safety risk assessment and risk control practices consistent with Metrolinx Enterprise Risk Management.
- Collaborates with business units and external stakeholders with respect to enterprise-wide safety risk management.
- Completion of a degree in Risk Management Engineering Computer Science Business Administration Analytics Statistics or a related discipline or a combination of education training and experience deemed equivalent.
- Demonstrated years experience in safety risk management safety assessments and/or safety investigations. Experience with applying ISO 31000 for risk management would be an asset
- Experience producing data visualizations with Power BI Tableau or similar products an asset as are experience with R Python SAS JMP or other statistical analysis tools.
- Experience with system and databases that support the collection analysis and reporting of risk information.
- Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) Certified Project Manager (CPM) and/or Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designation would be an asset.
- Effective oral communication presentation and consultation skills to provide expertise/advice to colleagues and management.
- Effective written communication skills to provide internal and external reports briefings and memoranda.
- Active listening skills in order to understand the full extent of issues concentration to analyze issues and resolve issues.
- Agile and demonstrated flexibility to multitask and deal with interruptions for urgent requests for information.
- Proficiency in computer applications including MS Office (e.g. Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint).
- Analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze problems detect root causes and resolve issues.
- Effective project management skills to support the delivery of inter-dependent projects with high complexity risk and organizational impact.
- Experience with leading and managing projects including monitoring project activities for adherence to timelines and expected project performance results
Required Experience:
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