Job Description
Role: Safety Specialist
Location: McArthur River, SK
Work Rotation: 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, flights from Saskatoon, SK only
Contract Duration: - 05/11/2026 -12/31/2026
Key Responsibilities:
The safety specialist ensures or construction activities comply with the Cameco’s safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) requirements and monitors daily activities to identify hazardous conditions and implementation of safe work procedures
- Work closely with construction management team (CMT) and contractors
- Responsible for ensuring all safety, health and environmental procedures and work instructions are followed
- Conduct workplace inspections with CMT, focusing on behavioural observations
- Reviews field level risk assessments (FLRAs) and daily contact cards for quality adherence
- May conduct and monitor SHEQ related training for construction management team (CMT) personnel and contractors and assess qualifications of construction contractor personnel
- Participate in job hazard assessments, safety meetings, toolbox meetings, constructability reviews, project kick-off meetings, upon request
- Conducts daily and weekly job site inspections as per procedure
- Identifies and reviews various health and safety concerns specific to the work site
- Investigates injuries, accidents and near misses as per site corrective action processes
- Ensure timely notification occurs of significant events
- Monitors quality of incident investigations and ensures effective and appropriate corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner
Skills/Previous Experience:
Northern Saskatchewan Based:
Pre-Access Training /Qualification Activities • To be assigned and completed in ISN prior start
o Site Orientation
- A3 - McArthur River Underground Orientation & A4 - McArthur Surface Orientation
o Surface – Pre Access OR Underground – Pre Access (this includes completion of a substance test)
- A6 - Surface - Pre Access
- A7 - Underground - Pre Access