Director, Health, Safety and Environment

Health Safety and Environment

Competition No.

Competition No. Posting Date October 6, 2026

Category

Closing Date

Full-Time Continuing (35 hours per week) $117,979 to $159,492 per annum October 25, 2026

About Us

MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton's diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.
Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 21,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

MacEwan University is seeking a Director, Health, Safety and Environment for a full time continuing opportunity with our Health, Safety and Workplace department.





Are you a visionary health, safety, and environmental leader who is passionate about building a culture where people can learn, work, and thrive safely? We are seeking a strategic and collaborative Director, Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) to provide institution-wide leadership for health, safety, environmental, and biosafety programs.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Campus Safety and Security, you will shape and advance the University's vision for health, safety, and environmental stewardship by strengthening governance, accountability, compliance, and risk management frameworks across a diverse and dynamic academic environment. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, guiding the institution through emerging risks, regulatory requirements, and opportunities to enhance organizational performance and sustainability.

In this influential role, you will lead a multidisciplinary HSE team and drive initiatives that foster shared responsibility, leadership accountability, and the integration of HSE principles into strategic planning, operations, research, and decision-making. Through strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, you will champion a proactive, risk-informed approach that supports the University's commitment to safe, healthy, compliant, and sustainable learning and working environments.

Key responsibilities include:





- Providing strategic leadership for the University's health, safety, environmental, and biosafety (HSE) programs, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities, divisional goals, and the University's strategic direction;
- Championing a culture of health, safety, environmental stewardship, and shared accountability by embedding HSE principles into academic, research, administrative, and operational activities across the University;
- Establishing and maintaining governance frameworks, policies, standards, controls, and performance measures that promote accountability, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement;
- Providing expert strategic advice and recommendations to senior leadership on emerging risks, legislative and regulatory developments, institutional priorities, and opportunities to strengthen HSE performance and risk management practices;
- Overseeing institutional compliance with applicable federal and provincial legislation, regulations, permits, licenses, standards, and reporting requirements, ensuring effective systems, processes, controls, and assurance mechanisms are in place;
- Serving as the University's designated authority for regulated biosafety and pathogen-related activities, ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, permits, licenses, and regulatory reporting requirements;
- Leading the identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting of health, safety, environmental, and biosafety risks to protect people, property, research activities, and the environment;
- Overseeing significant incidents, investigations, inspections, audits, regulatory matters, and

📌 Director, Health, Safety and Environment (Edmonton)
🏢 MacEwan International
📍 Edmonton