The Opportunity

The Safety System Risk Scientistprovides advanced analytical expertise and technical leadership to support evidence-based safety risk management. The role leads complex analyses that integrate internal and external data to characterize risks evaluate safety outcomes identify emerging hazards and inform organizational priorities. The role serves as a senior technical advisor on risk-analysis methods models metrics and data-quality practices to ensures that risk information and analytical products are robust transparent reproducible and suitable for strategic and operational decision-making. Working across multidisciplinary teams the role guides the development of analytical approaches strengthens risk-data governance and builds organizational capability in safety risk analysis.

Status: Regular Full-Time Union
Number of Positions: 1
Pay Grade: 17 ($55.02 per hour)

Location: Vancouver BC

Reports to: Leader Safety Systems Risk

As a Risk Scientist you will be responsible for:

Risk Analysis and Technical Leadership

- Lead complex quantitative qualitative and mixed-method analyses using internal and external data and evidence to identify assess characterize and prioritize safety risks. Integrate inspection results technical non-compliances incidents field intelligence and other relevant evidence to support comprehensive risk assessment and decision-making.
- Determine appropriate analytical and research approaches based on data quality evidence gaps risk context and decision needs. Assess and clearly communicate assumptions uncertainty limitations potential bias and competing interpretations.
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of risk-analysis methods models frameworks and analytical tools to strengthen evidence-based risk assessment and prioritization.
- Establish and promote consistent defensible analytical practices. Provide technical guidance conduct or oversee peer review and coach analysts and other contributors to strengthen quantitative qualitative and mixed-method analytical capability.
- Translate and present complex findings uncertainty and recommendations as clear actionable and decision-relevant insights for senior leaders technical specialists and other decision-makers.

Risk Measurement and Reporting

- Oversee the operation validation maintenance and controlled improvement of models and calculations used in quarterly and annual safety risk reporting.
- Oversee the calculation and interpretation of key safety risk measures including:
- Risk indices and risk-ranking measures;
- Incident rates associated with individual risks or risk categories; and
- Disability-adjusted life years associated with technical non-compliances injuries and fatalities.

- Monitor and interpret risk measures using relevant quantitative and qualitative evidence to explain significant changes recurring patterns anomalies emerging concerns and operational context not evident from numerical results alone.
- Establish validation documentation change-control and review requirements to ensure reported measures and supporting interpretations are accurate consistent reproducible and fit for purpose.
- Maintain clear documentation of metric definitions methodologies assumptions data sources limitations and model changes

Data Integrity and Risk Information Governance

- Establish and oversee data standards business rules operating procedures tools and quality controls for risk classification incident-to-risk tagging data validation and timely maintenance of the risk register.
- Lead periodic quality reviews to identify and resolve incomplete inconsistent duplicated outdated or incorrectly classified risk information.
- Work with Data Management and technical specialists to ensure quantitative data qualitative evidence and other risk information are appropriately structured governed maintained and accessible.
- Lead the development and maintenance of risk-information products including non-compliance-to-hazard mappings taxonomies fault trees data dictionaries and qualitative coding frameworks.




- Identify and implement opportunities to automate quality controls and improve the reliability consistency and efficiency of risk-data processes.

Risk Identification and Emerging-Risk Analysis

- Lead the development and application of systematic surveillance methods to identify hazard patterns and emerging changing or previously uncaptured risks from hazard notifications and other relevant information sources.
- Establish evidence-based criteria and analytical rules for determining when identified hazards require further assessment or inclusion in the risk register.
- Develop recommendations for changes to the risk register and document the supporting evidence rationale assumptions limitations and level of uncertainty.

Organizational Collaboration and Representation

- Serve as a senior analytical advisor to the Safety System Risk team and other internal stakeholders on the application of risk analysis to technical risk-management decisions.
- Work across functions to promote alignment on risk-analysis practices evidence requirements and the interpretation and use of safety risk information.
- Represent the Safety System Risk team on committees working groups and cross-functional initiatives requiring senior risk-analysis expertise.

Knowledge Skills & Experience

- A post-graduate degree in statistics data science mathematics epidemiology engineering economics operations research public health risk management or a related discipline. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- 5 years experience leading complex risk analysis involving large integrated and potentially incomplete datasets and multiple forms of evidence.
- Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis quantitative risk assessment risk modelling data quality and the interpretation of uncertainty.
- Demonstrated strong critical thinking and ability to identify and develop defensible analysis design in contexts with much uncertainty and nuances.
- Knowledge of and appreciation for qualitative research and mixed-methods analysis. Understanding how interviews focus groups observations case studies narrative records and subject-matter expert input can complement quantitative data;
- Understanding methods such as thematic analysis content analysis structured case review and expert elicitation;
- Assessing the credibility relevance limitations and potential biases of qualitative evidence; and integrating qualitative and quantitative findings without treating one form of evidence as inherently superior to the other.
- Demonstrated experience developing validating maintaining and documenting analytical models risk metrics research methods or performance measures.
- Advanced proficiency with Python.
- Proficiency with data-management tools such as SQL.
- Familiarity with qualitative analysis tools or coding approaches is an asset.
- Experience providing technical leadership reviewing analytical work and advising senior decision-makers on complex or ambiguous issues.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with passion for accuracy defensible methods and clearly documented uncertainties.
- Strong ability to synthesize quantitative findings qualitative evidence assumptions limitations and uncertainty into clear and defensible conclusions and recommendations.
- Experience working with incident inspection compliance regulatory or safety information is preferred. Experience with risk registers hazard taxonomies emerging-risk analysis mixed-methods research or burden-of-harm measures such as DALYs is an asset.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise tact good judgement creativity and initiative;
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Beyond the role:





- Community & Wellness We recognize and respect each others diverse needs. We strive to maintain a healthy culture of psychological safety belonging and space to prioritize healthy minds and well-being. This includes Wellness Wednesday (meeting free time) flexible paid holidays a free subscription to the Calm app and a flexible hybrid work environment focused on connections. Our teams also enjoy giving back to the community and having fun whether volunteering in the community or running together on our Sun Run 2024 Technical Safety BC supported BC Cancer Foundation Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Crisis Centre BC Quest Non-Profit Grocery Markets A Loving Spoonful and Greater Vancouver Foodbank.
- Employee Resource Groups We have Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for Mental Health & Wellness Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation and Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) to support initiatives were passionate about.
- Learning & Development We value giving and receiving feedback as well as encouraging different ways for us to continuously learn as a company. This can be through lessons learned wrap up sessions one-on-one meetings and team or individual courses workshops and addition we offer up to $1500 tuition aid per calendar year to support your education and learning goals.
- Compensation & Advantages In full transparency you can find our industry-competitive compensation information on our postings. For our regular employees we have outstanding perks that include extended health dental and disability coverage access to an employee and family assistance program (EFAP) competitive annual paid vacation entitlements public service defined benefit pension plan generous top-up allowance for new parents and time-off for caregiving moving and adoption leave. We recently upgraded our mental health benefits to $1500 separate from our non-mental health paramedical services too.

About Technical Safety BC

At Technical Safety BC we matter to each other. Together we apply a systems mindset to safety embrace possibility and act on what we learn. Our culture empowers and enables innovation and connection.âOur environment welcomes diverse perspectives and learning is celebrated.âWe make decisions based on data and use our expertise to make the safety system equitable for all.â

Our values guide our work.

- We see genius in diversity
- We foster confidence
- We make the complex simple
- We adapt

Technical Safety BC is an independent self-funded organization that oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across the addition to issuing permits licences and certificates we work with industry to reduce safety risks through assessment education and outreach enforcement and research. Through simplification of our initiatives we promote understanding and engagement making safety accessible to everyone. As society changes we create and adopt new ideas skills and tools that will enable us to meet the safety challenges of a highly-connected world.

We see genius in diversity and are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive workforce. We recognize that diverse life paths and experiences contribute to the overall qualifications for each role. If you feel that you could excel in this position but do not necessarily meet the formal requirements we encourage you to apply.

If you are interested in one of our career opportunities and require accommodation or assistance with the application or recruitment process please contact us directly at .

If you are interested in this opportunity please apply online by 4:00PM PST on November 17 2026. This prospect will remain posted until filled; however priority consideration will be given to those who apply by the deadline. To see a full list of our current opportunities or to learn more about working at Technical Safety BC please visit our careers page.

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🏢 Technical Safety BC
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