Location: Sherwood Park, AB
Duration: 12 months
Your expertise is here.
What We Offer:
Competitive Package: Attractive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including benefits from first day of employment, extra paid leave, a hybrid work environment and more. As a term role, this position offers valuable visibility and the potential to open the door to permanent opportunities within our company.
Field-Focused Impact: Be at the heart of Alberta’s utility operations, directly supporting field teams, influencing safety outcomes, and shaping driving safety practices across diverse and high-impact environments.
Purpose and Impact: Join a collaborative team where safety is more than a requirement, it’s our purpose. Make a real difference in protecting our people, communities, and infrastructure.
Why Work Here:
At ATCO, we’re driven by purpose. The safety of our people, our drivers, and our communities is at the heart of what we do. This is your opportunity to bring your transportation safety expertise to a role that blends technical compliance with real-world impact, shaping how driving safety is practiced across one of Alberta’s largest utility companies.
About the Role:
As Advisor, Driving Safety, you’ll support the improvement, implementation and sustainment of ATCO’s driving safety strategies across both Gas and Electric Utilities. Reporting to the Health & Safety team, this role serves as the subject matter expert for all transportation safety and National Safety Code (NSC) matters, while also supporting Occupational Health & Safety compliance, safety culture transformation, and continuous performance improvement.
You’ll provide expert advice and support to operations and leadership teams, coach drivers, support in identifying areas for improvement based on feedback and incident trends and contribute to audits and investigations. With a footprint across Alberta, this position supports field-based teams with real-time consultation, driving meaningful changes through data, coaching, and collaboration.
What You’ll Do:
Lead ATCO’s National Safety Code (NSC) Driver Program for Natural Gas and Electricity Utilities (ATCO Energy Systems).
Deliver training, presentations, and site visits to support driver safety initiatives
Support driving-related safety programs and initiatives
Provide consultation on health and safety legislation, standards, and innovations
Support the development and implementation of safety resources, processes, and tools
Coach and mentor junior safety professionals and students.
Support and participate in internal and external audits (COR, NSC, OHS)
Coordinate abstract reviews and NSC driver compliance monitoring
What You Bring:
Certified Transportation Safety Professional (CTSP), Certified Transportation Safety Coordinator (CTSC) Designation or Commercial Vehicle Enforcement background
Advanced knowledge of the National Safety Code and Transport Compliance
Graduate or Undergraduate degree or diploma in a related discipline.
Minimum 3 years of industry (oil & gas or utilities) experience in a safety-related role
Minimum 3 years of experience within a Fleet Safety or Transportation Compliance role
Experience as a Class 1 Driver or coaching and mentoring Class 1 drivers is an asset
Knowledge of OHS Act/Regulations, CSA Standards, other legislative requirements, applicable federal, provincial and municipal regulations/legislation, industry standards, Workplace Safety & Insurance Act and best practices
Experience in Motor Vehicle Collision Investigation would be an asset.
TapRoot® Cause Analysis or similar experience considered an asset
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, and Power Point
Valid Alberta Class 5 driver’s license with a clean abstract
Valid Alberta Class 1 drivers license would be an asset
Willingness to travel across Alberta up to 35% of the time
This is a safety-sensitive position with pre-employment screening required
About Us:
We are a leading energy provider in North America. Through ATCO Energy Systems we build, operate and maintain electric and gas transmission and distribution lines, safely and reliably serving over three million customers in hundreds of communities. We're advancing the use of hydrogen as a cost-effective pathway for decarbonization using existing energy delivery infrastructure. We’re also building resilience by modernizing our electric grid and connecting renewable generation capacity to our system to meet the needs of customers for sustainable, reliable and affordable energy.
At ATCO, we support a diverse and inclusive environment that values the contributions and perspectives of everyone on the ATCO team. We believe the ATCO team is the foundation of our business and our most valuable asset across our global operations. Without each team members’ unique skills, strengths, and knowledge, we simply wouldn’t be able to achieve our fundamental vision of delivering life’s essential services to our customers around the world.
ATCO is an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Visit our website for more information.
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the traditional territories and homelands on which many of our ATCO operations and facilities are located. We honour and respect the diverse history, languages, ceremonies, and culture of the Indigenous Peoples who call these areas home.
