Co-op Safety

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Corporate Safety

Location: Halifax or Sydney, Nova Scotia

Closing Date: November 27, 2025

Are you ready to apply your knowledge in the real world? We are hiring two (2) co-op students for the January 5 - April 24, 2026 Term. One student will join the Safety Program Team, while the other will work with the Safety Continuous Improvement Team.

During your time with us, you will gain exposure to what it's like to be part of our Safety Management team, such as assisting Nova Scotia Power Safety resources by the provisioning of tools, materials, and insights to aid in corporate requirements. Additionally, to promote the values of Nova Scotia Power's safety culture by being proactive and speaking-up on safety.

Key elements of this role include:

We'll treat you as one of our own and your key areas of responsibility will include:

• Support development and continuous improvement of Nova Scotia Power's Safety Programs and the Safety Management System as a whole

• Support the development of educational and training materials related to the Nova Scotia Power SMS.

• Support the development and continuous improvement of digital information platforms, including development workshops.

• Support the Safety Department with administrative support as needed

• This role requires primarily a system administration focus within Nova Scotia Power Safety Department, but will be required to intermittently participate with other safety and operational resources.

• The position will be required to adhere to basic personal protective equipment requirements of Nova Scotia Power and the Affiliate companies when conducting observational activities but will not be engaged in any operational work activities.

These skills will make you successful:

Working as a valued part of our Safety management team, you will bring:

• The successful candidate is enrolled in their 1st or 2nd year of a two-year occupational health and safety diploma program, or a student in a similar undergraduate program such as OHS or Industrial Engineering

• Possess strong interpersonal skills, is client/customer focused, working well in a team environment.

• Strong analytical and data processing skills are required in addition to a strong attention to detail.

• Strong computer literacy includes effective working skills of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

Flexibility: Hybrid work model with one (1) flexible remote workday.

Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.

Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.

Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.