Job Overview
Make safety your impact. Join our team and help protect our people, strengthen our programs, and build a culture where everyone goes home safe.
Reporting to the Director of Human Resources, the Health & Safety Specialist is responsible for advancing and managing the organization's health and safety program through the development, implementation and continuous improvement of health and safety policies, procedures, and initiatives across the organization. The Health & Safety Specialist works collaboratively with leaders and employees to develop and promote a strong safety culture, across all six (6) locations.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage compliance for overall health and safety program for the organization, including policies, prevention programs, training and documentation.
- Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety legislation, regulations, and regulatory requirements across the operations.
- Lead root-cause analyses and investigations for workplace accidents, near-misses, injuries, or property damage, and submit required reporting and ensuring corrective action plans are completed.
- Conduct regular workplace hazard assessments, safety walkthroughs, and facility audits, identifying hazardous conditions and coordinate corrective actions to eliminate or control workplace risks.
- Liaise with provincial regulatory bodies to manage cases for all workers compensation claims, including collaborating with operational leaders to develop and facilitate return-to-work plans and programs.
- Monitor, track, and analyze health and safety trends and metrics for quarterly and annual reporting.
- Manage active injury claims and lower Lost Time Injury Frequency Rates by designing and enforcing modified-duty, ergonomics programs and closely managing active claims for warehouse staff.
- Manage Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) activities, including meetings, workplace inspections, recommendations, action items, and accountability tracking.
- Maintain health and safety boards, legislative postings, policies, and annual program evaluations.
- Support supervisors and management in the development of site-specific health and safety documentation, including safe work procedures and risk assessments and hazard control measures.
- Stay abreast of industry best-practices and regulations, recommending continuous improvement of health and safety policies, programs, and procedures and overseeing implementation.
- Coordinate and support emergency preparedness and evacuation plans and procedures across the organization.
- Promote a positive safety culture through employee engagement, education, and participation in health and safety initiatives.
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Occupational Health and Safety, with a focus on employee onboarding, training, and workplace safety programs in the manufacturing, warehousing or logistics industry.
- French language proficiency (reading, writing, conversational) an asset.
- Demonstrated proficiency of provincial Occupational Health and Safety legislation and regulations Ontario, Alberta and Quebec.
- In depth knowledge of provincial Workers' Compensation Boards, including CNESST, WSIB, and WCB requirements and processes.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication, organizational and presentation skills, including experience facilitating training.
- Advanced data analysis, interpreting workforce metrics and development of reporting scorecards.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Self-motivated and action-oriented, with a strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
