Health & Safety Specialist ( Manufacturing)

Job title: Health & Safety Specialist ( Manufacturing)

Job description: The Opportunity

The Health and Safety Specialist will foster a positive safety culture by developing, implementing and driving compliance to safety standards and maintaining a safe work environment. Ability to work flexible shifts including days, nights, and or weekends.

You will:

• Take the lead on building a safety culture by training, coaching, and holding team members accountable on workplace safety and food safety topics
• Develop and implement safety initiatives, controls, and procedures to address safety risks in the workplace. This can include developing/delivering training, implementation of PPE/engineered controls, and also being a consistent voice on all matters safety.
• Collaborate with external (Regional OHS & Health Services) and internal stakeholders (JHSC, Site Leadership) to develop, audit, and achieve the highest level of safety standards
• Facilitate and conduct workplace risk assessments in partnership with with the Joint Health and Safety Committee
• Train employees, monitor and correct use of PPE, engineering and administrative safety controls in both production and non-production areas
• Conduct daily safety walks and huddles to ensure high compliance in safety measures
• Track and oversee Health and Safety performance metrics – Near Misses, Injuries, Missed Work Days
• Manage employee health screening process (e.g. check in, temperature testing, online questionnaires) – promptly escalate safety issues and risks to Site Leadership and JHSC
• Ensure employees maintain social distance measures (e.g. social distance policy)
• Review and collaborate with Facilities Manager to adjust sanitation practices
• Ensure and track health and safety compliance and take part in the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC), including conduct spot checks and participate in incident investigations
• Manage inventory of safety supplies, ordering as needed and ensuring that costs are appropriately managed (e.g. masks, plastic bags, face shields, gloves)
• Maintain office, lunchroom area, and outdoor facilities by collaborating with the Facilities Manager and Sanitation Teams on defining standards for routine maintenance and cleaning. (e.g. ensure areas are being cleaned, regular sanitization schedules are being followed, etc.)

Requirements

You have/are:

• Completed post-secondary in (EHS) Environmental Health and Safety, or related field or equivalent work experience in an OSHA background.
• 1 year of Health & Safety management and/or executive level support experience (preferred but not required)
• Demonstrated experience in providing high quality customer experience, building a safety culture, communicating to get team member buy-in
• Detail oriented with proven ability to prioritize and work efficiently with minimum direction or supervision
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to perform administrative tasks with high degree of accuracy
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), including active listening and proofreading
• Ability to perform at a high level in a fast paced and dynamic work environment
• Ability to demonstrate good, sound judgment
• Availability to work weekend schedules and in temperature controlled (it’s food, so it’s cold!) facilities
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Suite (Calendar, Gmail, Docs, Sheets), and video conferencing (Hangouts Meet)

Benefits

Complete Health, RSP matching, academic reimbursement

Company: Hire Level Consulting Inc.

Expected salary:

Location: Scarborough, ON

Job date: Mon, 24 May 2021 22:08:48 GMT