Safety Specialist

Lulus; Ontario; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Ontario is seeking a Safety Specialist to advocate for health and safety programs. This role involves ensuring compliance with OSHA/EPA regulations and engaging in safety training and audits. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with various departments. Join us to contribute to a safe work environment and gain valuable experience in health and safety coordination.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of applicable experience.
• Ability to lead and motivate others.
• Strong ability to collaborate and influence others.

Responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of safety training policies.
• Analyze monthly reports on health, safety, and environment compliance.
• Coordinate with department leadership on safety needs.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Leadership

Logical Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in occupational health

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Job Summary

The Safety Specialist plays a key role as a partner and advocate for health and safety programs across the company. In this position, the Safety Specialist will contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of compliance with Lulus’ health and safety policies. Responsibilities include ensuring that all system elements meet or exceed relevant federal, state, and local OSHA/EPA regulations. As an integral part of Lulus’ team, the Safety Specialist is expected to embody the company’s core values and lead by example. The efforts of the position will directly impact the safety and efficiency of Lulus’ operations. This position offers an opportunity to actively contribute to a safe work environment while gaining valuable experience in health and safety coordination.

What You’ll Do

• Support the development and implementation of Safety training system policies and procedures, ensuring all program elements meet or exceed applicable federal, state and local OSHA/EPA regulations. Ensure compliance with Lulus’ Health and Safety policies and procedures through routine, comprehensive and collaborative auditing, verification, and validation activities.
• Analyze monthly reports on health, safety and environment system compliance and performance metrics.
• Ensure routine hazard analysis/risk assessments are conducted.
• Assist in the identification and implementation of effective physical and/or behavioral control measures.
• Ensure validation of implementation and verification of the effectiveness of in-place control measures.
• Exercise a leadership, coordination, and communication role with all department leaders to drive continuous improvement in safety system verification, validation, and recordkeeping systems to ensure compliance with all Lulus’ policies and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with department leadership and HR Support on maintaining OSHA 300 logs.
• Monitors, updates, and continuously improves Lulus’ Emergency Action Plan.
• Coordinates with department leadership on individual departmental safety needs and training programs.
• Assist departments with investigations and review incidents to provide safety guidance on all work-related injuries and illnesses including participating in an initial investigation and root cause analysis, action item creation and follow-through, as needed.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors on safety-related needs such as workers' compensation doctors and insurers, first aid procurement, eyewash installment/maintenance, fire suppression safety, etc.
• Prepare and conduct the monthly Safety Committee Meeting. Coordinates with department leadership and ensures all topics and training are conducted thoroughly and adds value to the Lulus’ safety culture.
• Update and verify the accuracy of all safety communications and recordkeeping, including but not limited to the monthly safety board topic, departmental 5S boards, etc.
• Related projects as assigned by management.
  
  

What You’ll Need

• 1+ years of applicable experience.
• Excellent communication skills; written, oral, and group facilitation.
• Demonstrates cooperative behavior with colleagues, supervisors, and managers at all times.
• Works well under pressure.
• Can meet multiple, and sometimes, competing deadlines.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships both internally and externally.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to lead and motivate others.
• Ability to support the implementation of new programs network wide.
• Ability to apply logical thinking and sound judgment to a wide range of practical problems.
• Strong ability to collaborate and influence others.
  
  

Nice to Have - Bonus Points!

• Bachelor’s Degree in occupational health, safety, or related field.
• Safety-specific experience in a warehouse environment.
  
  

We’re ready to meet you! Come help us achieve our ambitious goals!

At Lulus, we believe our people are our greatest asset and we seek to structure competitive compensation offers to ensure that we can attract and retain the best talent. Our job postings include an annual base salary range for the role. The stated base salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on several factors, including the selected candidate's educational and professional experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the selection process. Base salary is a part of a total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include an annual bonus and other benefit programs.