Environmental Health and Safety Supervisor

Alfa Laval Inc.; Guelph; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Site-Environmental Health and Safety Supervisor to enhance compliance and safety culture. In this pivotal role, you will lead initiatives to ensure adherence to environmental regulations and improve workplace safety. Your expertise will help develop and implement critical processes that mitigate risks and promote a proactive safety culture. Join a dynamic team dedicated to making a positive impact while ensuring a safe and sustainable work environment. If you are passionate about safety and have a strong background in environmental health, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in environmental health and safety compliance.
• In-depth knowledge of legislation and industrial safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement environmental health and safety programs.
• Conduct audits and ensure legal compliance.
• Prepare emergency communication plans and training.

Skills

Environmental Health and Safety Compliance

Risk Management

Incident Investigation

Team Leadership

Training and Education

Education

Diploma or Bachelor's degree in related field

Certification in Environmental Health and Safety

Job description

Cargill's size and scale allow us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.

We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions, and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials—from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Site-Environmental Health and Safety Supervisor will provide subject matter expertise in environmental, health, and safety compliance. In this role, you will develop, implement, and maintain processes and programs built to assure compliance with existing federal, state, and local regulations and requirements for a medium-complexity operation with two or more highly hazardous processes, high serious injuries and fatalities, and high serious environmental events potential.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute controls and applicable control programs and document that control programs have been implemented as planned for very large and complex operations with high risk and exposure.
• Define, implement, and lead processes for risks, hazards, and opportunity identification and determine resources required to execute.
• Lead action plans by identifying potential emergency situations, creating emergency communication plans that address operation or business disruptions, recovery, social media, and testing and validating the emergency action plans.
• Promote environmental, health, and safety culture through training and education solutions related to environmental, health, and safety issues, practices, and risks, and coach others as needed.
• Prepare and execute audits and ensure compliance with legal and other requirements are met.
• Conduct incident investigations based on incident classification and liaise with engineers, management, and health and safety regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent recurrence.
• Identify and review hazards, risks, and opportunities proactively and ensure appropriate follow-up actions are implemented.
• Lead and develop a team, coach, and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma/certificate or Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum four years of directly related work experience.
• In-depth knowledge of legislation and business processes in environmental health and safety systems, ecology, environmental protection, and industrial safety.
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid working knowledge of food safety industry practices and standards.
• Confirmed ability to deliver processes effectively to optimize business resources.
• Two years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Experience with environmental health and safety management systems.

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.