Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Stanley Black & Decker; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring workplace safety and compliance. This position offers the opportunity to develop and implement essential EHS programs while working in a dynamic, inclusive environment. You'll collaborate with various teams to promote safety initiatives and drive positive change across operations. With a commitment to employee well-being and a focus on innovation, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in a Fortune 200 company. Embrace your potential and advance your career in a supportive atmosphere that values diversity and growth.

Benefits

Competitive compensation & benefits package

Use of a company cell phone

Use of a company laptop

Goodlife Fitness discounts

Employee product purchase

Opportunities for career development

Supportive work environment

Access to learning resources

Diverse & inclusive culture

Volunteerism and giving back opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety or related field required.
• 2-4 years of experience in HSE roles, preferably in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Support business needs and address all EHS related matters.
• Develop and maintain environmental, health, and safety programs.

Skills

Occupational Health and Safety

Leadership Skills

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Coaching and Training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety

Tools

EHS Web

Job description

Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Posted Date: April 2, 2025

Closing Date: May 2, 2025

The Why

Our team at Stanley Black & Decker embraces the critical importance of employment equity, diverse representation and inclusive work environments. Our culture is dynamic, results-oriented, focused on change and share a unified passion for creating products, tools and solutions for those who make the world. Wherever you go in our company, you’ll find uncompromised devotion to performance, innovation, customer satisfaction and social responsibility. Now is your chance to become one of these people within our growing Fortune 200 Company. A role with us will give you a strong understanding of how a world-class organization creates and implements different strategies across our various commercial brands for a positive outcome.

MTD Products is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and sales of outdoor power equipment. As a multinational privately held company, MTD provides high-quality consumer goods through mass merchants, independent retail networks and online. Specifically, in Canada we are driven by our Canadian Advantage, which highlights the direct connection between our employees and the impact they can have on the company’s success, as we innovate, produce and promote our outstanding service and products across the country, becoming our competitive advantage.

The What

The Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Specialist is responsible for supporting their respective business needs and addressing all EHS related matters.

The How

• Ensuring all data on EHS is entered on time on the EHS website
• Developing, completing and filing all necessary documentation and/or reports in accordance with applicable reporting and record keeping requirements on EHS Web for SBD
• Completing a compliance calendar for all required activities and reporting obligations for facilities
• Developing and maintaining all environmental, health, and safety programs for division
• Identify, participate in and/or lead agency inspection response requirements
• Providing regulatory oversight of the operation and maintenance of pollution control equipment and monitoring devices
• Understanding solid and hazardous waste laws and regulations applicable to the facility’s wastes; identifying hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, and ensuring the proper management and disposal of such wastes
• Working with purchasing and manufacturing to evaluate opportunities for recycling and waste reduction, reducing energy consumption, conserving water and evaluating new raw materials or replacements for existing raw materials
• Identifying and implementing EHS training programs for employees and contractors
• Coordinating industrial hygiene surveys, safety reviews, hazard analysis, accident investigations, and analyzing trends in injury/illness experience and hazards identified at the facility
• Guiding and supporting all location management on injury reporting and timelines to provide to the Corporate EHS group
• Supporting the Sr EHS Manager on Workers Comp management within the divisions to reduce financial impact
• Providing WSIB Clearance letters to meet customer expectations
• Supporting Operations is providing EHS documentation for third party accreditation
• Supporting Facilities in meeting respective Roadmap targets and ensuring managers are aware of their targets and obligations

What we need

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in Occupational Health and Safety or other applicable discipline
• 2-4 years of work experience as a HSE Specialist ideally in a warehouse or manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and related legislation
• Experience managing return to work programs
• Demonstrated experience in employee coaching and training
• Demonstrated knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in all provincial areas is required
• Valid driver’s license
• Excellent leadership and training skills
• Strong time management, planning, organizing and prioritization skills
• Exceptional interpersonal & communication skills in order to liaise with clients, subcontractors & employees

A professional demeanor and a positive attitude.

What you get

• We care about the safety and the well-being of our employees. It is our utmost priority
• A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day
• Opportunities to stretch and develop in our diverse lines of business within our Fortune 200 company
• We offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate
• Competitive compensation & benefits package
• Use of a company cell phone & laptop.
• Company Perks including: Goodlife Fitness discounts, Employee product purchase, and many more!

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.