Health and Safety Field Consultant (Remote)

Peninsula Canada; Halifax; Remote; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and safety consultancy in Halifax is seeking a Health and Safety Field Consultant. This role involves providing expert advice and services to clients, conducting assessments, and developing comprehensive health and safety management systems. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, a degree in a related field, and significant experience in health and safety. Competitive salary and flexible working conditions offered.

Benefits

Company car OR car allowance

Inclusive workplace

Potential for upward mobility

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience in health and safety.
• Experience in implementing health and safety programs.
• A strong background in developing and implementing health and safety systems.

Responsibilities

• Proactively reach out to clients for appointments.
• Conduct onsite and virtual visits to create management systems.
• Provide health and safety advice and risk assessments.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Strong knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Legislation

Time management and organizational skills

Education

Degree or diploma from an accredited college or university

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Title: Health and Safety Field Consultant

Department: Health & Safety Consultancy

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Field Based)

Salary: $75,000 - $85,000 + Company Car OR Car Allowance

Schedule: Monday to Friday 9 AM to 5:30 PM

About Us

Peninsula Employment Services Limited (Peninsula) provides expert HR and health and safety support to small and medium-sized businesses across Canada. We offer tailored advice, ready-to-use documentation, and ongoing assistance to help businesses manage their people and workplace compliance effectively. With Peninsula, business owners can save time, reduce risks, and focus on growing their business while ensuring their operations align with employment laws and regulations.

The Role of Health & Safety Field Consultant

The position of Health & Safety Consultant is a remote-based role. You will provide advice, field support, recommendations, solutions and documentation to Peninsula clients using our systems, documentation and materials. You will be expected to work from Monday to Friday. Your regular working hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., although applicants will need to be flexible as the needs of the business can change based on our client needs.

There is potential for upward mobility for successful hires.

Day-to-Day Duties and Responsibilities

• Proactively reaching out to clients to follow-up & confirm appointments.
• Conduct onsite and virtual visits to understand the client's operations to create a Health and Safety management system including relevant policies and programs relevant to their business.
• Provide health and safety services to clients in a professional, efficient and practical manner. Services include, but are not limited to, providing health and safety advice, support, and recommendations, risk assessments, health & safety training, safe work procedure development, gap analyses to regulatory and management system requirements, workplace inspections and comprehensive audits.
• Advising clients on how to use and implement Peninsula's health and safety management system and tools.
• Achieving internal key performance indicators.
• Completion of records and reports in a timely manner.
• Conducting project work developing and improving health and safety products and solutions.
• Assisting and collaborating with other health and safety staff in the completion of client expectations.

Education / Experience

• A degree or diploma from an accredited college or university.
• Having or pursuing OHS Designation (example: CRST, CRSP).
• Strong knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Legislation throughout Canada.
• A strong background in developing and implementing comprehensive health and safety programs such as, but not limited to, training, auditing, evaluating process risks, safe work procedures, program management and managed systems approach.
• Experience with implementing COR and ISO45001 is an asset.
• A minimum of 3-5 plus years of relevant work experience in health and safety.

What you Bring to the Team

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated appreciation for excellent customer experience.
• Able to work in a multi-faceted, multi-client, high paced work environment.
• Comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety experience across several industries.
• An ability to work independently, as well as a team player.
• Very strong time management and organizational skills.
• Experience in dealing with regulators.
• A high level of computer literacy, PCs, iPad, Salesforce.
• Driver's license and clear driver's abstract.

Why Work for Peninsula?

Peninsula has been voted one of the best companies to work for two (2) years in a row by the Glassdoor Awards. Peninsula is a rapidly growing global company and intends to expand its operations across Canada. Peninsula is a highly motivated enterprise that promotes an entrepreneurial culture. Peninsula is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where all employees are valued. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in our selection process.