Health, Safety and Environment Manager - HSE Toronto Office

CBRE; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global commercial real estate leader is seeking an experienced Health, Safety and Environment Manager to shape HSE programs for clients in Toronto. You will develop safety strategies, ensure compliance, and serve as a trusted advisor on environmental matters. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience in health and safety. This role offers the opportunity to thrive in a collaborative environment while promoting a proactive safety culture.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in health and safety environment.
• Additional certifications required by local authority.
• Ability to convey performance expectations and handle problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute proactive safety strategies.
• Manage regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor safety compliance and provide recommendations to prevent risks.

Skills

Leadership skills

In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office

Problem-solving abilities

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Overview

Health, Safety and Environment Manager - HSE Toronto Office

Job ID 240552

Posted 29-Sep-2025

Service line: GWS Segment

Role type: Full-time

Areas of Interest: Health and Safety/Environment

Location: Toronto - Ontario - Canada

About the Role:

At CBRE, we believe a safe and healthy workplace is the foundation of excellence. As a Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering impactful HSE programs for our clients—primarily small to mid-sized organizations—ensuring their people, operations, and communities thrive.

You’ll lead the development and execution of proactive safety strategies, foster a culture of care and compliance, and serve as a trusted advisor on environmental and regulatory matters. This role is part of our Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) function, which champions innovative solutions to protect employees and the environments in which they work.

Join us and be part of a team that’s committed to RISE—respecting every voice, acting with integrity, delivering exceptional service, and striving for excellence in everything we do.

What You’ll Do

• Promote a positive and proactive culture to influence stakeholders, and to ensure compliance.
• Assist with implementing and reviewing playbooks, and procedures. Ensure Health, Safety, and Environmental initiatives drive program consistency and efficiency.
• Manage initiatives to meet regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.
• Track operational and safety risks. Develop and manage strategic risk management strategies to avoid potential incidents.
• Monitor injury, illness, and incident reports. Provide recommendations on how to prevent risk.
• Monitor Health, Safety, and Environmental regulatory compliance within the account. Work with management to create strategic solutions that improve and maintain compliance as required.
• Work with stakeholders to identify potential concerns. Communicate findings, concerns, and deficiencies to responsible functional managers.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

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What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Additional certifications as required by the local authority.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

Why CBRE

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to realize your full potential.

Our Values in Hiring

At CBRE, we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we welcome all applications.

Disclaimers

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages application from all persons regardless of race, creed, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, family status, gender identity or expression, disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, provincial or territorial law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (Canada) and [phone] (U.S.)

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CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

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