Health, Safety & Environment Manager

Puratos; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated HSE Leader to join their team in Mississauga. This role involves developing and implementing health, safety, and environmental programs across multiple sites, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a culture of safety and sustainability. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in health and safety, excellent communication skills, and a passion for making a positive impact. Join a company committed to innovation and sustainability, where your contributions will help shape a safer and greener future for all.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Benefits

Career growth potential

Continuous training

Dynamic working environment

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of leadership experience in health and safety roles.
• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Occupational Health or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HSE programs for Canadian sites.
• Lead environmental initiatives to achieve sustainability goals.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health

Professional Designation (CRSP/CRST)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Functional Area Health, Safety and Environment

At Puratos, we create innovative food solutions for the health and well-being of people everywhere. As the global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, we help our customers to be successful with their business, by turning technologies and experiences from food cultures around the world into new opportunities.

We are more than 10,000 employees in over 70 countries and a consolidated turnover of 3.1 billion euros (in 2023). Our passion for innovation, a pioneering spirit and the unique Puratos culture drive our solid growth and vision for the future. This, along with our commitment to our local communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

As Puratos in Canada continues its growth journey across the country, we are in search of hiring the following position for our Mississauga Ontario Location:

Your Mission

Based in Mississauga, and as a member of Operations Leadership Team reporting into the VP of Operations, you will develop, implement and integrate programs to create and sustain a safe work environment in which serious injuries and accidents can be prevented in compliance with Environmental, Health and Safety regulations and requirements both at local and global level. The HSE Leader will support stakeholders to positively contribute to the Health, Safety, Security and Well-being of people and planet by enabling a Culture of Caring. This position will be responsible for the Environmental Initiatives at a National Level across Canada.

The scope of the job is complex with interactions at multiple manufacturing sites and methods, as well as an extensive network of sales reps and remote workers. The Manager will need to work both independently and with teams to meet business needs across the organization and contribute to help drive the overall business and HSE strategy.

Puratos aims to Net-Zero emissions in our value chain and, by 2025 be Carbon Neutral and have zero waste to landfill in our operations. In line with the better planet charter Puratos also aims by 2030 to be Water Balanced. This is an opportunity for the Manager to innovate by leading the development and execution of environmental initiatives throughout our National operations to ensure the company meets its overall sustainability goals.

What you will do

Mandate

• Comply with all global, local, and national safety and legal requirements.
• Perform all job responsibilities under the strictest guidelines of all HSE standards.
• Promote HSE within the company.
• Lead Environmental initiatives Nationally with the support of regional HS&E resources.

Key tasks

• Health & Safety Programs: Responsible for HSE at the Mississauga site, lead development of HSE programs for all Canadian sites, liaise and participate in the North American Market and other Group safety initiatives and programs. Ensure all employees, supervisors and managers are aware of their safety responsibilities while keeping senior management informed on any HSE related issues.
• Ensure the development and effective implementation of appropriate HSE policies and procedures and provide for their updating in line with the purpose, mission, vision, strategies and objectives identified at the global level and in compliance with local legislation. Scope includes workers on-site, working from home, workers in other provinces outside Ontario (Quebec, Alberta, BC).
• Initiate and influence the integration of HSE policies and procedures into the business while overseeing compliance using local dashboards and analytics. Perform risk assessment on all jobs, equipment, new projects and any other potential hazards including ergonomic assessments. Conduct investigations on accident and near misses recorded at the site while ensuring all corrective actions are resolved in a timely manner. Chair Joint Health & Safety Committee, ensure compliance with Occupational Health & Safety Act. Conduct RCA as needed.
• Reporting / benchmarking: manage record / data keeping systems, KPI’s, and statistics, identifying trends and suggesting improvement plans, conducting inspections and audits, providing Group level with the needed information for both H&S and Environment.
• People development: Ensure effective education programs on HSE are in place increasing the sensitivity of the whole organization to good practices and implementing an effective communication. Continuously improve safety culture and implement planet friendly processes concerning waste generation and disposal, water usage, energy usage and other.
• Technical Support: Provide technical support to senior management on any safety or environment related issue as well as input and validation of new projects and installations. Provide HSE input for CAPEX projects.
• Government Relationships: Interface professionally with government officials in all areas of health, safety, and environment. Ensure requirements of FM Global Insurance are met.
• Environmental Objectives: Define and lead execution of long-range plan to improve our environmental performance (energy and water efficiency). Build, maintain and coordinate an internal and external network of specialists. Zero Waste to landfill: Responsible for implementing program(s) to achieve ZWTL company objectives.
• Operational Excellence: Assess then develop and implement OPX program for Health and Safety module. Assess then develop and implement OPX program for Environmental module.

What we expect from you

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in Occupational Health, Safety and/or Environmental Studies or a related field.
• Professional Designation either as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), or Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRST) registered with the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP), and/or Certified Health & Safety Consultant (CHSC).
• 5-10 years of proven leadership experience in a similar role preferably in a food manufacturing environment.
• Proven knowledge of health, safety and environmental systems and processes with a passion to make a difference.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills (verbal/written).
• Experience in a fast paced multi-tasking environment.
• Capable to organize, plan and execute tasks reliably and independently.
• Able to think logically around issues & tasks and resolve conflicts.
• Ability to facilitate changes by influencing others through analytical approach.
• Proficient in MS Office.

What you can expect from Puratos

• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits. Salary range is $80,000 - $90,000 based on education and experience.
• Rewarding career and growth potential worldwide.
• Challenges in an excellent international company.
• Fast pace and dynamic working environment.
• Continuous training in management and business principles.
• Be an integral part of a successful global company.
• Hybrid working environment requiring 3 days in office.

We are a warm family company with a historical growth track record and a clear long-term vision for the future. We promote a caring, trustful and respectful work environment by putting people first. For additional company information, candidates are encouraged to visit our company website www.puratos.com.

We at Puratos cultivate an inclusive global workplace, that fully embraces diversity and equal opportunities for all. We strive to reflect the richness of our customers, communities and society, accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver on our commitments.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.