Occupational Health and Safety Manager

J.D. Irving, Limited; Dieppe; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A North American manufacturing company located in Dieppe is seeking a Health and Safety Manager to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and foster a strong safety culture. Responsibilities include conducting risk assessments, delivering training, managing health and safety programs, and overseeing Workers' Compensation claims. The ideal candidate will have a post-secondary education in occupational health and safety, alongside a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, ideally within the manufacturing and transportation sectors.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in occupational health and safety preferred.
• Experience working within multiple jurisdictions is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health and safety compliance with legislation.
• Conduct risk assessments and hazard identification.
• Manage and oversee safety training and audits.

Skills

Bilingual (English and French)

Ability to travel

Experience in manufacturing and/or transportation

Knowledge of occupational health and safety legislation

Education

Post-secondary education in occupational health, health and safety, or related fields

Job description

Reporting to the Director of Operations and Business Development, the Health and Safety Manager is a key player, and a highly supportive team member. The Health and Safety Specialist will play a critical role in ensuring and prioritizing the health and safety of all of our employees. The Health and Safety Specialist will maintain compliance with all legislation.

• Post-secondary education in occupational health, health and safety, or other related fields
• A minimum of 5 years of occupational health, health and safety, or other related job experience is preferred
• Previous experience working for within manufacturing and/or transportation preferred
• Previous experience working with or for an employment agency preferred
• Multiple jurisdiction experience preferred
  • Alberta
  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • New Brunswick
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • New York
  • Georgia
• Must be able and willing to travel throughout Canada and the United States
• Bilingual (English and French), spoken, reading, written preferred

• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert on related legislation/regulations and internal/corporate Health and Safety Policies
• Provide Health and Safety related guidance and support to the Operations team
  • Discussing Health and Safety related matters with both customers and employees
  • Deliver training
  • Identify hazards
  • Conduct risk assessments (in partnership with Operations and our Customers)
  • Investigating injuries, incidents and implementing preventative measures (in partnership with Operations and our Customers)
• Manage Intelex
  • Review daily to see if new incidents have been reported
  • Ensure all incidents have been entered into the system
  • Moving the incident along through the lifecycle
• Investigate all occupational health and safety incidents involving Protrans employees (both hourly and salaried)
  • Full investigation in cooperation with Branch Managers and Customers
  • Reporting on findings
  • Suggesting improvements
• Assist the implementation of hazard controls
  • Partner with Corporate Safety Manager
  • Work with Operations to partner with customer sites to improve and implement
• Monthly audits to ensure all employee’s are completing required health and safety training
  • Pulling reports from the Applicant Tracking System
  • Reviewing the completed training in the various safety portals (SafetyHub and Carriers Edge)
  • Working collaboratively with Operations in any area that needs improvement
  • Adjusting safety training as required to meet legislative requirements
• Monthly reporting to demonstrate where each Branch is at in terms of their Health and Safety compliance
• Monthly reporting on the previous periods safety results including recommendations to improve
  • Ability to present in monthly Management meets
• Support execution of customer safety audits
  • Reviewing any concerns that Operations brings forward
  • Participating in completing yearly safety audits at various customer locations
• Assisting in the creation of onsite safety programs/trainings at existing customer locations, as well as with new customers as they are onboarded
  • Partnering with Operations to understand what is happening today, what needs to happen to make the onsite safety program/training best in class
• Create monthly communications to inform and educate all our employee’s (both hourly and salaried) about a safety topic
  • Pull an active employee list from the Applicant Tracking System, and email the communication out to all hourly employees
  • Communicate to all salaried employees through our internal system to collect signatures
• Help to administer Occupational Health and Safety tools, such as training databases, injury reporting processes
• Maintain ownership and continuously improve safety policies and procedures
• Oversee all Workers’ Compensation Board and Return to Work Claims
  • Completing all required WCB paperwork when a work related incident occurs
  • Submitting all required WCB paperwork to WCB
  • Assisting the Disability Case Manager as required
  • Assisting the Human Resources Manager as required
  • Assisting Operations as required
• Research and participate in WCB Rebate Programs
• If and when required, create and lead the Joint Health and Safety Committee for Protrans
• Provide regular status reports to your manager and other stakeholders in regards to all Occupational Health and Safety initiatives
• Participate in weekly team meetings to prioritize weekly initiatives/activities
• Prioritize work based on team objectives
  • Prioritizing work around critical functions (highest risk first)
• Communicate effectively with employees, customers, management, and other stakeholders
• Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Promote and support a strong safety culture across the or
• Performs other duties as assigned