Retail - Health & Safety Advisor

High Tide Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading cannabis retailer as a Health & Safety Advisor in Calgary! This innovative company is dedicated to fostering a robust safety culture and compliance across its retail operations. In this pivotal role, you will spearhead health and safety initiatives, ensuring that all locations adhere to regulations and best practices. Your expertise will be crucial in conducting training, managing incident investigations, and collaborating with various teams to enhance workplace safety. If you're passionate about health and safety and eager to make a significant impact in a fast-growing industry, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a similar role with knowledge of cannabis legislation.
• Strong understanding of safety regulations and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Health and Safety Management initiatives across the organization.
• Oversee incident documentation and compliance with safety audits.

Skills

Occupational Health Safety Act knowledge

HSE regulations knowledge

Microsoft Office skills

Time management

Verbal and written communication

Interpersonal skills

Fast-paced work environment adaptability

First aid certification

Education

Degree in related field

Certification in Occupational Health and Safety

NCSO, CRSP, CTSP, or OHS designation

COR Audit certification

Tools

Safety compliance websites

Training management tools

Job description

Overview

High Tide Inc., a leading cannabis retailer and accessory company, seeks a passionate and detail-oriented Retail – Health & Safety Advisor for our Calgary office. This is a new role to support our growing organization! You will be responsible for providing safety leadership, collaboration, support, and coordination throughout our company. This position will report to the Vice President.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of Health and Safety Management initiatives and processes to build an organization-wide safety culture.
• Lead in the development of company Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems, perform training need analysis, and recommend the changes to the business.
• Oversee the documentation of incident files to ensure compliance with regulatory, internal and WCB and safety inspector audits.
• Support incident investigations and reporting in finding fundamental root causes, identify proper corrective actions, ensure follow-up, and collaborate, as required.
• Liaison with training team to ensure compliance and training certification by each province.
• OHS training certification updates across all stores.
• Monthly inspection review and liaison with stakeholders to mention any safety concerns.
• Ensure all emergency evacuation plans for all sites are posted for current and NSOs, liaison with compliance and construction team on an as-needed basis.
• Ensure all near misses, robbery and break-in protocols are created and followed by operational leaders.
• Working alone policy reviews are updated for all provinces in Canada.
• Gather, organize, analyze, and report out on a variety of safety performance and compliance data.
• Manage OHS inspector visits and work with local leaders and workers to ensure timely closing of contact orders.
• Manage all online safety compliance websites and training processes for retail staff.
• Deal with any complaints regarding right to refuse unsafe work across Canada. Develop protocol as needed and documents in collaboration with HR team.
• Provide guidance, support, and direction for HSE related issues, including compliance with safety regulations and investigation into incidents.
• Provide guidance to incident investigations ensuring causal factors are identified and corrective actions are documented and communicated.
• Develop, lead, and manage the KPI process/budget including action plans as needed to address concerns.
• Maintain all safety-related policies and procedures and oversee imputation into business practice.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of the Occupational Health Safety Act for retail and distribution and Cannabis Act for all provinces in Canada, the Traffic Safety Act for AB, BC, MB, SK and ON. (All Canadian provinces as needed).
• Knowledge of applicable HSE regulations, codes, practices, and standards.
• Strong computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications).
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well with others and create effective working relationships on all levels (internal/external).
• Familiarity with provincial OSHA inspection and Audit process is an asset.
• Ensure all first aid certification is up to date for all worksites.
• Become train the trainer as needed by the business.

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years in a similar role is required.
• Experience in retail and distribution sector is considered an asset.
• Knowledge about cannabis legislation of all provinces.

Education Requirements:

• Completion of a college or university degree in a related field; specifically, certification in Occupational Health and Safety is preferred.
• NCSO, CRSP, CTSP, or OHS designation is preferred.
• COR Audit certification through AMTA (required within 6 months of employment).
• Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
• Clean police record check.
• Ability to get regional cannabis licenses in AB, BC, MB, SK and ON.

About Us

High Tide Inc. is the leading community-grown, retail-forward cannabis enterprise engineered to unleash the full value of the world’s most powerful plant and is the second-largest cannabis retailer globally by store count. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely-built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly-diversified and fully-integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including:

• Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana is the largest cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 192 current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in the world.
• Retail Innovation: Fastendr is a unique and fully automated technology that employs retail kiosks to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.
• Consumption Accessories: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory e-commerce platforms across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.
• E-commerce Platforms: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory sites across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.

Brands: High Tide’s industry-leading and consumer-facing brand roster includes Queen of Bud, Cabana Cannabis Co, Daily High Club, Vodka Glass, Puff Puff Pass, Dopezilla, Atomik, Hue, Evolution and more.

CBD: High Tide continues to cultivate the possibilities of consumer CBD through Nuleafnaturals.com, FABCBD.com, blessedcbd.de and blessedcbd.co.uk.

Wholesale Distribution: High Tide keeps that cannabis category stocked with wholesale solutions via Valiant.

Licensing: High Tide continues to push cannabis culture forward through fresh partnerships and license agreements under the Famous Brandz name.

High Tide consistently moves ahead of the currents, having been named one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine, and was named as one of the top 10 performing diversified industries stocks in both 2022 and 2024 TSX Venture 50. High Tide was also ranked number one in the retail category on the Financial Times list of Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies for 2024.

To discover the full impact of High Tide, visit www.hightideinc.com. For investment performance, don’t miss the High Tide profile pages on SEDAR+ and EDGAR.

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