Health and Safety Coordinator
About The Position
This role involves assisting in the administration and maintenance of the organization's safety programs to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and ISO certification requirements. The coordinator will promote a positive safety culture, manage employee training, and develop skills in presentations, inspections, and report writing. The position also includes administrative functions for the department, such as reviewing and organizing safety documentation, conducting site inspections and audits, and coordinating safety equipment. The role requires periodic travel to various site locations and the ability to identify and prevent hazardous situations. The coordinator will also prepare correspondence and reports, participate in training for NCSO, and perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Post-secondary diploma or degree in a related OHS discipline
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Effective working knowledge of applicable safety legislation
Nice To Haves
- Ability to be flexible and work in a fast-paced environment
- Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Confidence managing potentially difficult situations regarding site safety
- Strong interpersonal skills
Responsibilities
- Assist in the administration and maintenance of the organization’s safety programs to ensure compliance with all new and existing health and safety legislation
- Assist in requirements to maintain Company ISO Certification
- Attend JHSC meetings, record meeting minutes.
- Promote a positive safety culture.
- Assist in the tracking, maintaining, organizing and coordinating Employee training including safety orientation to new Employees.
- Develop skills in presentations, orientations, site inspections and accident/injury reports
- Assist with the administrative function for the department by ensuring all site safety reports, tool box talks, and other associated documentation is reviewed, organized, properly completed and filed
- Periodically travel to various site locations to conduct inspections on jobsites, PPE, conduct safety audits and initiate corrections.
- Assist with assembling job safety boards
- Develop skills to proactively identify and prevent hazardous situations and take necessary measures to correct them
- Coordinate and maintain company safety equipment; identify new safety equipment/supplies
- Prepares correspondence, reports, forms, and specialized documents; proofreads materials for accuracy, completeness, compliance, formatting, and grammar.
- Participate in training required to pursue NCSO
- Perform other duties as assigned to meet business unit and corporate objectives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
