Health, Safety & Environment Coordinator

BGIS•Markham, ON

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Health, Safety, and Environment Coordinator coordinates environmental and health program processes and activities to assist the team in maintaining compliance, mitigating and managing environmental, health and safety risks and improving related performance. This position is more required to manage environmental issues although some health and safety tasks can be assigned to the coordinator.

Requirements

Certification in one or more of the following – Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety; Certificate in Environmental Management through a Community College; University degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies
1 to 3 years of environmental, health and safety work experience
Understanding of environmental, health and safety regulatory requirements
Understanding of emergency management requirements
Strong organizational and coordination skills along with ability to coordinate multiple requirements (i.e. processes, activities, projects, emergency response procedures, etc.) simultaneously
Strong communication skills along with some ability to influence stakeholders
Strong administrative skills along with ability to maintain and report accurate data
Analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to exercise good judgment
Able to work independently but provide strong support to the team as and when requested
Frequent trips to be expected on the different sites
A car his required for the role

Nice To Haves

Strong background in environmental management system development and administration, with knowledge of environmental regulations and environmental compliance auditing an asset.
Experience with database development, programing and maintenance considered an asset.
Demonstrates an interest in attaining one or more of the following would be considered an asset: Canadian Registered Safety Professional from Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals; Certified Health & Safety Consultant from Canadian Society of Safety Engineering; Physical Security Professional from ASIS International; Certified Protection Professional from ASIS International; Certified Business Continuity Planner from Business Continuity Management Institute.

Responsibilities

Acts as the first point-of-contact for environmental and health inquiries and incidents.
Provides guidance to team members on environmental and health matters, and escalates inquiries, where appropriate.
Coordinates the implementation of environmental, health and safety programs along with related processes, procedures and resources.
Coordinates environmental, health and safety activities including but not limited to attending tenant OSH committee meetings, attending environmental committee meetings and activities, undertaking incident investigation and resolution, completing equipment and systems registration, developing emergency response procedures and business continuity planning activities, completing and delivering training, completing annual management system re-registration, managing data and generating reports, and conducting environmental compliance audits.
Researches environmental, health and safety matters; provides findings and recommendations.
Maintains and assists with the creation of environmental, health and safety documentation including but not limited to plans, processes, forms, logbooks, and procedures.
Create and maintain documentation including but not limited to instruction sheets, checklists, forms, and training materials.
Support construction activity teams (Projects and O&M) by creating, distributing, verifying and maintaining documentation such as work instructions, checklists, training materials.
Conducts regular inspections of facilities to mitigate any Environmental regulatory issues and/or Health and Safety Concerns before an incident or service call is received.
Maintains business continuity and emergency management plans and procedures.
Participates in field inspections, job observations, health, safety and environment audits and other types of reviews for the purpose of monitoring compliance to environmental and health regulations and identifying risks. Provides findings about risks and suggestions for improvement.
Assists in the investigation and resolution of incidents including root-cause analysis and providing probable causes of incidents and recommendations for resolution.
Coordinates the implementation of corrective and preventative measures.
Assists in the identification and analysis of trends. Communicates observations and provides suggestions for incident reduction measures.
Maintains all environmental, health and safety data including but not limited to incident data, and regulatory and process compliance data within applicable databases and all other types of information storage systems.
Assists in the audit of compliance records and all other environmental, health and safety data.
Prepares and distributes various environmental, health and safety related reports including but not limited to incident reports.
Other duties as assigned.