Health & Safety Manager

Ozz Group•Vaughan, ON

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Health and Safety Manager (HSM) will report directly to the Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer. The Health and Safety Manager will have a direct report in the position of a Health and Safety Coordinator. The HSM is responsible for the management all health and safety initiatives and projects. The HSM will be responsible for fostering health and safety awareness within the organization, ensuring corporate compliance with legislation, maintain employee trainings and certifications, conducting internal audits and inspections, providing statistical reports to senior management and consistently working towards maintaining and fostering a safe working environment and positive representation of the Health and Safety department. The HSM will be responsible for building relationships and providing support with employees and management in both the field and office operations. Organizational objectives, initiatives and projects will be driven from OZZ corporate offices in Ontario. The HSM will be responsible for BC and a small operation Washington.

Requirements

Post Secondary education and/or certification in Health & Safety or Human Resources
Experience in construction and/or industrial services
Understanding and knowledge of all Federal, Provincial Employment Standards, Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Human Rights Code, WCB, etc.,

Nice To Haves

Experience in a COR certified environment is considered an asset
Knowledge of CVOR practices, inspection and regulations is considered an asset

Responsibilities

Primarily focused on Health and Safety initiatives as related to office and site employees. Responsible for the initiation, development and implementation of health and safety awareness through programs, systems, committees and engagement activities.
Leading member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee through maintaining up to date knowledge of all legislation, ensuring committee meetings and consistently organized.
Maintain and develop the health and safety program through continuous improvement.
Perform workplace incident investigations, manage WCB claims and completed the necessary paperwork for clients, compensation board and ministry.
Determine preventive strategies for incidents and proactively to improve the health and safety culture
Handle employee personnel escalations independently while working in tandem with Site Supervision,
Involved in WCB claims including completion of paperwork, issuing and monitoring modified duties, creating and administrating safe return to work programs for injured workers and focusing on implementing safe working procedures following outlined policies and procedures utilizing assistance of internal and third-party resources
Complete safety training for onboarding and orientation of new employees ensuring completion of training programs and associated administration
Promotes constructive work relationships through effective communication with all employees providing an accurate and positive representation of the Health and Safety department and outlined policies and procedures
Provides leadership, guidance and technical support to all company operations regarding specific issues relating to health and safety programs and practices
Conducts safety evaluations of project sites using documentation and standardized processes
Ensures that sub-contractors adhere to required safety standards as per policy and procedures
Assesses risks and trends in the workplace and implements corrective measures to reduce risks
Provides in-house health and safety training with employees which includes employee orientation and various employee specific training and maintaining compliance with up-to-date legislation
Identifies investigates, reports, and provides guidance relative to root causes for incidents, employee safety programs and regulatory compliance pertaining to health and safety
Conduct field visits, inspections, and audit of construction job sites
Advises on a wide range of specialist areas (regulations, fall protection, occupational health, hazardous substances, client on-line training programs)
Enters data from various sources to maintain and update databases and spreadsheets
Ensures data integrity by verifying inputs and calculations with an eye to detail
Perform additional related duties in accordance with job responsibilities and department objectives as required