Safety Manager - Toronto, Ontario
About The Position
An established mechanical contractor is seeking an experienced Safety Manager to lead its COR-certified health and safety program across a diverse portfolio of construction projects. This is not a coordinator-level compliance position. The Safety Manager will be responsible for setting expectations, strengthening safety systems, guiding project leadership, managing organizational risk, and ensuring consistent execution across active construction sites. The company delivers new construction, renovations, retrofits, and large-scale infrastructure projects across healthcare, long-term care, education, government, laboratories, pharmaceutical facilities, sports and recreation, hospitality, retail, commercial, and industrial sectors.
Requirements
- Active Canadian Registered Safety Professional, CRSP, designation
- Direct health and safety experience within mechanical construction
- Demonstrated experience leading construction health and safety programs
- Strong knowledge of Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act and applicable construction regulations
- Experience managing or providing senior oversight for a COR-certified safety program
- Demonstrated expertise in incident investigation, risk assessment, auditing, corrective-action management, and regulatory compliance
- Strong leadership, coaching, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management capabilities
- Ability to influence safety performance across employees, subcontractors, supervisors, project managers, clients, and senior leadership
Responsibilities
- Lead the ongoing management, evaluation, and improvement of the company's COR-certified health and safety program
- Establish consistent safety expectations across projects, supervisors, employees, and subcontractors
- Partner with project and site leadership to identify operational risks and implement effective hazard controls
- Oversee construction-site inspections, audits, corrective actions, and compliance follow-up
- Ensure required health and safety boards, plans, procedures, and documentation are established for new projects
- Lead or oversee investigations involving incidents, injuries, property damage, and near-misses
- Identify root causes, establish corrective actions, and communicate lessons learned across the organization
- Direct worker, supervisor, and subcontractor safety orientation, training, coaching, and competency initiatives
- Lead the development and review of site-specific health and safety plans for mechanical construction activities
- Ensure construction operations comply with Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act, applicable construction regulations, WSIB requirements, client standards, and company policies
- Track safety performance, identify trends, and present actionable recommendations to company leadership
- Maintain organizational qualifications and safety information within ISNetworld, Avetta, and other third-party compliance platforms
- Represent the company during client meetings, audits, project reviews, and external safety discussions
- Maintain the confidentiality of employee, financial, and organizational information
- Promote a visible, accountable, and prevention-focused safety culture throughout the business
Benefits
- Extended health and prescription drug coverage
- Dental and vision coverage
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Additional voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
