Senior Manager, Health & Safety

Change Connect • Toronto, ON

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our client is not looking for another consultant. They are looking for the person who defines what the organization stands for. This is a founding-level role for someone who has built their career around a singular conviction: that workplace safety saves lives, and that the organizations who take it seriously operate better in every dimension. If you are that person — a practitioner, a thought leader, an educator, and an advocate — this is the role built for you. In this role, you will be the intellectual and professional anchor of the consulting and training practices. You will set the standard for how our client shows up in the field, in the boardroom, and in the broader occupational health and safety community across Canada.

Requirements

• Senior occupational health and safety professional who has outgrown purely technical roles and is ready to lead — not just deliver.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in OHS consulting, advisory, or senior in-house safety leadership
• Professional designation: CRSP, CHSC, or equivalent (required)
• Deep knowledge of Canadian OHS legislation, CSA standards, COR frameworks, and regulatory environments
• Post-secondary education required
• Proven track record leading high-stakes engagements: Ministry of Labour inspections, WSIB matters, incident investigations, enterprise audits
• Demonstrated experience as a compelling trainer and public speaker
• Experience building, mentoring, and leading teams of safety professionals
• Comfort operating at the executive and board level with customers
• Credibility earned in the field — you have done the work, not just advised on it
• Ability to learn new technologies and use them to enhance training, compliance and operational performance

Nice To Haves

• COR auditor, ISO 45001 auditor accreditation
• Specialization in OHS, EHS, engineering, or a related field
• Experience supporting customers in construction, industrial, transportation, utilities, or other higher-risk sectors.
• Experienced and competent workplace trainer capable of delivering engaging health and safety programs to diverse audiences.
• Familiarity with safety management systems, COR-related requirements, contractor safety programs, and field-based compliance expectations.
• Comfort working in both strategic advisory settings and practical on-site environments.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and coordinate a team of health and safety professionals, consultants and instructors.
• Experience contributing to business growth through relationship management, proposal support, or account development is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and updating occupational health and safety programs to maintain regulatory compliance.
• Experience developing training materials, consulting deliverables, policies, procedures, or compliance documentation aligned with legislative and industry standards.
• Experience supporting the development of compliant workplace training programs or eLearning content is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the client's intellectual position on workplace health and safety — what they believe, what they advocate for, and where they are taking customers.
• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and industry shifts and translate them into clear firm positions, updated programs, and proactive customer guidance.
• Identify the emerging issues in H&S before they become headlines — and make sure the client is already the voice in the room.
• Serve as the senior-most technical authority on all consulting engagements — audits, program development, incident investigations, compliance reviews, and strategic safety advisory engagements.
• Set the standard for how all consulting work is scoped, delivered, and quality-assured.
• Lead complex, high-stakes customer engagements directly — particularly those involving regulatory scrutiny, Ministry of Labour matters, WSIB, or enterprise-level safety transformation.
• Build and mentor a team of consultants and trainers, establishing a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Serve as the senior curriculum architect — ensuring all training programs are technically accurate, legislatively current, pedagogically effective, and procedurally consistent.
• Personally deliver keynote and flagship training programs to customers and industry audiences.
• Oversee quality assurance for all instructors, including evaluations, performance conversations, and development plans.
• Identify and develop new training offerings that extend the client's reach into new sectors and customer needs.
• Partner with leadership on business development — lending credibility to proposals, leading discovery conversations with senior customer stakeholders, and supporting account expansion.
• Develop scalable, premium consulting and training offerings that strengthen the client's competitive positioning.
• Build the kind of long-term customer relationships where the client is the first call — not one of several vendors.

Benefits

• This is an opportunity to join a growing Canadian OHS training and consulting firm at an exciting stage of its evolution. The Senior Manager, Health & Safety will play a meaningful role in expanding the consulting capability, deepening customer partnerships, and helping build a more integrated approach to workplace safety, compliance, and training across Canada.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree