Health and Safety Coordinator

**Sun GRO Horticulture is the leading supplier of superior quality peat moss, peat-based and bark-based Horticultural Growing Products to North American professional and retail markets. **Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you
- Implement safe working techniques and reinforce the safety policies, guidelines and procedures as set out by FPM Peat Moss and all regulatory agencies. Provide daily guidance and direction in EHS programs.
- Team player able to build and maintain relationships, communicate and function well within his/her peer group. Must have excellent communication skills throughout all levels of the organization.
- Actively coaches peers, salaried and hourly employees on expected and acceptable safety behaviors and activities on the shop floor to improve and attain a goal of zero incidents.
- Provide advice, assist, and audit line management to ensure that EH&S policies and procedures are implemented and working as intended.
- Anticipates, identifies, evaluates and works to implement solutions to hazardous conditions and practices.
- Responsible for investigations of possible losses; evaluating the risk in such loss exposure; developing and implementing a plan to correct or prevent a loss and audit the plan to ensure its effectiveness. Focal point for Corporate H&S, Environmental, and Loss Prevention Audits.
- Responsible for preparing and maintaining all plant environmental and regulator records. Ensuring that reports are completed on time and ready for the Plant Manager’s review and signature.
- Monitors key performance indicators complies reports of HSE performance
- Responsible for ensuring that the Plant Manager is immediately informed of any regulatory compliance issues with the Plant.
- Communicates observations, non-compliance and risks to stakeholders, and provides and implements corrective and preventive measures to ensure compliance.
- Conducts new hire safety on-boarding for new employees.
- Maintain working relationships with Regulatory Agencies, to include participation in industry specified organization.
- Collaborates with peer group to ensure facility monthly safety inspections are being completed on time. Makes recommendations to remedy noted deficiencies.
- Maintain metrics in accordance with company requirements.

Skills and Abilities
- Sound, comprehensive knowledge of occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations
- Detailed understanding of general industry standards and knowledge of basic health and safety concepts such as hazard & risk assessment, behavior-based safety, machine / equipment safety etc.
- The ability to organize the workload and manage multiple tasks effectively
- Superior analytical skills with the ability to identify problems, resolve issues, mitigate risks, and initiate continuous improvements initiatives
- Possess the ability to handle multiple priorities and a wide variety of tasks to meet deadlines, all with a sense of urgency
- Demonstrated leadership and management capabilities with the ability to make decisions under pressure in an environment of rapid change

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $25.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Vassar, MB R0A 2J0: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- occupational safety: 1 year (preferred)

Expected start date: 2023-01-23