Health & Safety Specialist (Temporary, 12 Months)

3 weeks ago


Guelph, Canada The City of Guelph Full time

About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary:
**Your role**:

- Works with established team of Health and Safety Specialists to assist in the development and implementation of corporate health, safety programs, policies, and strategies to assure the fostering of a healthy workplace, strong safety culture and ongoing compliance with applicable employee health and safety legislation/directives and guidelines
- Monitors, reviews, interprets, and summarizes legislative requirements regarding health and safety/compliance; recommends and develops strategies and solutions and assists with implementing resulting infrastructure and operational changes and upgrades
- Assist with the management of short
- and long-term disability and worker’s compensation claims from the onset of disability, ensuring appropriate supporting documentation is maintained through the full cycle of the claim relating to claim adjudication decisions, medical information, physical and cognitive abilities, position requirements and early and safe return to work
- Solicits, coordinates, and consolidates staff and peer input on legislative and regulation changes
- Liaises with regulatory or government officials to ensure all related supporting documentation is accurate and regulatory response deadlines are met
- Develops, administers, and reports on safety audits to promote legislative compliance and due diligence
- Consolidates, analyzes, and summarizes health and safety/compliance data for management, operations, inspections, and reports; produces required presentations and reports
- Assists in the development and delivery of related management, technical, and administrative training
- Assists with maintenance of tracking system, and development of standard operating procedures
- Coordinates health and safety/compliance training and records management with site employees and Human Resources to ensure that all records are maintained, current, and readily accessible
- Assists with the completion of Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and updates, identifies training gaps, and works with the Human Resources department to reconcile with corporate training scheduling and records
- Develops and recommends proactive strategies and cost-effective alternatives to deal with emerging health and safety trends
- Investigates and determines contributing factors for all accidents and/or incidents, including workplace violence, and recommends prevention or corrective strategies to reduce the likelihood of recurrence
- Monitors all health and safety policies and procedures to assist supervisors in ensuring staff compliance
- Develops and updates orientation packages and requirements for contractors working on site, temporary staff, and alternate site uses i.e., research/tours
- Maintains and updates all health and safety related documentation including SDS
- Implements and coordinates departmental specific programs related to health and safety and/or compliance
- Participates on departmental Joint Health and Safety Committees as a resource
- Performs other duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:

- Excellent customer service skills with the ability to resolve inquiries/complaints in an effective manner
- analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments to meet deadlines in a very demanding service focused environment
- Excellent communications skills (both oral and written) with the ability to influence and communicate with all levels of staff, stakeholders, and the public
- Excellent facilitation skills to conduct training and workshops
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- A team player with excellent conflict resolution and leadership skills
- Ability to analyze and investigate problems, identify alternatives, and make recommendations in order to implement procedures and policies
- Thorough practical knowledge and experience with Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act, Workplace Safety and Insurance Act and other related regulations

In keeping with our corporate value of Wellness,
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- he City of Guelph recognizes the many benefits of hybrid work arrangements including flexibility and better work-life balance for our employees. Where the



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