Occupational Health and Safety Officer
4 weeks ago
**At Day & Ross, you’ll go far.**
Day & Ross is one of Canada’s largest transportation companies, serving top brands across North America. We got our start hauling potatoes in 1950, and now we have a team of more than 8,000 employees, drivers and owner operators.
We believe our people are our greatest strength - and we treat them like family. For over a decade, we’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, and we have been named a Top Company for Women to Work for in Transportation every year since 2018. Our industry recognition is a testament to the family values we share with our parent company, McCain Foods Limited.
**About the Role**
Occupational Health & Safety Officer
Full-time
Brampton, ON
**Position Summary**
The Occupational Health & Safety Officeris responsible for establishing and promoting a safe, accident-free, and healthy work environment across multiple facilities. This individual is accountable for continually striving to work toward the minimization of on-the-job injuries, material handling equipment accidents, dangerous goods incidents and associated safety related costs and achieving the planned safety targets
**How You’ll Help**:
- Investigate Health and safety concerns/incidents to help terminal/maintenance teams determine the root cause and the corrective actions.
- Communicate with terminal/maintenance teams and joint health & safety committees concerning internal health and safety audits. Assist in creating action items and follow up to confirm resolutions.
- Inspect the workplace for potential hazards, identify potential hazards, assess the risks and report potential hazards.
- Grow the safety culture and drive the Day & Ross Key Elements of Safety Program (KES): key areas include; lockout tag out, slip trip and falls, job hazard analysis, WHMIS, TDG, management involvement and support, employee involvement, Failure analysis and Feedback
- Complete Key Elements of Safety audits across multiple terminals.
- Work with Provincial Rebate Programs to qualify for Provincial Safety Program Rebates.
- Develop safe practices in accordance with legislated regulations.
- Develop and review safety policies and procedures in accordance with legislated regulations.
- Provide assistance to managers/supervisors to ensure there is documented training, and all employees are aware of and understand workplace hazards and safety practices.
- Work to assist the terminal/maintenance teams in providing safety training.
- Create internal Day & Ross safety training in accordance with legislated regulations.
- Assist Federal Labor Officers with investigation/inspections and maintain good relations.
- Enable and assist terminal/maintenance teams to complete the Day & Ross safety orientation of all new employees.
- Assist terminal/maintenance teams to have agency staff receive safety orientation, and verify and document their training.
- Use the Day & Ross risk assessment process to evaluate high-risk activities within our terminals.
- Provide guidance on Dangerous Goods spills within the terminals.
- Provide assistance and guidance to the Joint Health & Safety Committees.
- Work with terminal/maintenance teams to establish goals based on incident trends to reduce/eliminate recordable and first aid incidents.
- Create lessons learned to assist the terminal/maintenance teams communicate the corrective actions identified to reduce/eliminate recordable incidents.
- Maintain and update emergency response plans and procedures.
**Your Skills and Experience**:
- Minimum of secondary education, with preference of post-secondary education (general stream), or a combination of education and experience.
- Previous Transportation or operational experience is preferred, various roles within transportation would be beneficial
- Minimum three (3) years of health and safety experience
- Communication skills - advanced
- Computer skills - accuracy, MS products, TruckMate, web based programs
- Knowledge related to legal / safe operation of commercial equipment as to local laws and federal compliance standards.
- Demonstrated customer relationship skills
- Knowledge of Transportation of Dangerous goods Regulations
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Effective written and communications skills
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
- Strong conflict resolution skills
- Able to work deadlines in high transactional environment
- Presentation skills, and working knowledge of adult learning principles
- Ability to champion business needs in a collaborative manner to colleagues
- Results focused
- English, other languages an asset
- Able to work with little supervision
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- **As a federally regulated employer, Day & Ross fully supports the principles of employment equity and encourages all qualified members of the designated groups to apply.**_
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
**Benefits**:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health
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