EHS Specialist

The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist will lead and manage the Northern Ontario Region's risk management and liability control initiatives. This role focuses on implementing and maintaining comprehensive safety systems, ensuring compliance with regulations, and minimizing operational risks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and monitor controlled substance screening processes, distribution, recordkeeping, and coordination of results.
• File and control invoices received from agencies, companies, and associated claims.
• Coordinate Certificates of Insurance through a Broker.
• Review accidents and workers' compensation PO check requests.
• Request and review new hire Motor Vehicle Reports and coordinate annual company-wide reviews.
• Generate wage statements for insurance carriers.
• Coordinate quarterly updates of NTA rosters.
• Assist as needed with workers' compensation audits (annually).
• Communicate with employees, managers, and insurance carriers regarding WC claims.
• Responsible for the administration and monitoring of workers' compensation claims.
• Maintain a working knowledge of safety theory, regulations, and Company policy.
• Review the record-keeping process and branch compliance folders.
• Assist in generating monthly DOT and safety subject matter and annual themes.
• Conduct random audits in each division.
• Transportation Issues.
• Conduct observations from various perspectives, including landfill, in-cab, pre/post-trip, and randomly conduct blind observations.
• Develop new ways to monitor and conduct new-hire driver training.
• Conform to all applicable federal, state/provincial, and local laws, regulations, ordinances, and other orders, and to all Company policies, procedures, and directives from supervisors.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required or requested by management.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess a valid state driver's license.
• A combination of education and/or experience.
• Ability to effectively communicate with managers and employees.
• Ability to write and understand reports and correspondence.
• Ability to acquire and apply knowledge necessary to solve safety-related problems.

Physical/Mental Demands:

• Ability to stand, sit, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, talk, and hear.
• Visual Requirements: include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Possess the ability to occasionally lift/move up to 25 pounds.

Working Conditions:

• Work in an indoor office environment 90% of the time.
• Work in front of a computer terminal for the majority of the day.
• Noise level is usually low to moderate.
• Travel on occasion and/or as needed to accomplish assigned duties of the job.

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