Health and Safety Coordinator

**Position Overview**

Reporting to the General Manager / Regional Health & Safety Manager, the Health & Safety Coordinator helps support the development, administration, and implementation of company wide occupational health and safety programs. The Health & Safety Coordinator provides
- coaching, expertise, information, solutions, and training, across the company. The Health & Safety Coordinator aligns health and safety issues with company wide long and short term strategic planning. The Health and Safety Coordinator will have a direct hands-on approach and will act as a resource to front line project managers and supervisors.

This position provides guidance to Operations on key health and safety policies and procedures, implementing industry best practices, and internal corporate safety system, as well as, legal and regulatory requirements on job sites. The Safety Coordinator plays an
- integral role in supporting program maintenance and sustainability through activities such as workplace inspections, audits, and report preparation, and on-site coaching and training. The work assignments can involve monitoring incident reports, incident investigations, managing injury claims, modified duties proposals for workers, and return to work plans. It also includes informing site supervisors and management of incidents and assigning corrective and preventive actions, and following up on those actions to ensure completion. Excellent record keeping, attention to details, and communication skills are key competencies of this position.

**Job Duties**
- Manage and maintain all safety training, upkeep of matrix, update **Belfor**’s safety data tracking system; with new hires, damage incidents, injuries, training, and respirator fit testing
- Assist in the planning and start-up of new projects with respect to Health and Safety, prepare site safety plans; conduct work site
- safety audits
- Develop and enforce Health and Safety regulations and safe working practices, while ensuring current compliance with Occupational Health and Safety legislation and Acts
- Ensure all company-wide Health and Safety directives, policies and procedures are followed by **Belfor **employees, clients and subcontractors
- Manage WCB claims; ensure administration, reporting requirements, injury management and return to work programs are followed
- Act as the primary OH&S contact and liaison for all project teams, complete regular site visits and safety audits
- Responsible for driving success in accident prevention through the implementation of company-wide programs to promote and
- improve Health and Safety; provide and maintain accurate statistical data, reports and analysis to management, identifying injury trends and recommend initiatives to reduce incidents and improve prevention initiatives
- Manage and prepare reports based on all safety documentation, hazard assessments and toolbox talks
- Facilitate and participate in incident / accident investigations and risk assessments as required; develop corrective actions and
- follow up action items to ensure compliance
- Perform site inspections and recommend corrective actions
- Participate in Health and Safety Committee activities; ensuring regular quarterly meetings and inspections take place, follow up action is being carried out, and that required memberships and certification requirements are met
- In collaboration with the recruiter, assist with health safety orientations of all new hires; providing set up of employees PPE, WHMIS, Asbestos Awareness training, and respirator fit testing, etc
- Manages relationships with key clients, including both internal and external stakeholders on safety-related matters
- Maintain certificate of recognition status (COR), perform internal and external annual audits as required
- Perform all associated administrative duties, as well as, attend training and conferences in an effort to remain compliant and current with legislation as required
- Provide excellent customer service
- Work under time constraints to meet specific timelines
- Ensure attention to detail and keen sense of safeguarding other people’s property and information
- Will practice good housekeeping at all times to ensure a safe and non-cluttered worksite
- Comply with all **Belfor** policies and procedures, as well as legislative requirements
- Attend all **Belfor** sponsored training courses

**Responsibilities**
- **Human Resources**: Maintain employee confidentiality and performance management by coaching leading, mentoring and motivating employees
- **Safety**: Verify all **Belfor** documents are completed accurately; maintaining employee records and compliance; ensuring compliance
- of all employees and subcontractors with local laws and
- **Belfor** policy at all
- **Belfor **locations and job sites
- **Accountability**: Ability to identify measures of performance and actions needed to improve or correct performance, ensuring accuracy and documentation
- **Communication**: