Health and Safety Manager

**What We Offer**:Comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan and paid vacation. We also offer competitive pay and bonus program. We have our own UCS university and we will train you to equip you for success. We are a dynamic company and provide fast growing careers for great people. We have multiple locations, hire from within, and have the option for mobility.

The Health and Safety Manager provides leadership, guidance, and expertise to business units with respect to the development and implementation of health & safety strategies, standards, policies and related processes, legislative requirements, and in the use of the Health & Safety Management System (HSMS). The incumbent provides support, tools, and information necessary to heighten awareness of line management and field personnel to relevant health and safety matters, along with providing the necessary expertise and guidance to address health and safety concerns and issues, where required, to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses.

**You will be responsible for**:
**Safety Leadership**
- Work closely with our Chief Human Resources Officer to ensure implementation and continuous improvement of safety, health and loss control processes and systems within the assigned regional areas.
- Participate in the effective development, delivery and implementation of health & safety policies, programs and communications that support the implementation of the Health, Safety and Environment Improvement Plan (HSE-IP) across the business units within scope.

**Safety Programs**
- The Health and Safety Manager is responsible for the development, implementation and direction of the facility’s Occupational Health and Safety Program and will continually strive to support the company’s goals to provide and safe and healthy workplace to all employees.
- Assist unit management in the development and implementation of the H&S Improvement Plan objectives, identifying improvement areas and developing associated action plans.
- Determine through needs-analysis the requirements and priorities for safe work processes in maintenance and operational functions with a focus on high-risk tasks.
- Support site management to facilitate the early and safe return to work for employees who are injured or become ill at work.

**Safety Performance**
- Provide analysis and interpretation of health and safety metrics and key performance indicators.
- Provide H&S statistical information and key indicators in a meaningful format for business units and management teams to support effective decision-making.
- Works to ensure compliance with all applicable legislation and fulfillment of contractual environmental, health and safety requirements.

**Training and Coaching**
- Provide on-going coaching to management teams on their responsibilities with respect to applicable legislative and corporate health & safety requirements and provide assistance to develop solutions to achieve compliance to those requirements.
- Develop and deliver health & safety training modules and programs reflective of applicable legislative requirements and corporate health & safety policies, procedures, and practices.
- Facilitate various training programs including, but not limited to, orientation, mobile equipment, crane, material handling, workplace specific hazardous material information systems, as well as several others as required.

**Investigations**
- Facilitate and participate in incident/accident investigations and risk assessments.
- Develop corrective actions and follow up on actions to ensure compliance and root-cause analyses are completed according to incident type and risk.
- Assertively manage post-incident matters including incident reporting, post incident action items, Worker’s Compensation claims and Early and Safe Return to Work initiatives.

**Audits**
- Assist units in preparation for periodic health & safety audits, monitor status of actions to address audit recommendations to ensure actions are completed on time, and provide assistance to identify and remove barriers to completion.
- Participate and lead periodic group health & safety audits to assess diverse business units’ level of implementation of LH HSMS.
- Identify best practices that could support ECAN health and safety evolution.

**Safety Systems**
- Actively work to develop or identify systems, programs, and training needs, and ensure these solutions are implemented and aligned with HSMS requirements.
- Participate and assist in the development and sourcing of new health & safety products ensuring product effectiveness, consistency, and financial prudence.

**Skills and Requirements**:

- Associate Degree or Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety is required.
- Professional Designation such as Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Registered Occupational Hygienist (ROH), or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) is considered an asset.
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