Occupational Health and Safety Officer

VersaCold is a food-first supply chain company with one of North America’s largest cold chain networks. We're dedicated to ensuring the safety, quality and freshness of the food families eat. With 65 years of experience, we collaborate as entrusted partners to maintain cold chain integrity and deliver customized solutions to complex business challenges. The foundation of our culture is based upon The VersaCold Way demonstrating our commitment to health and safety, integrity, innovation, performance and collaboration.

We are a growing organization and currently looking for a passionate and motivated Safety Specialistto join our winning team.

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Supports the monitoring of Safety Programs and works along with the OHS Corporate Team.

This includes duties such as:

- Provide day-to-day support on all Occupational Health and Safety issues.
- Provide expertise, guidance, assistance, and development in areas of Occupational health and safety such as safe work practices, policies, procedures, training as required.
- Identify safety improvements including follow up actions to ensure implementation of identified corrective actions.

This role will support OHS projects as needed, while providing a range of administrative support and assistance essential to the functioning of the Occupational Health and Safety Team.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Ensure compliance with Occupational Health and Safety standards, laws and regulations.
- Evaluate, assess and implement Occupational Health and Safety practices, policies, processes and tools as required.
- Monitor the workplace to ensure employees follow safety policies and/or procedures.
- Continuously monitor the workplace for hazardous safety and health conditions.
- Complete safety observations.
- Monitor incident metrics.
- Assess engineering controls, administrative controls, and PPE on an on-going basis.
- Ensure OHS hazards are corrected, eliminated or guarded.
- Coordinate and perform safety audits and prepare corrective action plans.
- Recommend solutions to issues, improvement opportunities or new prevention measures.
- Participate in accident/incident investigations and corrective action implementation process. Analyze and evaluate accident/incident reports. Support claims management (CNESST) and ensure early and safe return to work for injured employees.
- Prepare and conduct OHS safety related training for employees.
- Organize and attend workplace health and safety meetings and activities.
- Ensure the continuity of the first aid program.
- All other related tasks.

**KEY REQUIREMENTS**
- A minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in a health and safety role in logistics and transportation or other related field.
- Experience in CNESST case management (claims management).
- Degree, diploma or certificate program in occupational health and safety related field or equivalent.
- Knowledge of Quebec laws, regulations processes and procedures. Knowledge of applicable HSE regulations, codes, practices and standards.
- Prioritizes work flow to ensure deadlines are met in a fast-paced environment. Adapts to shifting priorities.
- Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
- Ability to work effectively in a team.
- Ability to multi-task in a multi-office/location organization.
- Bilingual. Fluent in French and English, oral and written.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office. Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lachine, QC H8T 2M8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Language**:

- French (preferred)

Work Location: In person