Director, Corporate Health and Safety, Qualico

**Title**:Director, Corporate Health and Safety

**Location**:Qualico Regional Office - One Dr. David Friesen Drive (Sage Creek), Winnipeg

At Qualico, our people make the difference. We offer an exciting place to build your career with competitive compensation and benefit packages, company matching RRSP/DPSP program, employee home purchase program, and employee discounts.

**Job Overview**

Reporting to the Regional Vice-President, as the **Director, Corporate Health and Safety** you develop, implement, and manage a comprehensive health and safety strategy that is aligned with Qualico’s overall company objectives. You lead a team of health and safety professionals, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and promote a culture of safety across the organization.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

- Fostering a culture of safety throughout the organization, promoting awareness, engagement and understanding of applicable workplace health and safety legislation and regulations, and ensuring compliance across all business units.
- Focusing on the continuous improvement of health and safety policies, procedures and best practices.
- Managing, mentoring, and developing a team of health and safety professionals. Promoting a collaborative approach to health and safety across all regions.
- Staying current on health and safety legislation or regulations, monitoring any changes, and adjusting safety program/policies when necessary to ensure compliance.
- Monitoring and identifying opportunities to reduce, where possible, Workplace Compensation Board (WCB)-associated costs.
- Overseeing the development and delivery of health and safety training programs for both employees and contractors.
- Conducting workplace assessments, investigations, and reviews to determine compliance with safety programs, policy requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Providing regular reports to Senior Management on health and safety performance, trends, and initiatives.
- Implementing and monitoring an effective Safety Management System.
- Managing the day-to-day regional safety program in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
- A strong communicator; you clearly express your thoughts in conversation as well as write and present in a persuasive and influencing manner.
- An active listener; you seek to understand and listen to others in a non-judgmental way.
- A creative problem solver; you take evaluated risks to capitalize on opportunities and implement tough or unpopular decisions.
- A leader; you attract, retain, develop or improve the skills of others through effective coaching and guidance.
- A visionary; you see the 'big picture' and adjust work to reflect the complex network of forces at play.

**Essential Requirements**
- Degree/Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety, or equivalent.
- National Construction Safety Officer Certificate (NCSO).
- Minimum of 10 years of workplace safety management experience.
- Minimum 6 years of leadership/supervisory experience.
- Valid driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle.
- Satisfactory verification of criminal record check.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel).

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Previous experience leading health and safety teams across multiple jurisdictions is an asset.
- Previous experience working in the residential construction industry is preferred.

**What We Value**
- Creating trusting and successful working relationships.
- Setting clear, measurable and achievable goals.
- Cooperating with team members in an open, positive and respectful manner.
- Taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions and actions.
- Staying current with technical job skills.

**Work Conditions**

Primarily works in an office setting during regular business hours with travel to sites required on a frequent basis. Travel to other Regional Offices is also required. Overtime may occasionally be required.

**About Us**

Qualico is a fully integrated real estate development company with offices in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Regina, Saskatoon, Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

Since its inception in 1951, the company’s activities span the entire real estate spectrum and include residential land acquisition and development, single-family and multi-family home divisions, commercial and industrial development, property management, concrete ready mix, building supply and manufacturing divisions. To learn more, click here.

**Closing date**:February 5, 2025