Environmental Health

**Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator**

Reports To

Manager of Environmental Health & Safety

Location

Sysco Vancouver

Type

FT Salary

Closing Date

August 28, 2025

Salary Range

$45,916 - $95,475

**Company Overview**

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 57,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2024 that ended July 2, 2024, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD.

Sysco, one of Canada’s Best Employers 2024, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?

**Role**:
This role will be responsible for supporting Sysco Canada’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) programs to ensure compliance with relevant provincial and federal regulations and coordinating various EHS administrative functions to achieve EHS objectives.

**Role Responsibilities**:
**EHS Compliance & Risk Management**
- Assists regional and site management in executing and maintaining EHS programs and plans.
- Conducts facility inspections to identify and address potential safety hazards, collaborating with site teams to implement corrective actions.
- Maintains accurate records for safety programs, including training logs, reports, and inspections.
- Advocates for a zero-incident safety culture and drive continuous improvement in health and safety performance.
- Supports the execution of Sysco’s Emergency Preparedness Plan, ensuring compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Assists in reporting of EHS Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

**Incident Investigation & Regulatory Compliance**
- Participates in incident investigations, including vehicle collisions and workplace injuries, assisting in root cause analysis and corrective action development.
- Serves as a liaison with regulatory agencies (OSHA, DOT, EPA, and state/local regulators) in the EHS Lead’s absence.
- Assists in implementing Sysco’s annual EHS training plan.
- Educates and enforces company EHS policies and procedures consistently.

**Training & Employee Engagement**
- Conducts new hire orientation training and other safety programs as assigned by the EHS Lead.
- Delivers EHS training for employees and supervisors to ensure compliance with company policies and regulations.
- Provides training to supervisors and management on root cause analysis and incident prevention strategies.
- Engages colleagues in safe work practices and ensures adherence to established safety procedures.
- Performs observations and coaching for high-risk colleagues to reinforce safe behaviors.
- Fosters a proactive safety culture, promoting awareness and accountability across all levels of the organization.

**Leadership & Communication**
- Builds and maintains strong interdepartmental relationships to support safety initiatives.
- Applies problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills to enhance workplace safety programs.
- Demonstrates leadership and professionalism, acting as a key driver of change in EHS initiatives.
- Maintains open communication with colleagues, monitor morale, and provide feedback to leadership as needed.

**Other**
- Complies with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
- Is willing to work safely with mínimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their supervisor.
- Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements (About you)**:

- Two or more years with direct hands-on safety experience in a warehousing, manufacturing, or transportation operation.
- Two or more years experience with occupational safety preferred.
- Associate degree and/or a minimum two years of safety experience with OSHA certifications.
- Has attai