Health and Safety Coach

**Job Details**

**What you will do**

You will ensure safety culture through constant interaction on the plant floor with employees, supervisors, and management. This will include assisting with hazard identification and the development of safe work procedures, identifying, developing, and delivering safety training supplements, and providing day-to-day guidance and advice.

You will provide health and safety solutions to managers, supervisors, and employees for all shop activities, recommend strategic direction and implement plans based on recent safety audit results, and ensure that policies and programs meet legislated requirements.

**How you will do it**
- Take responsibility for any necessary action to maintain overall safe practices and procedures, including the cessation of an unsafe operating procedure.
- Liaise with production to ensure all manufacturing activities are conducted according to company Health and Safety policies and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety regulations.
- Conduct safety inspections to ensure all equipment and buildings owned or operated by the company comply with safety and fire regulations and any other provincial or federal regulations.
- Enhance, maintain, and present safety procedures and policies for existing employees and visitors as required.
- Provide necessary training, leadership, organization, PPE allocation, and control to meet the company’s goal of zero accidents.
- Investigate accidents thoroughly and effectively, and then respond appropriately as required, including assisting with liability determination and causation, resolution of open claims, communicating to, training, and following up with supervisors and employees, and recommending and implementing corrective action plans where applicable.
- Coordinate health and safety supplies by ensuring appropriate supplies are identified and purchased in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Monitor safety performance of each worker and administer corrective discipline for safety violations where applicable.
- Monitor and measure effectiveness of all safety programs and documentation required as part of compliance with National Safety Code.
- Work closely with the joint health and safety committee and all levels of management to ensure safety and compliance is observed at all levels.
- Work closely with the Global Health and Safety Manager to develop manuals, policies, and procedures for training and safe work practices to be implemented.
- Conduct effective job hazard and ergonomics analysis of the workplace and for all work centers, including capturing photos of non-compliances.
- File request for accident evaluations, ensuring unpreventable accidents are recorded as such wherever applicable.
- Perform all duties in accordance with Silent-Aire Limited Partnership safety program standards and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations, and Code.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**What we look for**

**Required**:

- Bachelor’s degree or Occupational Health and Safety certificate or equivalent
- Ability to build and maintain lasting relationships with employees, other departments, supervisors, and external stakeholders through effective communication skills
- Experience with accident investigation, workplace inspection, and job hazard analysis
- Diplomatic, with strong morals and ethics, and a commitment to health and safety
- Understanding of current legislation, Codes of Practice and other safe work practice requirements and recommendations
- Knowledge of current employment law and safety regulations
- Experience in the gathering and compilation of data, and preparation of reports
- Ability to identify developmental needs of employees and to provide coaching, mentoring, and other help
- Attention to detail in all areas of work
- Able to work well under pressure and meet set deadlines
- Presentation, written, and verbal skills
- Computer literacy, including effective working skills of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Industrial plant environment - on shop floor at least 80% of time
- Rotational shiftwork - various shifts available

**Preferred**:
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