EHS Leader

We are looking for an EHS Leader to join our team in FreshPoint Vancouver.

As a member of the site senior leadership team, the EHS Leader is responsible for ensuring compliance with Sysco's vision for Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) commitments, goals, and approaches by implementing Sysco's EHS program.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of and EHS management system.
- Perform regulatory and best practice-driven hazard/ risk assessments and develop action plans to drive improvement.
- Develop and present site-specific training programs to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Conduct internal site audits, develop reports, and maintain records.
- Support external audits and progression of corrective action compliance.
- Assist in the development of standardized safety systems, polices, training, safety campaigns and programs to prevent injury and ensure compliance with Federal, Provincial and municipal laws.
- Align with Sysco Corporation to implement the corporate EHS strategy.
- Design safety methods to motivate and influence the creation of a world class safety culture
- Implement standardized, actionable safety metrics and communication protocol to leadership teams to drive safety improvement.
- Maintain awareness of potential pending and current legislation that may impact safety standards, programs, and initiatives.
- Actively drives performance and urgently strives to strategically solve problems and follow projects through to completion, integrated and balanced with the big-picture strategy.
- Monitor and communicate regulatory changes to the organization, recommending changes to result in compliance and provide technical support when needed.
- Ensure accident prevention/abatement through detailed injury and accident reporting, loss analysis & trending and investigation compliance.
- Work with Provincial regulatory officials to resolve any compliance or practice violations.
- Provide support to customers by ensuring contractor safety, and conducting on-site job hazard assessments.
- Responsible for compliance with all Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) comprising Sysco’s Food Safety Program, specific for the assigned role.
- Assist Food Safety Program Manager in ensuring compliance to Sysco’s Food Safety Program that leads to compliance with third party certification and customer requirements.
- 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.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree is strongly required for this position with major course work in EHS, Risk Management or a closely related field
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation
- The National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO) and other professionally recognized certifications in the safety, risk management related field are highly desirable
- 5+ years of EHS program management experience
- Strong knowledge of applicable Environmental and Health and Safety regulatory requirements.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of business management including supervision; assigning, evaluating, and modifying work functions and processes of executing programs; content and formatting of reports, and presentations

Location: 3500 Viking Way, Richmond, BC V6V 1N6. This position is 100% on-site.

Work Hours: Monday to Friday (8:30am - 5pm)

What We Offer:

- Employee benefits including extended health and dental after 3 months waiting period
- Company matching Group Pension Plan after 3 months waiting period
- Paid time off including 2 weeks' vacation time, 5 sick days, 2 personal days and more
- Career development opportunities
- Referral Bonus Program

FPC1

Pay: $68,322.00-$126,778.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Richmond, BC V6V 1N6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- This position is required to be on-site 100%. Do you meet this role requirement?

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Canadian Registered Safety Professional designation (required)

Work Location: In person