Health and Safety Specialist

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**Company**

Wonderbrands is a leading Canadian bakery with 140 years of experience in baking packaged breads. We are the makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D’Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa. We have a network of 14 Bakery Manufacturing facilities across Canada.

**Our Program**:
Do you have a passion to innovate and a desire to challenge the status quo? We are seeking individuals interested in starting a career in an organization that offers opportunities to work in a fun, stimulating, and dynamic environment as Health & Safety Specialists.

We want to help you unleash your full potential Our Wonderbrands Next Gen Talent Program is designed for high-potential professionals, with an objective of training the next generation of leaders and developing our home-grown talent. We create safe and inclusive spaces that encourage you to be you. The result is an agile workplace, filled with Team Members that have a relentless obsession with continuous improvement and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Come join us on our journey to become the world’s great baker

**What Wonderbrands Offers**:

- We believe in Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training; Unleashing Your Potential
- Many of our team members who joined us through similar “new graduate” programs were able to accelerate their career growth and reach high levels in our organization within a few years of joining us
- Competitive Compensation, Health Benefits, & a generous flexible Medical/Health spending account
- Employer matching Pension program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun - restaurants, gyms, shopping etc.

**Primary **Responsibilities**:

- Enhance Environmental, Health and Safety awareness throughout the bakery
- Partner with the Bakery Leadership team to provide guidance and technical support on issues relative to health & safety programs, polices and initiatives
- Ensures all safety and environment incidents are thoroughly investigated for root causes and corrective or preventative actions that may be required.
- Provide motivation, training, coaching, support, inspiration and direction to a diverse work force
- Establish and sustain positive employee engagement through effective communications with all employees in order to foster an environment where innovation and cooperation are used to solve problems
- Organize and assist bakery supervision in execution of safety meetings.
- Maintain training records to ensure compliance
- Conduct Health and Safety Audits as required
- Assist in Management of Change requirements
- Conducts workplace inspections to proactively identify and control hazards; prepares required documentation and ensures follow up

**About You**:

- Post-Secondary education from an accredited institution
- CRSP Designation (Canadian Registered Safety Professional) is an asset
- Solid verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to maintain high level of self-motivation, set priorities within established guidelines and work independently
- Ability to work in an environment that values cross-functional cooperation
- Passionate and desire to work and learn about the food manufacturing industry and innovation
- Ability to work in a start-up and team-based culture, working as a team to deliver outstanding results
- Positive attitude and a results-oriented mindset
- Bright, driven and clear about your future career goals
- Roll up your sleeves mentality with a whatever it takes mindset to get the job done
- Exceptional problem solving mindset with an ability to tackle difficult problems in a logical way
- Travel to other sites in Ontario as required

**What is the recipe for a great career at Wonderbrands?**

Working at Wonderbrands, there is never a dull moment As a successful company that is continually growing there is always challenging yet rewarding work to be a part of. We have an _entrepreneurial _spirit which encourages all our team members to use their own _creativity_ and _out of the box_ thinking to come up with solutions and new ideas.

Wonderbrands, now part of the FGF Brands Group of companies, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading-edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake. We are heavily focused on embracing an entrepreneurial drive and a highly collaborative start up culture with an emphasis on cross-functional collaboration.

**Disclaimer**: The above describes the general responsibilities, required knowledge and skills. Please keep in mind that other duties may be added or this description may be amended at any time.

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