Health and Safety Specialist

**Employee Health & Safety**:

- Develops, in consultation with the Director of Safety, policies, procedures, and practices regarding health and safety for the companies
- Implement and maintain a safety system that meets COR requirements
- Monitors adherence to the company safety program by all employees and subcontractors
- Provides advice, guidance, and coaching to health and safety committee, managers, supervisors, team leads, and staff on a variety of safety issues especially those related to occupational safety policies and practices, issues, and decisions related to COR and other regulatory requirements
- Supports managers, supervisors in the effective implementation of COR safety strategies, policies, and processes
- Lead First Aid attendants toward increasing the level of safety within the work environment
- Support the development and implementation of Safety Toolbox meetings
- Provide guidance to field personnel via safety briefings
- Provides human resources support and input for special projects or corporate initiatives related to the health and safety of employees
- Communicates policies and other relevant information in order to keep managers and staff up to date and well-informed regarding health and safety issues
- Ensure the timely completion of accident/injury investigations; direct and renew the analysis of accident and injury data, identifying the need for new or modified occupational safety programs. Ensure actions identified are followed through on
- Work with Team Leads and Managers in accomplishing job sites safety compliance inspections including hazard analysis, safe work procedures, written reports, and recommendations
- Coordinate inspections, investigations, and occupational safety activities with department. Ensure safety requirements, identified in inspections, are completed

**Attendance & Disability**:

- Implements attendance and disability management policies, processes, and practices that encourage employee return to work, meet current legislative requirements, and decrease the company’s liability exposure i.e. return-to-work/stay-at-work programs
- Coordinate and manage claims with WCB, managers, health professionals, and employees
- Provides advice, guidance, and coaching to health and safety committee, managers supervisors, team leads, and staff on attendance and disability issues
- Tracks, monitors, records, and communicates results to objectives

**Employee Training**:

- Coordinate education and program maintenance requirements for WHMIS, Fall Protection, Personal Protection Equipment, CPR/First Aid, industry specific related issues
- Coordinate and facilitate safety orientation and safety training for new and existing employees
- Recommend training options for completion of mandatory training requirements
- Maintain employee training records as per COR and regulatory requirements
- Facilitate team safety presentations on the shop floor
- Write safety procedures and job aids

**Qualifications and Education Requirements**:

- Completed Safety training or certification (OHS degree, diploma, or certificate) with at least 3 years of experience in a related field
- Strong working knowledge of Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health regulations, safety standards (CSA, ISO, ANSI), and Occupational Safety Programs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- At least 1 year of supervisory or management experience
- Intermediate or Advanced First Aid Certification is an asset
- CRSP, CSP, CMIOSH designations are preferred

**Job Demands**
- Up to knowledge of Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Acts and Regulations including Duty to Accommodate, Employment Equity Act, Human Rights Legislation, and Workers’ Compensation Board
- Knowledge of current best practice health and safety policies, processes, and practices
- Takes initiative to improve health and safety practices and processes
- Ability to drive results but also possesses the ability to lead supervisors, team lead, and employees to buy into new safety initiatives and approaches
- Working knowledge of company operations, structure, and positions in order to integrate understanding into health and safety planning and initiatives

**Physical Demands**
- Always required to speak and comprehend English. Fluency in Vietnamese, Punjabi, or Thai is an asset
- Always required to sit, stand, or walk
- Always required to see with or without corrective lenses
- Always required to utilize fine motor coordination in hands and arms
- Occasionally required to lift up to 10 pounds, occasionally required to lift up to 20 pounds
- Occasionally required to balance, stoop, or crouch
- Regularly required to climb stairs

**Work Environment**
- Always required to act professionally
- Occasionally exposed to a variety of temperatures, weather conditions, and sound levels
- Occasionally exposed to hazardous conditions requiring personal protective equipment

**Cognitive Skills**
- Always required to think, evaluate, and make decis