Health & Safety Consultant

**Health and Safety Site Consultant**

**Why Join the Safety First Team?**

Safety First is full of passionate, dedicated consultants who are skilled at what they do, and are driven to contribute to our vision and values**:keeping workplaces safe, compliant, and ensuring we contribute to the goal of reducing and eliminating workplace accidents**. Our consultants are given flexibility and autonomy in their job as they provide safety advice, field support, recommendations, solutions and documentation to our many valued clients. Safety First is a rapidly growing company, with room for growth and career development. At Safety First, our workers are valued and supported to provide the best service in the safety industry.

**ROLE**

Reporting to the H&S Field Manager, the Health and Safety Consultant is responsible for assisting clients across the GTHA with managing their health and safety programs and onsite activity.

**DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Advise clients (management, supervisors, and workers) on compliance with OHSA & regulations, and regulatory bodies
- Conduct site health & safety inspections for low-rise, high-rise construction projects and industrial facilities
- Enforce OHSA, regulations, and employer-specific safety requirements
- Develop, coordinate, and conduct training presentations related to H&S compliance (e.g. spill responses, fire safety training, workplace violence and harassment, H&S programs)
- Ensure health and safety compliance for constructors, trades, and subcontractors
- Develop and conduct health and safety orientation for workers, trades and subcontractors
- Develop and present safety talks with workers on various health and safety topics
- Develop and distribute safety memos and alerts, when required
- Assist clients with coordination and completion of Joint Health & Safety Committees and Worker Trades Committees
- Create customized traffic control plans in accordance with Construction Regulation 213/91, municipal requirements, and MTO Book 7
- Advise on and develop site-specific safe work procedures and job hazard analysis for high-risk tasks
- Complete full investigations and follow up implementation of corrective actions for various types of incidents (near misses, medical injuries, critical injuries)
- Liaison with Ministry of Labour representatives during site visits
- Ensure timely compliance with Ministry of Labour orders
- Development of standard and custom H&S policies and guidelines
- Full implementation and maintenance of health & safety management systems (including COR) on construction projects

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**
- **Minimum 3-5 years’ experience **in construction and industrial health and safety is required
- **Minimum 2 years’ experience **within consulting or related discipline
- **Diploma** in Occupational Health and Safety **preferred**:

- Highly knowledgeable of the Ontario _Occupational Health and Safety Act_, Construction Regulation 213/91, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 851: Industrial Establishments
- **NCSO, CRSP, CRST designation(s)** is an asset or working towards
- Knowledge of COR elements, ISO 45001

**We seek individuals who are**:

- Critical thinkers with the ability to be client-focused
- Excellent time management and organizational skills. Must be able to work autonomously and manage schedule for the week, while being flexible for on-call client requests, emergencies, and tight deadlines.
- Confident in fast-paced work environment and able to work autonomously with proven results
- A collaborative team player that will develop and build internal and external relationships
- Bring a robust enthusiasm for workplace safety with strong abilities to educate their client base
- Self-disciplined individual with an ability to work in an ever-changing environment
- Able to handle client bases of all sizes, as well as high-scale projects
- Able to track and review subcontractor H&S submissions for completion and accuracy (SWPs, JHAs, daily task hazard analysis, hot work permits) where required
- Comfortable spending long periods in a construction environment of standing and walking through active job sites
- Effective communicators that can interact with on site staff, visitors, subcontractors, trades, clients and vendors
- Attentive to detail and accuracy
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong presenter

The successful applicant must have a valid Ontario G license or equivalent, with a clean driving record.

Starting **salary **commensurate with experience and education.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interview will be contacted.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $60,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company car
- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- constru