Health and Safety Coordinator

**Job Description - Health and Safety Coordinator**

**Overview**

Health and Safety Coordinator is accountable for Health & Safety and training throughout our organization and will be responsible for strategic and technical planning, organizing, directing, implementing, administering, and evaluating of all aspects of Safety and Training programs.

**Company**

CORTINA Kitchens is a privately-owned Canadian Company providing a full service, design, and fabrication solution and production of high quality kitchens, vanities and furnishings in the marketplace. Over the last 35 years, we have recognized the importance of hiring and developing an experienced group of designers, craftsmen, finishers, service and installation teams, thus making the company one of the leaders within the manufacturing industry.

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Provide professional knowledge and expertise in the leadership and coordination of all occupational health, safety, and loss prevention programs to ensure the safety and wellbeing of employees and the protection of company property.
- Represent the company in all matters involving the Workers Compensation and with government enforcement and industry agencies and associates to ensure that company interests are protected.
- Represent the company as required on various committees and special task force groups in the occupational health and safety training arena.
- Fostering and supporting an effective and proactive safety culture of internal responsibility that focuses on incident prevention, regulatory compliance and accountability for employee health and safety at all levels.
- Managing and supporting the return to work, Accommodation and Modified Duties process with the HR Team.
- Work with department and company leadership to determine exiting training gaps and make amendments to ensure proper training is delivered to all staff.
- Document corporate and job-related training and research and identify opportunities for improvements.
- Develop and deliver ongoing compliance documentation and training to meet all requirements of provincial and federal regulators, including Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Environment.
- Design new learning experiences and resources for both instructor-led training and eLearning courses and ensure effective hand-offs to trainers for instructor-led sessions.
- Coordinate and track participant enrolment, progress, completion of training and post training supports; maintains up-to-date training record.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience managing Canadian federal and provincial health and safety programs, preferably in a manufacturing environment
- Formal H&S certification or education, demonstrated, recent working knowledge of OSHA
- Experience is setting up and formally administrating Joint Health and Safety Committees and Emergency Response Teams.
- Previous experience successfully managing return to work program, accident investigations, workplace inspections and job hazard analysis required.
- Strong communication and leadership skills including fluency in English, and excellent computer skills in MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.
- Experience in assessing incident/accident investigations to identify root causes, trends, prevention strategies.

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

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
We take the safety of our employees, vendors and customers very seriously and as such are taking all necessary precautions and following all protocols related to workplace safety including Covid 19 precautions.

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Greater Toronto Area, ON L4L 8L6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you possess experience in a manufacturing environment?

**Experience**:

- Environmental & Occupational Health & Safety Occupations: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person