Health and Safety Coordinator

Company Description

With over 115 years of experience, EMCO Corporation is a leading national wholesale distributor of plumbing, HVAC, waterworks, and industrial products to the construction industry. We provide quality and cutting-edge products that help support residential, commercial and infrastructure initiatives across Canada.

At EMCO Corporation, we are committed to providing sustainable solutions to our customers and communities in which we live and serve. Our talented and passionate team members are the key to our success. We empower our team members to act like owners and make a difference within our business through striving for innovation and providing excellence in customer service.

We offer a fun, fast-paced and dynamic workplace. We work as a team, share core values, and support each other’s growth and development. As our teammate, you will have the opportunity to continually develop your skills through ongoing training, have the opportunity to be innovative and try new things, and work alongside passionate colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are a team of enthusiastic individuals who are dedicated to meeting and exceeding the needs of the customers we serve.

**Job Description**:
The Health and Safety Coordinator, reporting to the National Health & Safety Leader, is invested in the creation of a world-class Health, Safety, and Wellness (HS&W) culture, which supports the overarching vision of “No One at Emco Gets Hurt.” The coordinator will be responsible to assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive range of HS&W initiatives to meet the goals and legal obligations of Emco Corporation. These functions include, but may not be limited to, program development, safety assessments and inspections, evaluation of Profit Centre (PC) safety programs, environmental safety, and policy development and implementation, Health and Safety (H&S) incident management and investigations, and H&S data governance. The Health and Safety Coordinator works closely with management and teammates to provide guidance in all matters related to HS&W.

**Responsibilities**:
**H&S Incident Tracking, Reporting and Follow-up**
- Lead the process of tracking and reporting H&S incidents from inception to completion. This includes reconciling the status between internal incident records and third party WCB board records, ensuring timely follow-up and communication of incident status
- Coordinate with Emco’s third party WCB claims management team (Windley Ely), the Payroll and Benefits team administrators and PC Managers (PCMs) as needed throughout the life of active WCB claims
- Conduct post-incident investigations when needed including interviews with injured teammates to effectively track root causes and corrective actions
- Process WCB invoices, statements, payroll assessments, and payments as required by each jurisdiction

**HS&W Policy Maintenance and Support of Strategic Priorities**
- Support the National Health and Safety Leader regarding key priorities including:

- Write, publish, and communicate policies, supplements, job aids and best practices that support sustainable safe workplaces.
- Provide tailored recommendations for annual regional priorities including supporting annual health, safety and wellness forecast reviews
- Facilitate regular regional HS&W meetings that provide a platform to communicate new requirements, review performance, highlight trends, develop action plans, and review progress
- Assist in the research, interpretation, and implementation of applicable Occupational Health and Safety legislation
- Facilitate the development and publishing of Safe Work Procedures (SWP) by reviewing PC SWP submissions, recommending required changes, communicating finalized SWP to PCs during Regional and National calls to ensure implementation at PCs

**HS&W Data Governance and Analytics**
- Ensure HS&W resources available on Emco’s intranet (OneEmco) are regularly reviewed and updated as required.
- Track and maintain WCB rate performance, claims cost data, and clearance certificates
- Support PC and Regional teammates with H&S data requests
- Track, analyze and communicate data analytics and performance trends relative to expectations for all HS&W metrics
- Coordinate with the Internal Audit team and the National Health and Safety Leader to identify data trends, inconsistencies and/or anomalies that require further investigation

**Training and Learning Management Support**
- Take a leading role in the creation, publication, evaluation, and regular review of HS&W resources and training materials for PCMs and teammates
- Support requests and inquiries regarding Risk Management training requirements and troubleshooting. Coordinate with HRIS and/or Training Support teams when necessary

**Product Recall Communication**
- Lead the product recall data review and communication process to ensure PCs and customers are made aware of recall notices, and expecta