Health & Safety Manager
1 day ago
About Homestead Land Holdings Limited
Founded in Kingston in 1954, Homestead Land Holdings Limited has grown to become one of Canada’s largest and most respected owners of multi-residential apartment buildings. The founding principles of the company are still in place today, which are to provide residents with affordable, secure housing with a standard of care in which we would treat our own family members.
Position Summary
As a Health and Safety Manager at Homestead, you will play a key role in developing, implementing, and managing companywide health and safety programs and initiatives. You will supervise a safety team and work closely with both management and employees to promote a culture of safety and compliance throughout our organization. This position also provides health and safety oversight of our construction and restoration division. Key responsibilities include compliance, coordination of training, administration and reporting, incident prevention and investigation, and communication of health and safety material to employees. You will have the opportunity to develop and implement various initiatives that are critically important to the Health and Safety Program, which will involve collaboration with other departments (and department heads) across Homestead. This position is based out of our Burlington office with periodic travel to our other branches (London, Toronto, Kingston and Ottawa).
**Responsibilities**:
The Health and Safety Manager will supervise a team of two Health and Safety Administrators and collaborate with them in the following areas:
- Compliance with the OHSA in both industrial and construction regulations, including regular review of our H&S Manual.
- H&S reporting (monthly, quarterly, yearly) to senior management.
- Safety projects to continuously improve our health and safety program.
- Incident investigation and prevention including recommending corrective action/ additional controls.
- Collaborate with the Return-to-Work team on mitigating lost-time and early/ safe return to work.
- Safety communication including weekly and monthly safety talks for multiple departments.
- Conduct/ create training programs such as our annual safety refresher.
- Monitor training programs to ensure adequate documentation and accurate tracking.
- External contractor documentation collection, review and compliance.
- Safety audits including construction projects.
- Liaison with MOL Inspectors and other governing bodies.
- Other responsibilities as required.
**Requirements**:
- Post-secondary Bachelor's degree or diploma.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience with safety as your primary responsibility.
- Construction safety experience is preferred.
- Safety designations such as CRSP, NHSA, NCSO are considered assets.
- Additional certifications such as First Aid Instructor, Certified JHSC Member (construction), and Working at Heights, Suspended Equipment Access - User, etc. are considered assets.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.
- Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication including presentation skills.
- Strong computer skills, particularly in Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work independently and effectively lead a team.
- Must possess a valid driver's license and own a reliable vehicle for work purposes.
- Must be willing to travel on a regular basis for day trips, and periodically overnight.
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