Occupational Health and Safety Consultant

About Us
Established in 1879 and located on the shores of Lake Ontario, Toronto, the award-winning Exhibition Place is Canada’s largest entertainment venue, hosting over 2,000 events and attracting over 5.5 million visitors a year. The 192-acre site is an integral component of Toronto and Ontario’s economy, particularly with respect to conventions, sports, festivals, recreation, culture, and tourism. Exhibition Place boasts the award-winning, LEED Gold Certified Enercare Centre, Canada’s largest exhibition and convention centre, and the Automotive Building LEED Silver conference venue. Since 2004, Exhibition Place has undertaken an environmental stewardship initiative, entitled GREENSmart, which includes the promotion of sustainable development, environmental initiatives and leading-edge green technologies and practices across the site.

We offer
a competitive salary, performance incentives, and a comprehensive rewards package. Enjoy OMERS participation
- a defined benefit pension plan, employer-paid health & dental, extended healthcare, and professional development. What can I expect to do in this role? Reporting to the Labour Relations and Health & Safety Manager, the OHS Consultant will direct all activities related to the development and delivery of the Occupational Health & Safety Program.
• Provide guidance, awareness, and proactive leadership to ensure safe and reliable operations by acting as a change leader, educator, advocate, consultant, and mentor for the safety culture of the company.
• Continuously align health and safety plans, policies, standards and programs with legislation and best practices to mitigate financial, personal risk and public perception of the Board of Directors, staff, and patrons.
• Conduct annual review of OH&S Program policies and update policies / procedures / forms as required to reflect changes to applicable legislation, best practices, etc.
• Monitoring of health and safety developments in the industry (provincially, nationally, and inter-nationally); identification of new trends, innovations, and/or technology.
• Works closely with relevant senior leadership to coach, guide, and mentor on OHS requirements and leadership behaviors.
• Drives consistent implementation of OHS strategy, vision, programs, and initiatives across operational sectors.
• Oversee risk management, hazard assessment, task analysis, corrective actions, and monitoring effectiveness of new and existing control measures.
• Monitor needs and opportunities to improve safety management systems, education and training programs, accident prevention initiatives, industrial hygiene, engineering controls, incident investigations and injury reporting protocols.
• Ensure compliance with WSIB registration and reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety division/agency reporting requirements (e.g., critical incident reporting, etc.).
• Proactively identify, develop, and successfully implement strategic, operational, and work process’, procedures and improvement opportunities associated to benefit organization with the OH&S department in accordance with best industry practices.
• Develop, implement, and manage safety programs, policies, and procedures, in order to execute shows, exhibits and other activities that require specific safety requirements.
• Provides senior level analysis and advice to all levels of management and the Board in relation to employee safety.
• Prepare and present Board/Senior Executive reports on the overall performance of the health & safety system.
• Develop and lead the OH&S Management System.
• Provide advice, strategies and problem solving to personnel on all health and safety issues to achieve the goal of ‘no harm’.
• Coordinate training as required for updated health and safety requirements, best practices, and/or innovations.
• Review existing internal and external contractor health and safety practices and compliance with OH&S Program for legislative and up to date case law requirements.
• Oversee incident investigations to ensure that a root cause analysis results in the prevention of recurrence of same or similar events, and in program improvement.
• Participate in or lead regulatory appeals – i.e., Ministry of labour (MOL) orders, administrative penalties, and prosecutions, WSIB assessments – and in critical incident investigations where there is significant risk of loss and affecting the bottom line of the organization.
• Build positive relationships with all regulatory bodies. How do I qualify?
• University Degree or College Diploma required, preference for health and safety or building operations related education.
• Several years of experience in a related role and experience.
• Possess a valid full G Class
- Ontario driver’s license in good standing.
• Excellent English oral, written, and grammar skills.
• Advanced level skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint.
• Experience with / knowledge of environmental and occupational health and safety, Ministry of Labour (MOL), and WSIB.
• Technical knowledge of building systems (HVAC, lighting, and building automation) and operations is a plus.
• Knowledge of Industrial Hygiene methodologies, environmental monitoring, and analytical methods.
• Knowledge of change management principles – ability to drive, lead and support change at the Organizational level.
• Experience delivering OHS training and formal presentations to leadership.
• Experience with carrying out major incident investigations.
• Experience working in an OHS functional group, including implementing business-wide programs and initiatives.
• Ability to research and prepare high level reports on OHS and improvement strategies.
• Ability to influence the strategic direction of the business.
• Ability to contribute to, drive and communicate the OHS strategy and vision.
• Must be flexible to work evenings, weekends and during special events as needed to support operational requiremen Job Vacancy Status:This is an Existing Position. Application Process: All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. We carefully review every application
- including yours. We're fortunate to have many outstanding people apply to each of our positions. While we appreciate every application that comes our way, due to the high volume we receive, we're not able to follow up with each person individually. If a strong match is found between your qualifications and the needs of the role, we'll contact you. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:  Exhibition Place is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected, and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the public and the communities in which we live and serve.   Accommodation: We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Exhibition Place and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by emailing us at people&culture@explace.on.ca