Health & Safety Specialist

Job title: Health & Safety Specialist

Job description: Robert Half has partnered with a dynamic and forward-thinking organization committed to maintaining the highest standards of health and safety for their employees. We are currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Health and Safety Specialist to join our team. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and maintenance of our Health & Safety program. This is a hybrid role, offering the opportunity to work from home in addition to 30% travel to company locations including warehouses, office spaces etc.

As a Health and Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for:

– Providing leadership and integration of the EHS management system to establish and maintain a strong safety culture.

– You will be supporting and visiting locations across Ontario ( majority in the GTA)

– Monitoring trends in leading and lagging indicators, reporting performance to business leaders, and communicating findings effectively.

– Educating, consulting, and influencing management on unique safety requirements impacting their decisions, operations, systems, and procedures.

– Working closely with various levels of leadership to implement and maintain the EHS program, ensuring compliance and continuous improvement.

– Evaluating, analyzing, and providing suggestions for the improvement of work processes, equipment, productivity, and cost containment.

– Partnering with stakeholders for incident investigations, workplace violence, and harassment investigations, ensuring accurate root cause analysis and corrective actions.

– Supporting the return-to-work program and Environment, Health and Safety audit process.

– Acting as a liaison between operations and regulatory bodies, ensuring compliance with Canadian OHS legislation.

– Developing best practice guidelines and providing advice and consulting support to Managers and employees on HSE related matters.

– Contributing to the development and testing of emergency plans and supporting the implementation of required Health and Safety training for managers, employees, and contractors.

Qualifications:

– Bachelor’s degree in Health – 5-7 years of progressive Health – In-depth knowledge of Canadian OHS legislation.

– Ability to travel 30% as required for the role.

– Completion of or working toward the CRSP designation is preferred.

What we offer:

– Excellent work life balance ( hybrid work model and a 37.5 hour work week)

– Salary to be based on experience $90,000 – $120,000

– Annual bonus

– Profit Share

– Excellent Health and Dental plan

– RSP and Pension plan

– 4 weeks vacation

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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