Senior Health & Safety Advisor in Toronto

The Senior Health and Safety Coordinator ensures that other employees can complete their work safely. They set safety standards for their workplace based on legal requirements and train employees to help them understand these rules. The Health and Safety Coordinator also monitors working conditions and resolves any safety issues that may arise. They work in construction sites and workshop settings.

The Senior Health and Safety Coordinator’s key responsibilities are:

• Create and implement safety plans while ensuring that they are being followed daily.
• Conduct safety observation reports regularly.
• Coordinate HS activities alongside the progress on documents status, monthly safety inspections and compliance documentation completion.
• Attend safety walks and inspections to analyze safety risks.
• Educate employees on safety standards and expectations as well as safe operation.
• Provide recommendations for improving safety in the workplace.
• Investigate accidents that occur onsite and identify probable causes of the accident.
• Maintain documentation of the company's safety procedures, accidents, and related events.
• Act as a liaison between management and external safety agencies, such as fire and insurance personnel.
• Intervene in correcting unsafe work practices that may be going on in the project.
• Monitor employees’ and company’s adherence to safety policies and/or guidelines.
• Keep record of all safety-related issues within the organization and make sure that corrective measures are taken.
• Organize routine training on health and safety matters for the staff of the organization.
• Assist the H&S Manager during the periodical audits and associated documents preparation, as needed.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive documentation.
• Plan the health and safety program and protocols.
• Train supervisors, managers, and other leaders in the company about health and safety standards.
• Present safety training sessions to the company.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, federal, provincial, and local regulations.
• Handle risk assessments to gather information on safety issues.
• Verify that employees consistently follow safety protocols.
• Analyze health and safety data.
• Review and recommend changes to regular activities.
• Draft/formulate and administer safety policies within crews and subcontractors.
• Organize accident investigation processes.
• Work closely with the Project Managers, Superintendents, and team members to ensure correct and timely closing of the safety issues.
• Mentor junior team members.

Education And Qualifications:

• +7 years of relevant work experience in a similar role.
• Possess a bachelor’s degree in health and safety or any science related field.
• Attention to detail.
• Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work well as a team and interact with diverse groups of people.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities at the same time while meeting deadlines.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills across all levels of organization.
• Must be able to prioritize and multi-task in the face of many safety responsibilities/duties.
• Advanced Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills.

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of safety in construction industry.
• Knowledge on the process and coordinating without supervision the local safety records gathering from IHSA (COR, WSIB, WSIR, LTI, etc.).
• Knowledge on the process and capability to follow up the case with the insurance company if workers’ compensation or other type of compensation is required by the injured employee until the case is closed.
• Understanding of OSHA guidelines, COR principles, ISO 45001 requirements and other federal, provincial, and local safety regulations.
• Capability to follow up the WSIB with IHSA and collaborate with the project team in case of incident/accident involving FCC employee until the case is closed.
• Maintain accurate database and traceability of the incident/accidents and prepare periodic reports.
• Previous knowledge on organizing and leading the Joint Health & Safety Committee.
• Knowledge and skills to organize and lead safety awareness campaigns, prepare training materials, and deliver the safety trainings.
• Understanding the safety KPIs and methods to prepare the KPI reports.
• Knowledge of construction safety management.
• Possessing in-depth knowledge of general safety guidelines such as Occupational Safety and Health guidelines is a must.
• Registration as a Certified Safety Professional or similar form of licensure as a safety officer.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: FCC Canada Ltd. is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture which promotes gender equity and the recruitment of all under-represented groups in all levels of its workforce.

Please note that salaries may vary depending on the candidate’s experience and geographical location. Listed compensation is exclusive of bonus and in addition to our extensive employee benefits program. Availability of certain benefits may vary based on the specific job role. This position is in Vancouver, BC.