Senior Manager, Health, Safety & Environment in Toronto

Job Overview

Responsible for leading and supporting health, safety, and environmental programs across multiple Give & Go locations to ensure regulatory compliance and protect employees, assets, and operations.

This role drives consistency, accountability, and a proactive safety culture across various sites, ensuring alignment with the MDLZ HSE Management System and legal requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and oversee consistent HSE programs across assigned sites with an emphasis on regulatory compliance and adherence to MDLZ HSE standards.
• Create and manage project plans related to strategic objectives set by the organization including change management activities, capital budget projects, and other HSE initiatives that may arise based on business needs.
• Manage project update dashboards and present regular updates to applicable stakeholders.
• Deliver training and coaching to HSE Managers, Specialists, and Coordinators, and other cross-functional stakeholders to build local capabilities.
• Lead and develop HSE team by providing feedback and conducting formal evaluations of direct reports to ensure having the right resource skills, competencies and expertise to meet department and agreed-upon business objectives.
• Promote a proactive safety culture through employee engagement activities, behavior-based safety initiatives, and consistent communication across assigned locations.
• Oversee reporting into Enablon, by ensuring assigned locations are entering in accurate and timely HSE data.
• Support incident investigations across assigned locations, ensuring root cause analysis and corrective actions are tracked and implemented per MDLZ Standards.
• Monitor injury trends and drive initiatives to reduce risks and improve leading and lagging KPIs.
• Maintain a regular presence on the production floor by conducting audits and inspections to assess compliance and performance.
• Participate in Mondelez HSE Cross-Assessments to become a qualified assessor of various standards.
• Drive closure to identified areas of risk following 3rd party assessments such as SMETA, GRC, IH, Machine Guarding, Waste Audits, etc.
• In conjunction with Legal, support local site teams through any required reporting to regulatory agencies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Best Practice Sharing
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Facilities, Engineering, Sanitation, and Quality to integrate HSE best practices into daily routines.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the G&G and MDLZ networks.

Recipe for Success

• Completion of a 4-year university degree in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of HSE experience in an industrial setting developing and implementing safety programs
• Minimum of 2 years’ senior level management experience within a safety related discipline
• CSP, CHMM, CRSP or CHSC certification
• Excellent leadership and critical thinking skills – capable of leading cross functional teams as a change agent to influence the safety culture and achieve project goals
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills – ability to influence all levels of the organization to achieve project goals
• Strong analytical skills including troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills effective in leading facility teams to quickly identify issues, causes and sustainable corrective actions
• Competence in facilitating the development and implementation of processes, policies and procedures to investigate and resolve non-compliant safety situations
• Strong ability to mentor and motivate staff and leaders through personal energy/approach
• Must be able to handle fast paced environment with competing priorities and demands
• Must stay current with legislation, regulations, theory, and case law related to Health & Safety and Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

Current knowledge of changes and innovations in HSE.

• Must be proficient in: LOTO and Machine guarding, contractor management, risk assessment, building infrastructure engineering standards, government regulations and applicable standards, workplace hazards, and hierarchy of controls.
• Must have excellent MS Office skills (Excel, Word, Power Point) and project management skills.
• What we can offer
• As we grow, we are committed to preserving the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people-focused and are core to our success at every size.

Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.

• Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.
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