Health & Safety Coordinator

Roles & Responsibilities

• Advise and support health and safety initiatives (policies, programs, procedures)
• Perform weekly facility inspections in conjunction with the Operations teams to ensure regulatory compliance and to identify potential hazards
• Evaluate and prepare written report on workplace inspections
• Evaluate the organization’s work practices in an effort to reduce or eliminate hazards
• Develop risk assessments on various machines, provide most feasible recommendation to Operations
• Lead incident investigations and provide support for all other incidents
• Follow-up on open action items, legislative requirements, and support the implementation of corrective actions
• Assist with development of safe operating procedures and best practices
• Manage compensation claims and support completion of Form 7’s, and oversee return to work process
• Lost time - Ensure the necessary process is completed (i.e. offering immediate modified duties) in order to eliminate the risk of a lost time
• Facilitate employee onboarding
• Monitor training compliance
• Create and assist with implementation of Health & Safety tracking processes
• Provide H&S Manager with H&S updates, documentation on a daily, weekly and monthly basis - a weekly agenda and status of the items is provided
• Monitors and assesses the quality of incident information and conformance to objectives and standards
• Completion of HSIP objectives in compliance with targeted deadlines
• Support and monitor HSIP objectives for the Operation teams
• Assess, support and create a positive health, safety culture throughout all business units
• Facilitate and support hazard identification and analysis of hazardous work activities and corrective action planning and implementation
• Lead and provide support to Joint Health & Safety Committees by monitoring committee activities, status of committee issues to identify and respond to information and learning needs
• Research health and safety best practice, new legislation and trends and maintain an up to date knowledge of health and safety and approved codes of practice so that the services provided are continually improved
• COR - Ensure facilities maintain their COR audit and prepare the London facility for COR certification; assist in conducting an internal audit for Kitchener, complete corrective actions, gather documentation and support in external audit
• Develop and review the need for updating of H&S related procedures, practices with the support of Business Unit Leaders and H&S H&S Manager
• Ensures all H&S related incidents and their respective corrective actions are tracked, monitored and completed in a timely fashion
• Ensure the on-going compliance of safety as per OHS Act and Regulation 851 and best practices within the assigned Business Unit

Qualifications and Requirements

• 1-3 years related experience in manufacturing safety;
• Understanding of current Occupational Health and Safety Legislation and Regulations;
• Must be able to work independently
• Advise and support health and safety initiatives (policies, programs, procedures)

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kitchener, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)