Health and Safety Manager

HEAlth and safety manager

In conjunction with the GM, develops strategies and programs to maintain compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and achieve World Class safety. Accountable for stewarding implementation of safety management systems and programs to achieve and maintain zero recordable injuries.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Identify, assess (i.e., measure) and communicate conformance with regulatory and corporate safety expectations.
• Identify safety-training requirements and facilitate development and implementation of safety training programs. Will also deliver certain safety programs to employees.
• Develop and implement systems and metrics (leading and lagging) to track and communicate safety performance.
• Develop and steward implementation of strategic safety improvement initiatives to achieve world-class safety culture
• Complete requisite regulatory and corporate recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
• Develop strategy to ensure safety is included in operating rhythm (pre-shift meetings, daily management meetings, down-day planning, project planning, etc.)
• Facilitate identification of safety requirements for physical and procedural changes in operations.
• Provide objective feedback to other members of the management team regarding their safety behaviors and the safety behaviors of their subordinates.
• Coach individuals (at all levels) to improve safety behavior and performance.
• Develop opportunities and facilitate tracking of employee engagement in safety/safety improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate incident investigation and identification of corrective actions.
• Identify and implement opportunities for improved value and lower costs with respect to safety equipment and supplies.
• Interpret/analyze and report safety KPIs for use by the management team.
• Assess and report on contractor performance.
• Maintain Occupational Health programs (incl. medical surveillance requirements) in conformance with regulatory expectations.
• Ensure integrity, identify improvement opportunities in routine risk identification, and control programs (e.g., pre-task risk assessment, development of safe work procedures, etc.)
• Develop and monitor quality and consistency of incident investigation and reporting process.

Qualifications:

• Post-Secondary Education in a safety discipline with manufacturing experience OR 5 years of manufacturing management experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience
• Managerial/Supervisory experience (Preferably in Safety)
• Experience facilitating and delivering training programs
• Thorough knowledge of Safety concepts and application
• Leadership — ability to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction
• Engaging others — ability to set and achieve goals through others
• Innovation — demonstrates creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems

• Knowledge of best practices, principles and methods to achieve a sustained, safe manufacturing environment.
• Leading and setting the example with safety.
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships and maintain them over time.
• Analyze data to make informed decisions.