Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Are you passionate about creating safe and sustainable workplaces? Are you ready to take a pivotal role in ensuring the well-being of our workforce while upholding environmental responsibility? If so, our position as the Environmental Health and Safety Manager could be the perfect fit for you.

Duties

• Direct and support all health and safety initiatives in the North American zone
• Track performance, identify priorities, and develop strategies and programs to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
• Responsible for and ensuring that both ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 systems fully operational and effective.
• Communicate directly with Corporate office for all initiatives supported by them.
• Develop and implement environmental and safety strategies and action plans, to ensure corporate sustainable development
• Take the lead on sustainable procurement for all goods and services
• Coordinate all aspects of pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation and renewable energy
• Lead the implementation and development of environmental and safety policies and practices
• Ensure compliance with environmental and safety legislation and keep up to date with regulation and legislation (OSHA, OHSA, MOL,)
• Liaise with relevant bodies such as local authorities, public bodies and competent bodies
• Audit, analyze and report environmental and Safety performance to internal and external clients and regulatory bodies
• Carry out impact assessments to identify, assess and reduce an organization’s environmental and safety risks
• Promote and raise awareness, at all levels of an organization, of the impact of emerging environmental and safety issues
• Implement best practice in areas of corporate, ethical and social responsibility and address any issues arising
• Investigate all environmental, health and safety incidences and coordinate with all relevant parties the root cause and corrective actions.
• Coordinate public hearings and consultations on environmental matters
• Support all workplace compensation claims and return to work protocol
• Develop a training plan, track and ensure that all levels of employees are trained to maintain compliance
• Stay current on best practices, joining groups and memberships to relevant organizations
• Support negotiations of environmental service agreements, tracking associated costs and revenues
• Submit a detailed monthly report on HS & E activities
• Schedule annual hygiene testing for both plants

Studies / Experience       

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Achieved or in progress of CRSP certification
• Knowledge of ISO systems
• Knowledgeable in North American Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation (e.g. OSHA, OHSA, EPA, Ontario MOECC, etc.) and all other relevant laws and upcoming initiatives to ensure legislative requirements are met  
• 5 yrs. experience working in EH&S

Specific Skills

• Organized
• Autonomous worker
• Self-motivated
• Great Written and verbal skills and the ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Investigation skills
• Ability to motivate others

Languages       

• English

Travel Required      

• Approx. 25%
• Occasional visits to our different company locations