Health, Safety and Wellness Supervisor

Reporting to the General Manager of Corporate Services, the Health, Safety and Wellness Supervisor provides subject matter expertise, technical leadership, and guidance to support the organizational health and safety culture. Responsible for promoting, coordinating, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive health and safety management system. Responsibilities include educating and coaching all levels of the organization, program evaluation and enhancement to ensure the achievement of results, employee engagement and compliance with legislation. This position provides supervision and leadership to the Health and Safety Technician, and oversight to contracted support required for safety-related projects and initiatives.

Position Responsibilities

Health and Safety Program Management

• Develops and implements the systems and programs for the County Health, Safety and Wellness Programs.
• Evaluates the health and safety program and delivery to align with organizational objectives, ensuring the achievement of results, employee engagement, and compliance with legislative requirements.
• Coordinates and completes program enhancements and updates as required.
• Develops, updates and implements supporting policies and procedures and recommends approval to the Senior Leadership Team.
• In consultation with Management, develops training programs and plans and evaluates the effectiveness of each.
• Supports the programs by leading by example, identifying hazards, providing training and monitoring the use and compliance of required PPE for all staff.
• Develops policies and procedures for contractor management and ensures compliance with County directives.
• Oversees the Safety Management Software to ensure the end-user experience is optimized.
• Provides continuous review and coordinates updates of all safety related documentation to ensure proper use, relevancy, and value to the organization.
• Oversees all wellness programs and initiatives.
• In collaboration with the Health and Safety Technician, sources and arranges for the 3rd party delivery of training programs as required.
• Oversees and ensures the operations of the Health and Safety Committee. Actively participates in the committee as a subject matter expert.
• Oversees the driver’s abstract review on an annual basis. Notifies supervisors of any County staff not meeting the County requirements.

Health and Safety Audit and Action Planning

Leadership

Incident Investigations and Worksite Inspections

Financial and Reporting

Other

Qualification, Knowledge, Skill & Ability Requirements

Education / Skills

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Work is conducted mostly in an office environment. Site work and work site visits are required. Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals. Site visits, investigation and inspections may require climbing stairs, ladders, kneeling, visual acuity, crawling, entering close spaces, in ground trenches, etc.

Salary and Application

The salary range is $98,858 to $122,584 per year. Yellowhead County offers a competitive benefit package.

This competition will remain open until suitable candidate is found. At this time, we will only be contacting applicants who have been selected to move forward in the recruitment process. If you are selected, you will be contacted by Human Resources.

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