Health and safety Jobs in Kirkland Lake, ON

Company Overview

Our client is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality food and confectionery products, with operations in 40 countries worldwide.

Job Summary

Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing programs to ensure workplace safety, regulatory compliance, and environmental sustainability. This role drives continuous improvement, reduces risks, and fosters a culture of safety through training, audits, and collaboration with leadership and employees.

Title - Safety Health and Environment Manager

Location – Brantford, ON

Advantages

Benefits :

Dental care

Disability insurance

Extended health care

Life insurance

On-site parking

Paid time off

Vision care

Schedule :

• 8-hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Job Types : Full-time, Permanent

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities

• Designs, maintains and leads the implementation of the local safety and environmental management systems.
• Leads SHE incident management and drives management of CAPA relating to documented risks and or incident follow up.
• Conducts SHE meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action, and implement follow up assessments.
• Provides site employees, contractors and visitors with guidance on health and safety and confirm project site complies with, industry, local, state / provincial, and national guidelines and regulations.
• Collaborates with management to develop an Emergency Action Plan and serve as primary contact for site SHE incident notification, investigation and case management.
• Integrating occupational health and safety imperatives with business decision-making and risk management.
• Advising on engineering and maintenance practices to drive improvement of safe systems of working.
• Drive positive SHE culture through but not limited to : embedding the 10 LSP's, 1-2-5 principle, Gemba safety talks and training, and putting Safety first demonstrated by consistent management behaviors.
• Ensure compliance is regularly audited and performance assessed and use the results to drive further improvement.
• Responsible for monitoring and measurement of SHE variables - SHE Scorecard.

Qualifications

• Master degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent industrial experience.
• Qualifications required by local regulatory authorities
• Project Management skills.
• Internal auditor or ISO auditor qualification a plus.
• Experience of Lean / TPM tools and ways of working a plus.
• Understand the requirements of relevant standard such as ISO 14001; ISO 45001 or OSHSAS 18001.
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in a factory-based role : Safety, Health or Environment role, Operations, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement or Quality.
• Experience with SHE management systems and risk management.
• Experience with influencing behavioral change in a team / department.

Summary

If you are a motivated and experienced environmental professional looking for a new challenge, please apply for this exciting opportunity.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary / gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.