Health & Safety Manager

Ozz Electric is looking for a H&S Manager to join our Ontario Location

Position Summary

The Health and Safety Manager (HSM) will report directly to the Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer. The Health and Safety Manager will have a direct report in the position of a Health and Safety Coordinator. The HSM is responsible for the management all health and safety initiatives and projects. The HSM will be responsible for fostering health and safety awareness within the organization, ensuring corporate compliance with legislation, maintain employee trainings and certifications, conducting internal audits and inspections, providing statistical reports to senior management and consistently working towards maintaining and fostering a safe working environment and positive representation of the Health and Safety department. The HSM will be responsible for building relationships and providing support with employees and management in both the field and office operations. Organizational objectives, initiatives and projects will be driven from OZZ corporate offices in Ontario. The HSM will be responsible for BC and a small operation Washington.

Role and Responsibilities

• Primarily focused on Health and Safety initiatives as related to office and site employees. Responsible for the initiation, development and implementation of health and safety awareness through programs, systems, committees and engagement activities.
• Leading member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee through maintaining up to date knowledge of all legislation, ensuring committee meetings and consistently organized.
• Maintain and develop the health and safety program through continuous improvement.
• Perform workplace incident investigations, manage WCB claims and completed the necessary paperwork for clients, compensation board and ministry.
• Determine preventive strategies for incidents and proactively to improve the health and safety culture
• Handle employee personnel escalations independently while working in tandem with Site Supervision,
• Involved in WCB claims including completion of paperwork, issuing and monitoring modified duties, creating and administrating safe return to work programs for injured workers and focusing on implementing safe working procedures following outlined policies and procedures utilizing assistance of internal and third-party resources
• Complete safety training for onboarding and orientation of new employees ensuring completion of training programs and associated administration
• Promotes constructive work relationships through effective communication with all employees providing an accurate and positive representation of the Health and Safety department and outlined policies and procedures
• Provides leadership, guidance and technical support to all company operations regarding specific issues relating to health and safety programs and practices
• Conducts safety evaluations of project sites using documentation and standardized processes
• Ensures that sub-contractors adhere to required safety standards as per policy and procedures
• Assesses risks and trends in the workplace and implements corrective measures to reduce risks
• Provides in-house health and safety training with employees which includes employee orientation and various employee specific training and maintaining compliance with up-to-date legislation
• Identifies investigates, reports, and provides guidance relative to root causes for incidents, employee safety programs and regulatory compliance pertaining to health and safety
• Conduct field visits, inspections, and audit of construction job sites
• Advises on a wide range of specialist areas (regulations, fall protection, occupational health, hazardous substances, client on-line training programs)
• Enters data from various sources to maintain and update databases and spreadsheets
• Ensures data integrity by verifying inputs and calculations with an eye to detail
• Perform additional related duties in accordance with job responsibilities and department objectives as required

Skills and Qualifications

• Post Secondary education and/or certification in Health & Safety or Human Resources
• Experience in construction and/or industrial services
• Experience in a COR certified environment is considered an asset
• Knowledge of CVOR practices, inspection and regulations is considered an asset
• Understanding and knowledge of all Federal, Provincial Employment Standards, Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Human Rights Code, WCB, etc.,

Key Competencies

• Strong ability to prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and handle large workloads
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Strong analytical, time management and organizational skills
• Ability to generate reports and coordinate administration
• Proven success in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter who proactively takes initiatives on tasks and is willing to learn
• Strong conflict resolution skills with the ability to navigate well in ambiguity
• Proficient understanding/knowledge and use of Word/Excel and Business-related operations software
• Ability to process raw data/information from multiple sources and make decisions based on this data
• Ability to think critically and problem solve, excellent organizational skills and good judgment in making decisions
• Ability to work in a team environment or to work independently with strong self-management.
• Ability to travel to job sites in BC, and occasionally to Redwood, WA.