Canadian Safety Director

Come join a team where People make the difference! As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

The Canadian Safety Director is responsible for leading the company EH&S program across the Canadian region.

Railserve, Canada

Come join a team where People make the difference! As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

The Canadian Safety Director is responsible for leading the company EH&S program across the Canadian region.

This position works with government, regulatory and corporate bodies to ensure Canadian compliance. It protects Railserve Canada’s reputation and opportunities for growth through maintenance of an excellent safety record and standing with recognized boards.

It protects Railserve’s current contracts by reinforcing a proven safety culture, establishes necessary policies to protect workers and using data to identify trends and opportunities to drive improvements.

Finally, as a member of the Leadership team, sets safety strategy to support the Canadian Strategy and works with the leadership team to establish objectives and tactical items to deliver.

The Canadian Safety Director is responsible for leading the company EH&S program across the Canadian region.

This position works with government, regulatory and corporate bodies to ensure Canadian compliance. It protects Railserve Canada’s reputation and opportunities for growth through maintenance of an excellent safety record and standing with recognized boards.

It protects Railserve’s current contracts by reinforcing a proven safety culture, establishes necessary policies to protect workers and using data to identify trends and opportunities to drive improvements.

Finally, as a member of the Leadership team, sets safety strategy to support the Canadian Strategy and works with the leadership team to establish objectives and tactical items to deliver.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

Strategic Objectives

• Establishes 3-5 year Canadian safety goals, in conjunction with Leadership team and Canadian Strategy
• Designs and implements strategies to guide and deliver on goals
• Craft annual objectives and tactical plans in line with overall safety goals and strategies .
• Directs activities of regional support members
• Conduct regular analysis of statistical information, distributing relevant performance measurement reports

Ensure Canadian Operations meet Government, Regulatory and Corporate compliance :

Monitors the company’s safety standards and program effectiveness in accordance with Federal / Provincial regulations (i.

e., OH&S, IROR / CROR etc.) as applicable.

• Maintains oversight and management of the Railserve Federal Safety Management System requirements
• Interfaces with Transport Canada & Alberta Transportation for any program or audit requirements
• Leads the Certificate of Recognition program for Railserve Canada
• Ensures Canadian content in ISNetworld is accurate by providing support to the corporate safety coordinator

Safety Culture :

• Stay current on industry best practices and champion the design and implementation within Railserve Canada
• Design and coordinate Canada Wide safety events and communication in line with strategic objectives
• Data based safety management : Conduct regular analysis of safety related stats / information to identify trends and design programs to reduce trends

Injury Management

Develop and monitor policies and procedures to ensure proactive injury management and monitoring

Operational Support

• Participates as a member of the start up team for new operations in the Canadian region by integrating EHS requirements throughout all phases of the process
• Engages in the RFP process with the operations and sales & marketing team
• Available to work days, evenings and weekends as needed

QUALIFICATIONS :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required, preferred or recommended.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE :

• Five to ten years related experience in a safety position; or equivalent combination of education and experience in a rail environment.
• 2 year safety related certificate or higher from an accredited educational institution
• Preferred : 5+ years in Transportation industry
• Preferred : 3+ years in Oil / Gas or Chemical production plan

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES :

• Demonstrated experience in Root Cause Investigation and Causal investigation
• Excellent knowledge of OSHA standards and Canadian Federal and provincial safety legislation.
• Solid knowledge of potentially hazardous materials or practices in the workplace.
• Familiarity with writing health and safety policies and procedures.
• Proficiency in conducting data analysis and reporting statistics.
• Working knowledge of safety management software, EH&S
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Possesses strong leadership skills and ability to implement positive change.
• Provide a positive leadership example by demonstrating safe behaviors and encouraging those behavior in others

LANGUAGE SKILLS :

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legislation, governmental regulations and technical procedures. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

REASONING ABILITY :

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS :

• Safety certification or degree from an accredited educational institution
• CRSP designation preferred but not required

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law .

About Us

With more than 100 autonomous manufacturing and service businesses, Marmon Holdings, Inc. may be the biggest company you’ve never heard of.

Part of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Marmon is a global industrial organization comprising 11 diverse groups with 20,000-plus employees and $10 billion in annual revenue.

As leaders in every industry we serve, Marmon companies have earned a great degree of independence. And our people thrive on an entrepreneurial spirit.

At the same time, our group structure gives every Marmon company access to the expertise of other Marmon companies serving the same or related markets and customers all with the support of the entire Marmon organization.

Working together, we become something more than the sum of our parts. We become the most reliable solution provider for a broad range of industries and customers worldwide.

In every case, Marmon’s success is due to our people. People with talent, drive and high ethical standards. People who are following their passions and building their careers across Marmon.

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