Health and Safety Leader

Position Overview At Garibaldi, we are dedicated to ensuring all our employees and visitors have a safe and healthy work environment.

This position and incumbent are our safety champion promoting a strong culture of health and safety. The incumbent is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling all health and safety activities including document revision and control, safety training, claims management, facilitating and participating as the chair of the JOSH and Operations Safety management committee meetings.

The incumbent is responsible for ensuring our program complies with all internal and external regulations and legislation.

Key Responsibilities Health and Safety Culture Seek to continuously improve the company’s safety culture through communication, new practices, and innovation.

Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to carry out hazard analyses and develop operational safety best practices.

Consult, coach, train and counsel line managers on various safety issues such as compliance, hazard and risk assessments, and development of procedures and controls.

Safety communication champion to create an engaging and positive safety outlook. Acts as a change agent in support of continuous improvement.

Health and Safety Program Management Maintain OHS Program and ensure it is updated with new information and changes in regulations.

Prepare and present monthly safety metrics (as per established company KPI’s) Communicate to management how initiatives are being received and how effective they are.

Develop and manage an effective a root cause analysis program as part of an overall Corrective Action Program for both actual safety incidents as well as near misses including incident assessment, capturing, and effectively communicating incident - learnings, and ensuring proper follow up of action plans together with management.

Respond to and / or advise managers, supervisors, and team members in work refusal, emergency, or serious injury situations involving exposures or serious accidents.

Collaborate with Production Leadership and staff to adhere to and improve the health and safety program and policies. Meet with each member of the Engineering Team and the Maintenance Team Leader on a bi-weekly basis to understand what they are working on for the next 30 60 90 days and help them to create an action plan to ensure that all safety items are identified and addressed.

Meet bi-weekly with the Plant Leadership to share ongoing or trending data and understand the issues that they are having and help to address them.

Co-chair monthly JOSH committee meetings and Safety management meetings, maintaining all necessary records and documentation associated with committees.

Investigate concerns and suggestions brought forward by team members, or managers, and liaise with management and / or HR on issues as required.

Provide, carry out and train on how to carry out risk assessments as needed. Study and interpret OHS legislation, regulations, and industry best practices.

Coordinate and deliver safety training courses and testing or arrange for external training. Coordinate JOSH committee member training, team member training, hearing tests, fire alarm testing Working with the Purchasing department, ensure that our inventory of chemical products and substances complies with current WHMIS regulations.

Organize an action plan after audits / inspections conducted by various external bodies, including the company’s customers, WorkSafe BC, Fire Dept.

etc. Managing first aid program including management of files of first aid treatments, administering database, and maintaining first aid supplies and inventory.

Evaluate and monitor health and safety hazards and recommend strategies to control risks in the workplace. Health and Safety Compliance Ensure that the company is always compliant with all relevant regulations and legislation.

Enforcement of the company’s OHS Program, and all other safety related policies, procedures, and instructions, across all job functions and duties, including team members, managers, contractors, and visitors.

Take the lead in all COR audits to ensure compliance and successful outcome. Follow up action plans for internal departments, such as Maintenance, Operations, Production, etc.

Comply with Company Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) policies for all areas and be responsible for safekeeping of all PPE provided by the company.

General Other duties and projects as assigned. Qualifications (Education, Experience, Training) Certificate or Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent related education 5+ years’ experience in a safety-related position within the manufacturing industry CRSP designation or in process of achieving or willingness to achieve the designation.

Required Knowledge, Skill and Abilities Solid understanding and knowledge of OHS regulations in BC and Canada, including WorkSafe BC Regulations and the Worker’s Compensation Act A passion for safety and creating a safe work environment.

Project Management Change Management Training and Development across the organization. The ability to work in a dynamic and high pressure, multi-shift work environment.

Strong organization skills Demonstrated ability to facilitate meetings effectively. Demonstrated ability to teach adult learners.

A solid understanding of accident causation and prevention Competency at carrying out audits is an asset. Excellent written and oral English communication skills to effectively communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization and external service providers.

Critical Success Factors Build a strong, knowledgeable JOSH Committee to achieve company safety goals. The OHS Program Manual reflects our safety commitment and procedures and complies with or exceeds regulations.

Our safety training program ensures all staff received training at the appropriate time. Safety documentation is well organized, thorough, and complete.

Garibaldi has a clear and strong safety culture. Working Conditions This position works half the time in an office environment and the other within our manufacturing facility.

Standard Office : Comfortable indoor area. Comfortable environment with exposure to some dust, dirt or other conditions which might produce mild discomfort.

Frequent, short periods when it is necessary to pay close attention to the monitoring of sight and sounds. Moderate mental demands due to one or more conditions which are present in the job.

There may be noticeable pressure from simultaneous priorities and deadlines. Manufacturing Plant : Temperature controlled indoor area.

Comfortable environment with exposure to some dust, dirt or other conditions which might produce mild discomfort. Safety sensitive environment with mobile equipment and overhead cranes Physically demanding job requiring one to stand for extended periods of time.

Most departments have a requirement to lift up to 50lbs. throughout shift. Compensation is $70,000-$85,000 depending on experience.

Quantitative Dimensions This role does not have direct reports; however, runs the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee and Safety Management Committee This role works with all levels of the organization.

This job description is not an employment contract, and the management of Garibaldi Glass Industries Inc. reserves the right to alter the job description at any time without notice. Powered by JazzHR