Health and Safety Coordinator

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in the administration and maintenance of the organization’s safety programs to ensure compliance with all new and existing health and safety legislation

• Assist in requirements to maintain Company ISO Certification

• Attend JHSC meetings, record meeting minutes.

• Promote a positive safety culture.

• Assist in the tracking, maintaining, organizing and coordinating Employee training including safety orientation to new Employees.

• Develop skills in presentations, orientations, site inspections and accident/injury reports

• Assist with the administrative function for the department by ensuring all site safety reports, tool box talks, and other associated documentation is reviewed, organized, properly completed and filed

• Periodically travel to various site locations to conduct inspections on jobsites, PPE, conduct safety audits and initiate corrections.

• Assist with assembling job safety boards

• Develop skills to proactively identify and prevent hazardous situations and take necessary measures to correct them

• Coordinate and maintain company safety equipment; identify new safety equipment/supplies

• Prepares correspondence, reports, forms, and specialized documents; proofreads materials for accuracy, completeness, compliance, formatting, and grammar.

• Participate in training required to pursue NCSO

• Perform other duties as assigned to meet business unit and corporate objectives.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in a related OHS discipline

• Must have a valid driver’s license.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Effective working knowledge of applicable safety legislation

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

• Ability to be flexible and work in a fast-paced environment

• Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills

• Confidence managing potentially difficult situations regarding site safety

• Strong interpersonal skills

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Periodic travel to and working on project sites as required.

• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.

• Overtime as required.

• Lifting or moving up to 25lbs may be required.