Health, Safety & Environment Manager

Black & McDonald

Ottawa, ON

6d ago

ABOUT THIS CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Black & McDonald’s Ottawa team is growing! If you are committed and collaborative professional looking to contribute to a hard-working, innovative team, this opportunity is for you.

This opportunity relates to construction of new infrastructure under a Joint Venture Partnership with another leading Contractor.

The HS&E Manager will be located at a project site office located Ottawa, Ontario. The position reports into Corporate HS&E functionally and to the Project Director.

Their primary focus is to oversee multiple workplaces on this Project to ensure compliance with company, client, and government policies, procedures, acts and regulations.

The HS&E Manager will ensure proper application and use of Black & McDonald Health, Safety and Environment Management System.

This position will demonstrate leadership in order to drive safety as a core value.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Provide professional Health & Safety expertise utilizing the Black & McDonald Safety Management System

Promote a management culture that recognizes the interdependence of environment, health, safety, quality and production

Provide active leadership direction and guidance to the Health & Safety departments and Black & McDonald’s management team

Effective implementation of the hazard / risk assessment process

Assist site management in leading and coaching the workforce through safety and loss control techniques

Ensure incidents are recognized, investigated, analyzed and reported in a timely / valued manner

Provide measures of loss and risk management improvement through incident-trend analyses, benchmarking and predictable forecasting of performance, relative to the annual business goals

Maintain current knowledge of legislative changes, and industry trends and practices regarding Health, Safety & Environment

Oversee and manage the Return to Work and WSIB Claims Management processes

Responsible for the staff selection, training, development and performance of the Health, Safety & Environment personnel

Coordinate Health & Safety Advisors activity and ensure that the duties, responsibilities and authority are clearly defined

Assist, advise and coach organization and staff with;

o Hazard identification and control

o Inspections

o Investigations

o Reports

o Orientations

o Training requirements

o Project Safety Plans

o Project Hazard Assessments & Environmental Assessments

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

Problem Solving and Innovation

Teamwork and Collaboration

Values and Respects Others

Coaches and Develops

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Degree or Diploma in

Health & Safety Management

The following certifications / designations are considered an asset

National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)

Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)

Construction Safety Training, First Aid & CPR & any additional safety certifications

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

5+ years of related work experience in Construction Industrial industry as a Safety Manager

5+ years’ experience working in the field as well as in a corporate setting

SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Advanced knowledge and understanding of :

A strong communicator, both in writing and spoken communications

Articulate and confident standing up and delivering to large audiences

Organized, a self-starter and an inspirational leader of your team

Managing / leading union and nonunion staff

Intermediate user of :

MS Office (Word, Excel, Project and Outlook)

Valid Driver’s License (with a clean abstract)

Black & McDonald welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of

the recruitment and selection process.

Review incident and inspection reports and ensure that corrective action and follow-up is taken

Review and investigate problems not resolved by site management and subcontractors

Conduct site inspections to ensure compliance with company policy and legislation

Review the purchase and maintenance of safety equipment

Conduct supervisor training

Conduct / Lead Health, Safety & Environment Audits

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