EHS Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with management to lead impactful change initiatives and drive safety culture by implementing proactive process improvements and providing support across assigned locations.
• Provides expert knowledge and guidance to foster a positive health and safety culture and effectively manage occupational risks.
• Manages the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of local environmental, health and safety (EH&S) policies, procedures, and safe work instructions ensuring compliance with local and corporate requirements.
• Develops, arranges, implements and/or conducts EHS training necessary to maintain EHS regulatory compliance for the location(s) and/or organization.
• Implements standardized, actionable, safety metrics and communication protocol to leadership teams to drive safety improvement.
• Conducts routine site reviews with the leadership team to define site-specific EH&S goals, and tracks progress.
• Supports the investigation of all EH&S related incidents ensuring all risk reduction, and corrective/preventive actions are identified and completed in a timely manner.
• Develops effective reporting tools and frameworks to monitor incident investigation reports, recommendations, findings, and mitigations, ensuring these elements are tracked and evaluated.
• Facilitates the return to work of injured workers and assists in the management of workers compensation claims.
• Monitors and communicates regulatory changes to the organization, recommending changes to result in compliance, and provides technical support when needed.
• Assists with external audits and ensures the implementation of corrective actions for compliance
• Collaborates with provincial regulatory authorities to address and resolve any compliance or practice violations.
• Acts as the subject matter expert for the Joint Health and Safety Committee and supports the functioning of the committee.
• 3+ years of occupational health and safety experience preferably in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Diploma or certificate in Occupational Health & Safety or related field (preferred);