Health & Safety Coordinator

About Walker

Walker Industries, a fifth-generation, family-owned company founded in 1887, operates from its base in the Niagara Region with facilities across Canada and the United States. We employ more than 1,200 people in environmental waste management and recovery, renewable energy, paving and construction, aggregates, and emulsions chemistries.

Growth and transformation are a natural part of our business and our employees evolve with us.

We are looking for a Health and Safety Coordinator at our Walker - Head Office location.

Reporting directly to the Health & Safety Manager, the incumbent coordinates the health and safety process within their respective Walker region to ensure that all employees are working in a safe manner and are properly trained to perform their job safely and effectively. The incumbent motivates and promotes safe attitudes and behaviours consistent with our Superior Safety Culture through field level engagement.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and reinforces superior safety initiatives throughout their area of coverage to ensure work is being completed in a safe manner while adhering to legislated standards and company Safety Management System (SMS) policies.
• Provides assistance in creating site-specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Plans, coordinates, and administers (when possible) health and safety training programs including SMS topics, new employee orientations, and start-up training.
• Reviews workplace inspection reports, and safety meeting minutes to prepare and provide weekly reports to the Health and Safety Manager, and the VP of Health and Safety to meet Key Performance Indicator (KPI) requirements. Follows up on concerns and recommendations.
• Performs on-site inspections and audits of physical conditions of various business units to assess sites, compile results, and corrective action plans and communicate the results to highlight potential areas for improvement. Supports the sites in completing Hazard Assessments.
• Provides support and mentoring to the Joint Health & Safety Committees for all business units by attending meetings when possible and reviewing minutes to ensure that issues and concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
• Provides support throughout the return-to-work process to ensure claims costs are controlled.
• Provides site support for incident investigations.
• As required, assists in the creation and distribution of safety alerts/safety innovations that are written by operations.
• Support sites in safety talk facilitation when possible.

Skills

This position requires a demonstrated degree of initiative and judgment in order to organize and prioritize daily tasks. Courtesy, tact and diplomacy are required in dealing with colleagues in everyday working relationships.

• Knowledge of legislative requirements of multiple jurisdictions as well as best practices.
• Demonstrated presentation and facilitation skills are required to effectively train team members.
• Demonstrated ability to pay close attention to detail and keep accurate records to track training requirements and record incident details.
• Demonstrated computer software skills to produce documents, reports and presentations as required.
• Business acumen - demonstrated understanding of quality standards relative to health and safety initiatives.
• Able to work with limited supervision and to take discretionary action as required, exercise solid judgment in unusual circumstances.
• Proficient communication skills, both oral and written to disseminate information with clarity, in one-on-one or group situations, or over the telephone.
• Professional manner, tact, diplomacy, and discretion in dealing with associates and senior management.
• Thorough - makes sure work is done correctly and thoroughly, attentive to details, keeps accurate records.
• Proactive - anticipates and initiates action to meet needs.
• Adaptable - able to work with diverse personalities and styles.
• Flexibility to respond to a range of different work situations.
• Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality and dignity of employees.

Education & Job Knowledge

Minimum high school graduation, plus an additional college Occupational Health and Safety diploma or a university degree in OHS. Working towards a CRSP designation is an asset. Adult learning theory would be an asset.

Experience

Greater than one year but less than or equal to two years of health and safety experience.

Certificates, Licenses, or Registration

College Health and Safety certificate or University diploma in OHS. The incumbent must possess a valid Driver's License and their own vehicle in order to travel to various work sites.

Travel Requirements

The incumbent will be required to travel to various work sites during the course of the working day to perform health and safety audits, conduct training sessions, consult, advise, and observe operations from a health and safety perspective. Additionally, the incumbent may be required to travel, by car and plane, and overnight travel (3 - 5 times per year) may be required.

Experience the Benefits of Working at Walker

Career Support

• Education reimbursement, training, and professional development opportunities
• Internal advancement opportunities at all levels
• Reimbursement of professional dues and tuition

Health & Well Being

• Wellness subsidy to support healthy lifestyle
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Culture & Community

• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• Social and networking events

Salary/Wage & Benefits

• Competitive salary including a bonus component
• Group health/dental/vision/prescription drug plans
• Paid vacation days
• Short-term and long-term disability plans
• Term life insurance and critical illness
• Retirement programs including Pension, RRSP and TFSA

To learn more, visit walkerind.com

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage all qualified people to apply. If we can make this easier through accommodation in the recruitment process, please contact us.