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ABOUT THE ROLE

Purpose

This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing policies and programs to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. This role involves managing compliance with environmental regulations, occupational health standards, and safety protocols to minimize risks and promote a culture of safety within the organization.

Responsibilities

•    Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of and EHS management system.
•    Perform regulatory and best practice-driven hazard/ risk assessments and develop action plans to drive improvement.
•    Develop and present site-specific training programs to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
•    Conduct internal site audits, develop reports, and maintain records.
•    Support external audits and progression of corrective action compliance.
•    Assist in the development of standardized safety systems, polices, training, safety campaigns and programs to prevent injury and ensure compliance with Federal, Provincial and municipal laws.
•    Align with Sysco Corporation to implement the corporate EHS strategy.
•    Driving safety methods to motivate and influence the creation of a world class safety culture.
•    Implement standardized, actionable safety metrics and communication protocol to leadership teams to drive safety improvement.
•    Maintain awareness of potential pending and current legislation that may impact safety standards, programs, and initiatives.
•    Actively drives performance and urgently strives to strategically solve problems and follow projects through to completion, integrated and balanced with the big-picture strategy.
•    Monitor and communicate regulatory changes to the organization, recommending changes to result in compliance and provide technical support when needed.
•    Ensure accident prevention/abatement through detailed injury and accident reporting, loss analysis & trending and investigation compliance.
•    Work with Provincial regulatory officials to resolve any compliance or practice violations.
•    Provide support to customers by ensuring contractor safety, and conducting on-site job hazard assessments.
•    Responsible for compliance with all Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) comprising Sysco’s Food Safety Program, specific for the assigned role.
•    Assist Food Safety Program Manager in ensuring compliance to Sysco’s Food Safety Program that leads to compliance with third party certification and customer requirements.
•    Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their supervisor
•    Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
•    Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate and interact effectively with all levels of senior management, employees, and customers.
• Understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for diversity in a work environment including socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds as well as sexual orientations and disabilities.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Proficiency in EHS management software and tools.
• Ability to coordinate planning and collaboration with other business functions in a way that is mutually beneficial and drives continuous improvement.
• Create synergy and leverage the knowledge, personnel, and resources of the EHS, Transportation, Claims, Operations, Distribution, Facilities and HR Teams.
• Analyze trends that increase injury and accident frequency/severity; develop and direct the implementation of training programs using the appropriate media.
• Ability to drive a strong safety philosophy and implement programs designed to effectively change behavior and prevent injury using rational and research-based data driven methods.

Certifications

• Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation.
• The National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO) and other professionally recognized certifications in the safety, risk management related field are highly desirable
• Sixsigmamethodologycertificationandpracticearehighlyvalued.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree is strongly required for this position with major course work in EHS, Risk Management or a closely related field

Experience

7+ years of experience, of which at least 2 leading a team

Physical Demands

• Work is primarily indoors (office) but may be required to perform tasks outdoors.
• May be required to work at heights, restricted or confined spaces.
• May be required to work in varying extreme temperatures.
• Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role

Travel Requirements

25%

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