Safety Coordinator (Health, Safety & Training)

  Campbell River Fibre

  Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

• Determine health and safety goals and strategies for the company ensuring that they meet all fiscal, strategic and legislative requirements. 
• Develop and review policies and procedures ensuring that all health and safety measures are being taken. 
• Ensure that all governmental legislation is being followed at all times and in all facilities. 
• Review all health and safety reports analysing compiled data to determine areas of improvement. 
• Assist in conducting inspections of the workplace ensuring safety standards are met and being enforced consistently. 
• Direct planning projects aimed at integrating health and safety activities into the company’s production efforts. 
• Manage non-compliance offenses of a high level. 
• Manage investigation and reporting of health and safety incidents and hazard assessments. 
• Maintain a strong knowledge of legislative changes that are upcoming in order to pro-actively begin implementing and developing procedures. 
• Monitor and review workplace accommodations and return to work programs. 
• Review job site safety compliance inspections including hazard analysis, safe work procedures and write reports and recommendations. 
• Keep up to date on machine or equipment changes ensuring that safety precautions are being taken into account. 
• Direct and review the analysis of accident and injury data, identifying the needs for new or modified occupational safety programs. 
• Research occupational safety information to assure the best available methods and equipment are adopted to minimize the hazards in the work place. 
• Advise on improvements in tracking and reporting procedures. 
• Periodically act as a team leader to special task forces or teams. 
• Provide training to managers and others on occupational safety issues.
  
  Preferred Qualifications 
• Post-secondary education in Occupational Health and Safety or related field; 
• WHMIS certification 
• OFA Level 3 
• Must be proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Word and Excel 
• Must be extremely organized and a self-starter; able to work with limited supervision 
• Strong interpersonal and trouble-shooting skills; deals with conflict effectively 
• Must be strong at multi-tasking, and must excel at coping with conflicting priorities and deadlines. 
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the workers’ compensation legislation. 
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Must be a highly motivated, service and team-oriented individual with an attention to detail. 
• Enthusiasm for challenge and new initiatives are prerequisites.
  
  Working Conditions 
• This is a 40 hour a week job 
• Travel as necessary 
• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer
• Overtime as required

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