Health and Safety Advisor - Woodbridge, Canada - Scandinavian Building Services

Scandinavian Building Services

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Woodbridge, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Scandinavian Building Services has been a Canadian leader in retail and commercial cleaning for the last 60 years.

Starting as a small family owned and operated business in Edmonton Alberta in 1982 to offering full service janitorial and building maintenance across Canada today.

We attribute our success to staying true to our core values of Service, Motivate, Respect, and Connect.

As we continue to grow we are looking to add a
Health and Safety Advisor to the Scandi Family This is a permanently hybrid position with 3 days a week in office and 2 days a week working from home.

This position is a full time permanent role based out of our Woodbridge office Monday to Friday 8am - 4:30pm. There will be travel involved 2 days a week to sites within 1 hour of the GTA and overnight travel for 2 nights every quarter across Ontario.

What's in it for you:

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Awarded one of Canada's Best Managed Companies:We're committed to a high level standard of excellence for both clients and our Scandi Family.
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Growth Opportunities: A place to hang your hat. We want our employees to grow with us long term.
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Stability and Job Security: Even through tough economic times we've continued to steadily grow, and we aren't slowing down any time soon. With a strong national presence across Canada
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Family First Culture: We are and have always been a family owned and operated business. We have family friendly events year-round and affectionately call our team members the Scandi Family.
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Benefits: We offer a comprehensive medical and dental plan as well as personal days off.

What your day to day will look like:

Reporting into the Director of Health and Safety you will be in the office 3 days a week and the other 2 days a week on sites and working from home. This role will be supporting Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic depending on new client launches or audits there can be outside of province travel of up to 30%

Hazard Assessments, Inspections, and Audits

Conduct Inspections at regional offices and warehouses including fire extinguisher inspections, and weekly site visits for equipment inspections developing site specific hazard assessments
Support the Health and Safety team with internal and external audit requirements including Certificate of Recognition (COR) and Cleaning Industry Management Standards (CIMS)

Incident Investigations

Investigate incidents and near miss events in On, QC, and Atlantic. Developing appropriate corrective and preventative actions to prevent recurrence and present findings to our Operations teams

Coaching and Training

Facilitate training for WHMIS, health and safety orientations and other internal safety courses as required
Participate in the development and revision of safety training programs
Train Operations Teams to complete Field Level Hazard Assessments, Fall Protection Plans, and Equipment Pre-Use Inspections

Administration

Assemble and distribute all necessary health and safety documentation including manuals, posters, policies etc.
Enter records into software system ensuring all supporting documentation, tracking metrics, and data is up to date and maintained

What you'll need to succeed:

Bilingual French and English considered an asset
Must have Occupational Health and Safety Certificate or Diploma
Minimum 3 years experience working in a health and safety role
Skilled in researching and understanding occupational health and safety legislation
Intermediate experience in MS Office and familiarity with Safety Management Systems
Valid drivers license and reliable vehicle to travel to multiple job sites as required

Our interview process: