Safety Manager - Fort Saskatchewan, Canada - Watco

Watco

Verified Company

Fort Saskatchewan, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Safety Manager is responsible for accomplishing the duties of leading, conducting, instructing, performing, training and developing an environmental, health and safety program that assures control and prevention of incidents, injuries and hazards.

Safety Manager must be able to identify and eliminate hazardous conditions or unsafe behaviors of all associated tasks and jobs of the operations.

The Safety Manager position will review, evaluate, audit, and will assist General Manager and/or provide all required safety training. Will participate in safety meetings and job briefings with supervisors and team members while on site.

The Safety Manager will assure all required environmental, health, safety and security activities for terminal are accomplished as required by regulatory or WATCO policy requirements.

The Safety Manager will conduct walkthrough inspections, audits, task evaluations, training, briefings and reporting of performance measures.

The heart of this position is to identify and integrate proper, safe work procedures, cultivate proper attitudes in a production atmosphere without jeopardizing team members or minimizing safety in the various workplace job sites.

This position shall use a hands-on approach to help assure organizational compliance of applicable OHS and any federal, provincial, local and corporate safety, health and environmental regulatory requirements.

This position will evaluate, identify, and assure that the operations follow and adhere to proven and standardized safety procedures, policies and rules by all assigned team members, visitors, customers, and contractors entering the properties.

This position will perform regular environmental audits and efficiency testing, identifying poor work procedures, poor safety work behavior and develop remedial actions in coordination with the General Manager and Safety Director.

Must be proficient, skilled and knowledgeable in training and certification requirements in the following areas:

Hazardous Material Handling/Labeling/Shipping Hazard Communications and SDS (WHIMIS)
Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG)
Respiratory Protection
Forklift Safety
Crane Safety, Hoist and Rigging Equipment Inspections
Personal Protective Equipment and Clothing
Fire Safety, Prevention and Protection
Fall Protection and Elevated Work
Ladder Safety
Blue Flag Protection
Switching and Car Movement Safety (able to recognize and correct hazards)
Lockout/Tagout Safety
Machine Guarding Safety
Emergency Action and Response (IRL)
Site Security (site Indoc)
Hearing Conservation Program
Electrical Safety, Grounding and Bonding
Watco Safety Spike Program
Contractor and Visitor Safety Programs
Be knowledgeable in the following areas in order to identify potential environmental issues:
Storm Water Pollution Prevention
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures
Waste Disposal
Site Environmental Permits

Reporting Relationships:

The Safety Manager reports directly to the Safety Director.

This position will work directly with all team members, supervisors and managers in providing assistance, guidance, instruction, training, inspecting, reporting and providing timely accomplishment in meeting all safety requirements thus assuring protection of team members and resources/assets.

This position must not only identify problems in safety/environmental compliance, but be able to accurately report the same and be an integral part of the solution.

Responsibilities:

Instruct and empower location level leadership to take ownership of their own safety processes and initiatives
Develop JSA/JHA process in conjunction with location leaders and team member specialists Provide dual verification of safety system implementation, including DV of safety processes and operations procedures, to identify gaps between what is written and what is done in the field.
Assist and advise locations on safety management system integration into daily operations.
Monitor and drive behavior-based safety observation programs
Be receptive to team member complaints and suggestions regarding field level safety, inform and if possible assist terminal management with addressing team member's concerns
Monitor contractor approval process and review contractors for compliance
Work with People Services on overlapping training initiatives
Work with Risk Management on case handling, workers comp tracking, and insurance requirements
Facilitate team safety communication through written and electronic media, posters, alerts, etc
Perform corporate level audits of facilities and operations. Assist locations in self auditing in between formal audits
Assist locations in incident investigation and reporting process and root cause analysis with focus on driving prevention. Continue education and knowledge through regulatory research, self-study, seminars, and conferences to ensure best practice changes in our industry are