Safety Officer - Chilliwack, Canada - Rogers Foods Ltd.

Rogers Foods Ltd.

Verified Company

Chilliwack, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

GENERAL PURPOSE:

The Occupational Health & Safety Officer provides safety leadership and support to both Rogers Foods Ltd. Divisions in addition to ensuring compliance with Corporate and Federal legal safety standards and regulations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Safety Management

Identify and prioritize areas of safety performance concerns and opportunities for improvement
Identify best practices and lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce work process risks, raise safety awareness, and improve safe work practices
Ensure continual safety improvements and set annual objectives. Monitor results and audit progress and recommend policies and procedures to reduce risks and hazards
Perform safety and environmental audits and inspects facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance
Work with divisional supervisors/managers to develop remediation solutions for audit issues
Participate with divisional supervisors/managers to investigate industrial accidents, nearmiss incidents, and occupational injuries to determine causes, install preventative measures and help manage returntowork activities
Develop, update and manage workplace safety programs, risk assessments, rail spur safety programs, WHMS systems, standard work procedures and policies
Manage workplace safety programs, procedures and policies
Conduct or outsource environmental testing, ergonomic assessments

Safety Training

Establish and monitor safety programs designed to reduce losttime incidents, recordable cases and improvements in the divisional/company safety records
Establish facility safety programs, including onboarding and record keeping working with plant leadership and human resources to ensure these programs are carried out
Ensure training activities are recorded in the company's HRIS and monitored for applicable expiry dates
Review and revise emergency evacuation plans, conduct annual fire/evacuation drills

Safety Administration

Monitor, analyze and report safety and environmental metrics and performance for the divisions
Prepare and submit annual compliance reports to EAHOR
Review reports of injury to ensure completeness and appropriate action is taken to prevent reoccurrence
Coordinate or administer health and safety testing/certifications for employees
Work with Human Resources to ensure proper execution of workers' compensation programs
Responsible for compliance with Canada Labour Occupational health and Safety requirements and ensures employees follow established practices and guidelines
Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) while preforming job duties and tasks
Other related duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Demonstrated postsecondary education majoring in Occupational Health & Safety and/or hold a recognized OH&S designation i.e. CSO, NCSO, CRSP, etc.
Minimum of 3 to 5 years of related leadership experience
Demonstrated working knowledge of all safety rules at all levels of government including Work Safe BC and Federal Health & Safety Regulations
Possess or be agreeable to obtain "Trainer" certifications to provide inhouse training in areas of Confined Space, Forklift, Fall Protection, etc.
Proficiency with Microsoft Programs to produce health and safety program documentation.
Strong written and oral communication skills
Selfmotivated with strong project management and multitasking skills is required
Valid driver's license and ability to travel monthly between divisions
Based out of the Fraser Valley (Chilliwack) or the Okanagan (Armstrong), TBD

Schedule: