Health & Safety Administrator - Burlington, Canada - Homestead Land Holdings Limited

Homestead Land Holdings Limited
Homestead Land Holdings Limited
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Burlington, Canada

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About Homestead Land Holdings Limited


Founded in Kingston in 1954, Homestead Land Holdings Limited has grown to become one of Canada's largest and most respected owners of multi-residential apartment buildings.

The founding principles of the company are still in place today, which are to provide residents with affordable, secure housing with a standard of care in which we would treat our own family members.

Position Summary


As a Health and Safety Administrator at Homestead, you will play a key role in developing, implementing, and managing our health and safety programs and initiatives.

You will work closely with both management and employees to promote a culture of safety and compliance throughout our organization.

Key responsibilities include the coordination of training, administration and reporting, incident prevention and investigation, and the communication of health and safety material to employees.

You will administer Homestead's Health and Safety program in multiple regions.

Though the core of your involvement will be with our Operations and Maintenance departments, you will be involved in construction auditing and will conduct site safety inspections as required.

The Health and Safety Administrator will have the opportunity to develop and implement various initiatives that are critically important to the Health and Safety Program.

This role will involve collaboration with other departments (and department heads) across Homestead and is based out of our Burlington office.


Responsibilities:


_ Health and Safety Incident Investigation and Prevention _

  • Review and maintain records of health and safety incidents for the Operations department for the Burlington and London branches and the for the IHM Department.
  • Thoroughly investigate each incident to determine the root cause and recommend corrective action.
  • Investigate additional controls to prevent similar incidents from occurring. Make recommendations based on your findings.
  • Investigate and report critical injuries as required and provide guidance to on managing relevant cases.
  • Act as liaison with Ministry of Labour Inspectors and ensure documentation is posted as required.
  • Provide timely information to the ReturntoWork team and collaborate on mitigating lost time.

_Joint Health and Safety Committees / Workplace Inspections _

  • Audit high risk deficiencies (A&B items) inperson for the Burlington and London branches to investigate, make recommendations, and/or to confirm corrective action has been taken.
  • Assist in completing inperson audits/inspections of construction projects.

_Communication _

  • Create and issue Safety Bulletins or Safety Talks as required based on H&S Incident reports, trends, seasonal hazards, etc.
  • Create and issue monthly Safety Talks for IHM Project Managers.

_Training _

  • Provide training, which includes conducting an inperson workplace inspection, for new JHSC members and Health & Safety Representatives for the Burlington and London branches. Document and track training that has been conducted.
  • Conduct Standard First Aid training sessions as required for the Burlington and London to, at minimum, maintain compliance with regulation 110
  • Create and review orientation training for new hires and participate in onboarding activities.
  • Monitor training programs to ensure there is adequate documentation and tracking. Periodically audit training and certificate documentation for Operational employees in the Burlington and London branches and the IHM department.
  • Annually create and implement a Health and Safety refresher training course in conjunction with the Health and Safety team.
  • Facilitate Naloxone Kit training for the Burlington and London branches when required.

_Administrative / Reporting_

  • Annually review and revise the Health & Safety Manual in conjunction with senior management, JHSC's, and the Health and Safety Team.
  • Review and create Safe Work Practices as required for the Operations and IHM departments.
  • Complete and distribute monthly and quarterly Activity and Incident Comparison Reports on behalf of the Health and Safety team to senior management.
  • Assist in reviewing all required health and safety related documentation from contractors working for the PS&C department to ensure compliance with legislative requirements.

_Project Implementation _

  • Create and implement health and safety programs, policies, or practices that are selfinitiated or assigned including health and safety projects for the WSIB Excellence Program.
  • Assist with Health and Safety projects for the PS&C and HVAC departments.

_Other/Professional Development _

  • Maintain valid certificates/records for the following: First Aid Instructor, Certified JHSC Member (construction), Certified Pool Operator, Basics of Supervising, and Lock Out/Tag Out training, Working at Heights, Suspended Equipment Access
  • User.
  • Partake in training to develop expertise as required.
  • Monitor
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