Senior Health & Safety Manager in Pickering, Ontario
Position Reference #: 1026300
Company Overview:
We are supporting our hiring client in the construction sector with an executive search and talent acquisition to hire a Senior Health & Safety Manager to join their team in Pickering, Ontario.
The hiring company is a worldwide leader in construction, specializing in the design and construction of major civil engineering and building works in Canada.
Job Title: Senior Health & Safety Manager
Employment Type: This position is Full-Time and Permanent
Direct Reports: This role has direct reports.
Compensation Range:
This role offers a salary up to 165K, Plus an annual bonus and solid benefits:
- Group Health Insurance (premium participation including virtual health care system);
- RRSP Program
- Career development opportunities;
- A cosmopolitan and inclusive work environment;
- Attractive and challenging project
- And more
Health & Safety Manager Role Summary:
The Health & Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing and managing the H&S program while ensuring compliance with H&S legislation. The role will also conduct training for management and staff and recommend ways to improve the performance of H&S initiatives and plans.
This role is based in Pickering near the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station refurbishment program.
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station refurbishment program involves designing and building a new deep-water intake in Lake Ontario to improve the plant's cooling system. This will involve:
- A 1.5 km-long tunnel, built by a pressurized TBM (10.5 m diameter slurry TBM);
- Two vertical shafts (onshore and offshore);
- An offshore modular intake structure, resting on the lake bed.
The project is distinguished by its proximity to an active nuclear site, requiring rigorous standards of safety, planning and coordination.
Health & Safety Manager Primary Duties & Responsibilities include:
- Establish the Construction H&S Management Plan and related documents in relation to the Project Management Team.
- Ensure that the Construction H&S Management Plan is established and kept updated as the project progresses and contains specific measures concerning particularly hazardous work.
- Manage the H&S Coordinators and ensure daily coordination (Onshore, Marine
- and Tunnel).
- Plan and organize the necessary training and workshops so that H&S is understood in the construction methods, preliminary work plans and work plans established by the Methods and Construction Teams.
- Support the project teams for all matters related to H&S Management.
- Plan and organize, with the support of the H&S Coordinator, orientations, trainings and awareness sessions to ensure that all project personnel, service providers and third parties understand H&S policies, systems and procedures.
- Develop the Behavior-Based Safety program at all levels of the organization to raise the H&S culture of the Project.
- Actively participate in Safety in Design workshops, development of the Methods and work plans, kick-off meetings and pre-task meetings
- Plan and carry out regular site inspections to ensure that all measures are implemented as expected and identify potential improvement actions.
- Plan and lead monthly review of LTI and HiPo with project leadership
- Organize, in coordination with the HR Manager, the health checks of personnel when needed/required (e.g., night-shift workers & offshore workers).
- Accompany project teams in defining corrective actions when appropriate and participate in their communication by establishing Safety Alerts and Health & Safety good practices that are spread through the organization.
- Participate in internal QHSE-Permits meetings and other meetings (e.g., Project HSE committees and Project reference group forums chaired by OPG).
To be considered for this role, the “Health & Safety Manager ” you have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Risk Management, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering
- Minimum of 10 years experience on the site of large construction projects;
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a leadership role in health & safety on a large construction project;
- Proven experience in tunneling or underground works, preferably with TBM operations, or maritime works;
- Certified NCSO-IHSA or CRSP or the US equivalent;
- Knowledge of Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Regulations;
- Experience with safety audits, incident investigations, and risk assessments;
- Ability to conduct safety training and enforce safety policies;
- Strong communication and leadership skills;
- Familiarity with safety management systems and incident reporting tools
How to apply?
You can also apply by submitting your resume directly online on our website or email it to us. Please indicate the position reference number in your email subject line.
QEOSH Staffing & Recruitment Inc. is dedicated to employment equity and encourages applications from people of all genders, persons with disabilities, racial/visible minorities, and indigenous peoples. We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process as required.
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