Health, Safety, Security, and Environment Lead is responsible for administering, communicating, promoting, and evaluating on-site programs and customer initiatives. Cando provides specialized rail and terminal operating services. We provide a wide range of services including material handling, terminal & transload services, short line operations, industrial switching, and more.
Cando Advantages
- Work Life Balance with Fixed Schedules
- Cando’s Technical and Leadership Training Programs
- Award Winning Safety Culture
- Employee Ownership Program
- Group Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Long-Term Disability Insurances
- Flexible Health & Dental Benefits
- Canada’s Best Managed Company for 8 years!
The Health, Safety, Security, and Environment Lead is responsible for administering, communicating, promoting, and evaluating on-site programs and customer initiatives. The HSSE Lead will be a point of contact with the customer on all safety and continuous improvement initiatives.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Communicates the corporate safety philosophy that promotes and supports a safe and healthy workplace
- Sits as a member of the customer’s safety committee(s) ensuring the customer’s interests are understood and translated into the company’s procedures where practicable
- Performs regular site audits with respect to safety and quality along with assisting with Cando’s efficiency testing program
- Ensures all preventative and scheduled maintenance is completed and properly documented
- Tracks all employee training, testing, evaluating, and sign-offs ensuring records are accurate and up-to-date
- Prepares all reporting required at the site related to EH&S activities including a safety performance scoreboard
- Ensures they are accessible on site to answer employee questions and provide support and direction on EH&S initiatives
- Ensures all employees on site are kept up-to-date on relevant changes to the various applicable provincial Safety and Health legislations and customer programs
- Provides coaching and support to Supervisors and Managers regarding policies, practices and programs to ensure that work is performed in a safe manner
- Ensures incidents, injuries, and near misses are reported and investigated, and appropriate recommendations are implemented
- Provides safety orientations to new workers
- Ensures that best practices are employed so that equipment, materials and protective devices are maintained in accordance with safety and health regulations
- Assists with the management of WCB claims and return to work initiatives
Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills including ability to extract pertinent information and present diplomatically
- Critical thinking skills to identify and understand the issues, generate a number of different approaches for resolution, identify the strengths and weaknesses of approaches, and anticipate ramifications of decisions in consideration of variables
- Information gathering skills used in researching legislative and customer safety and reporting requirements
- Demonstrated initiative to independently plan, organize, and prioritize workload
- Proficient use of computer equipment, operating systems, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software
- Extensive knowledge of Workplace Safety and Health legislation, policies, and practices
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, to plan and resolve issues in a timely manner
- Exercise discretion and good judgement regarding sensitive or confidential issues and in providing information
- Ability to work on a rotating basis including days, evenings and weekends
Education & Experience
- Completion of an accredited Occupational Safety and Health Program is preferred
- A minimum of five (5) years combined experience in the field of Workplace Safety and Health, Program Development; and Training
- Experience working in an industrial environment with knowledge of oil, gas, chemical and rail operations an asset
- Hold and maintain a valid Standard First Aid and Basic Rescuer CPR certificate
- A valid driver’s license
Note: This description is not intended to limit the assignment of work or be construed as a complete list of the many duties to be performed by the incumbent. The qualifications are provided so interested candidates understand of the level of expertise required in this position.