Job Description

Sylvan, Inc. is a market-leading, trusted automotive services contractor to Fortune 500 companies.

The Safety Representative is responsible for managing day-to-day field safety and risk associated with construction projects and company operations. He or she ensures compliance with all applicable federal, provincial local safety related regulations. In a proactive manner plans, directs and implements the organization's safety programs to ensure a safe, healthy and accident-free work environment.

Job Responsibilities

To perform this role successfully, the candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

In partnership with job site supervision, plan, lead and participate in job site safety meetings. Train, educate and ensure job site supervisors are capable of running safety meetings on their own.

Review and update monthly site-specific safety plans with the project teams.

Develop and ensure safe equipment operating techniques. Periodically check all machines and equipment to make sure they are in good condition.

Inspect, update and provide all Safety, Labor and Industry posters for each job site and office.

Participate in pre-job safety meetings with subcontractors. Review all applicable documentation for completeness to ensure subcontractors can adequately execute their scope of work safely.

Follow up with subcontractor representatives to ensure proper disciplinary procedures are followed. Serves as principal source of information on health and safety issues to hold subcontractor accountable to submitted safety and quality programs.

Implement, inspect and maintain job site and office SDS manuals. Train employees in SDS procedures.

Provide and ensure compliance with information, signs, posters, barriers and other materials to warn of potential and actual safety hazards and to prevent access to hazardous conditions.

Work with injured workers to facilitate early return to full duty work responsibilities and to provide meaningful light duty transitional work opportunities.

Audit

Inspect organization facilities and job sites to detect existing potential accident and health hazards. Determine corrective or preventative measures, where indicated, assign responsibility and follow up to ensure the corrective measures have been implemented.

Conduct periodic safety inspections on all job sites to ensure safety procedures are in place.

Assist with preparing study and analysis of industrial accident causes and hazards to health for use by company personnel and outside agencies. Make recommendations to resolve any deficiencies.

Record and compile data, update logs, monitor equipment and schedule maintenance.

Risk Management

Provide recommendations and assistance to Project Managers and Superintendents, with respect to job site hazards, employee training, new/safety equipment operations and safe material or substance utilization.

Assist with maintaining a proactive medical assistance program and fitness for duty process with local Occupational Medical clinics.

Perform and oversee investigation of accidents, injuries and unsafe working conditions to include interfacing with workers compensation claims and communication with injured workers and return-to-work strategies. Cooperate in the preparation of material and evidence for organizational use in hearings, lawsuits and insurance investigations. Provide recommendations for remedial action.

Remain current on federal, provincial, and local safety regulations. Keep management advised of new or revised regulations and their projected impact.

Training

Implement programs to train managers and employees in work site safety practices, safe equipment operating techniques and fire prevention for job sites and office.

Facilitate employee training in first aid and CPR. Maintain training records in the employee files.

Ensure new employees receive safety instructions prior to beginning work. Emphasize and specific site hazards and thoroughly explain all applicable precautions.

Provide training and education to all levels of staff, as required, by federal and provincial safety regulations.

Compliance

Accept and review all Subcontractor job specific safety programs. Follow up on implementation and procedures as required.

Review new Subcontractor pre-qualification documentation to ensure they have an acceptable safety record and communicate with the appropriate team members of their acceptance or rejection.

Support

Represent the organization in community or industry safety groups and programs.

Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with clients, subcontractors, co-workers and management.

Qualifications and Competencies

Minimum of three (3) years of direct safety experience in the construction industry.

Knowledge of Canada Safety laws and practices.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Leadership skills necessary to achieve objectives.

Experience

Able to work independently and/or in a team environment.

Ability to deal with situations involving sensitive and confidential company issues.

Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate with all levels. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from employees, customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management, job site personnel, regulatory agencies and/or public groups.

Highly self-motivated and directed with strong attention to detail.

Able to organize work, engage in a variety of tasks simultaneously and consistently meet deadlines.

Exercise creative, innovative and effective problem solving.

Review and follow up to ensure optimum results.

Work Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, high, precarious places, outside weather conditions, and vibration. The employee may often be exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles and some risk of electrical shock. The noise level at the job site work environment may be very loud.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work performed in a general office environment and at project sites during all seasons. Regularly requires overtime hours and travel. Nature of work requires the ability to operate standard business office equipment. Requires ability to communicate and exchange information, collect, compile and prepare work documents, set-up and maintain work files.

Requires periodic participation in, and attendance at, company events and meetings.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Dental care Extended health care Life insurance Paid time off RRSP match Vision care
Work Location: In person