Sun Gro Horticulture is one of the most prominent North American horticultural
companies, employing over 800 staff and serving customers worldwide. Since its
humble beginnings in 1929, it has become the leading supplier of soilless
growing mixes to North America’s top 100 greenhouse and nursery growers,
shipping over 70,000 truckloads of product annually. Sun Gro products are made
to exacting standards and conform to high product quality and performance
criteria.
Sun Gro Horticulture recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its
employees. The primary goal of Sun Gro® is to promote individual employees’
sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their
association with Sun Gro Horticulture. The Company invests in its employees so
that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great
efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, Sun Gro.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Reporting to the VP of Operations, the role will support manufacturing
operations across North America. The Health, Safety & Environmental Manager is
primarily responsible for the consistent implementation, management and
monitoring of all health, safety, & environmental programs across North America.
LOCATION:
Candidate to sit in Ontario. Role will include up to 50% travel across North
America.
Compensation Range - $135k+
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Establishes and ensures that local management, employees, and site committees
are adhering to corporate standards, actively communicating to all plant
personnel regarding EHS related issues and are developing the appropriate
corrective action plans.
- Develop and maintain a positive image for Sungro with the public and with
government regulatory agencies. Maintain effective communication with
government agencies and provide these agencies with reports and technical
data as required.
- Represent the Company on health, safety, and environmental subjects by
liaising with external stakeholders including general public, government
agencies, insurance carriers, and consultants.
- Develop policies and training plans to sustain a safety culture across all
levels of employees.
- Manage capital and financial budgets for HASE projects and manage Regional
HSE leaders.
- Develop strategic initiatives consistent with Sungro Horticulture Operation’s
vision.
- Be vigilant and stay abreast of changes in federal and provincial HSE
legislation and regulation.
- Direct incident investigation and lost time and incident prevention programs
on a corporate level, to minimize injuries and lost time costs to production.
- Oversees and tracks, records, maintains and reports HSE incident data.
Identifies and analyzes trends.
- Reviews, recommends, and implements modifications to work plan, processes,
procedures to reduce HSE incidents and improve health and safety performance.
- Develops and deploys health and safety communication to team members,
operational leaders, and employees.
- Coach, mentor and support HSE Team and Plant HSE needs in North America
- Professional liaison and partnership with plant leaders and functional
leaders in North America in resolving complex HSE matters.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:
- 7-10 years HSE experience in a continuous manufacturing environment with
proven track record of measurable results.
- Experience in compliance and process auditing
- Project management experience from inception, planning to completion
- Working knowledge of provincial occupational health and safety legislation
across Canada and U.S. OSHA standards, workers compensation legislation, Fire
Code and CSA and ANSI standards.
- Excellent people leadership skills, including coaching, mentoring, and change
management
