Scandinavian Building Services has been a Canadian leader in retail and commercial cleaning for the last 60 years. Starting as a small family owned and operated business in Edmonton Alberta in 1982 to offering full service janitorial and building maintenance across Canada today. We attribute our success to staying true to our core values of Service, Motivate, Respect, and Connect. As we continue to grow we are looking to add a Health and Safety Manager to the Scandi Family!
Business hours are Monday to Friday 8am - 4:30pm with flexibility needed as business needs fluctuate.
This is a hybrid role (Monday, Wednesday, Friday in Office)
What’s in it for you:
Awarded one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies: We’re committed to a high level standard of excellence for both clients and our Scandi Family.
Growth Opportunities: A place to hang your hat. We want our employees to grow with us long term and offer a tuition reimbursement program to continue your professional development.
Stability and Job Security: Even through tough economic times we’ve continued to steadily grow, and we aren’t slowing down any time soon. With a strong national presence across Canada and growth into the US.
Family First Culture: We are and have always been a family owned and operated business. We have family friendly events year-round and affectionately call our team members the Scandi Family.
Benefits: We offer a comprehensive medical and dental plan as well as personal days off.
What your day to day will look like:
You will be reporting into the President
Manage a team of 6 Health and Safety team members
Provide leadership and management all members of the Health and Safety team
Demonstrate Health and Safety team to the organization, modelling appropriate behaviour while promoting a Safety culture
Provide Health and Safety team knowledge and coaching to internal stakeholders ensuring that they maintain an awareness of regulations and policies and are promoting a Safety culture within their own teams
Work with all members of the management team as a “trusted advisor” providing coaching and support as required
Seek to find the root cause of challenges and present viable solutions
Develop, update and manage all workplace safety procedures, programs and polices for the company.
Consistently monitor and update the HSE policies and procedures in order to ensure compliance with legislation and create a safe work environment
Prepare and perform internal and external audits for COR certification
Perform site inspections as required, to ensure that all safety programs are implemented accordingly
Provide assistance to set up training for all employees on specialty programs
Implement and maintain all HSE training programs
Implement and maintain all HSE training programs
Educate the organization on root causes and trends that arise from the incident investigation.
Research and administer safety guidelines accordingly for implementation of the best safety policies
Practice and coach on Safety language and continue to evolve the Safety Culture
What you’ll need to succeed:
A minimum of 7 years progressive experience in Health and Safety with previous experience in a leadership role is required
Must possess outstanding knowledge of Occupational Safety legislation, and Health and Safety best practices
Completion of post-secondary education in Health and Safety is preferred
Must hold a CRSP designation
Must be first aid certified and certified as a WHMIS instructor
Must hold certification as an ASCA COR Auditor
Previous experience providing safety leadership in an environment with sub-contractors would be an asset
WHIMIS Train the Trainer certification would be an asset
Understanding of adult learning styles in an asset
Our interview process:
20 minute preliminary phone interview with our Recruiter
20-40 minute assessment (depending on optional practice questions or breaks)
30 minute MS Teams video interview with the Hiring Manager and direct Supervisor for the role
At Scandinavian Building Services we are an equal opportunity employer who values a diverse workplace. We recognize the strength that comes from different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives and welcome all candidates to apply. We feel it is important that all people have access and opportunity to be employed, to be valued and to be respected.
