Health and Safety Coordinator
Location: Toronto, ON
Position Summary
The Health & Safety Coordinator is responsible for supporting and coordinating health and safety initiatives across field and office operations. This role works closely with employees, supervisors, foremen, superintendents and management to promote a strong safety culture, maintain compliance and ensure health and safety programs are effectively implemented across active construction projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct project-specific safety orientations for new employees, subcontractors and site visitors.
- Coordinate, assist with and deliver health and safety training.
- Conduct documented daily project and site inspections, identify hazards and work with site leadership to correct deficiencies.
- Assist with equipment inspections and ensure identified deficiencies are addressed.
- Monitor tool and equipment maintenance programs to ensure requirements are being followed.
- Identify and address unsafe working conditions and escalate concerns where required.
- Support supervisors and field personnel with job hazard assessments and field-level hazard assessments.
- Assist during government health and safety inspections and help coordinate any required corrective actions.
- Maintain WHMIS and SDS documentation and ensure controlled products meet regulatory requirements.
- Prepare and distribute safety alerts, bulletins, notices, reports and meeting minutes.
- Assist with the development and communication of project-specific emergency response plans.
- Support supervisors and foremen with incident investigations, root-cause analysis, reporting and corrective actions.
- Track incident data and maintain monthly safety statistics to identify trends and areas requiring improvement.
- Maintain accurate health and safety documentation and records.
- Provide a visible health and safety presence across active construction sites.
- Build strong working relationships with field employees, trades, supervisors and management.
- Support continuous improvement of health and safety policies, procedures and programs.
Qualifications & Experience
- Post-secondary education and/or certification in Health & Safety, Human Resources or a related discipline.
- Previous health and safety experience within construction, electrical contracting, industrial services or a similar field environment.
- Experience working within a COR-certified environment is considered an asset.
- Knowledge of CVOR practices, inspections and regulations is an asset.
- Working knowledge of applicable federal and provincial health and safety legislation.
- Strong understanding of workplace safety practices, hazard identification and regulatory compliance.
- Experience conducting site inspections, incident investigations and safety orientations.
- Comfortable working in an active construction environment and interacting directly with trades and site leadership.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong relationship-building skills with both field and office employees.
- Able to confidently address unsafe practices and have difficult conversations when required.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to manage health and safety requirements across multiple projects and competing priorities.
- Strong attention to detail and documentation.
- Analytical with the ability to identify trends and recurring safety issues.
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and general business software.
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently while remaining part of a broader project team.
