Health and Safety Coordinator
WHO WE ARE
Champ's Fresh Farms Inc. is Western Canada's largest mushroom distributor located in the Fraser Valley of southwestern British Columbia. As a prominent leader in the mushroom marketing genre, Champ's consistently provides leading concepts in distribution & quality control for the mushroom industry. With employee safety being placed at its forefront in everything we do, we are COR certified and proud to have been featured in the WorkSafeBC Magazine for Safety achievements. With our continued growth we are now seeking Health & Safety Specialist to join our team to cover maternity leave (one year), with a possibility of this extending into a full-time position.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Health & Safety Coordinator will play an essential role in providing leadership and supporting the Director of Health & Safety in the planning, implementation, and ongoing compliance and adherence with applicable OHS regulation, acts, standards, safety policies, procedure, guidelines, and practices.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
• Develops, in consultation with the Director of Health & Safety, policies, procedures and practices regarding health and safety for the companies.
- Implement and maintain a safety system that meets COR requirements.
- Monitors adherence to the company safety program by all employees and subcontractors.
- Provides advice, guidance and coaching to health and safety committee, managers, supervisors, team leads and staff on a variety of safety issues especially those related to occupational safety policy and practices, issues, and decisions related to COR and other regulatory requirements.
- Supports managers, supervisors in the effective implementation of COR safety strategies, policies, and processes.
- Implements attendance and disability management policies, processes, and practices that encourage employee return to work, meet current legislative requirements, and decrease the company’s liability exposure. I.E. Return-to-work / Stay-at-work programs.
- Coordinate and manage WorkSafeBC claims with WCB, managers, health professionals, and employees.
- Provides advice, guidance and coaching to health and safety committee, managers, supervisors, team leads and staff on attendance and disability issues.
- Tracks, monitors, records, and communicates results to objectives.
- Coordinate education and program maintenance requirements for WHMIS, fall protection, personal protective equipment, first aid, industry specific related issues.
- Coordinate and facilitate safety orientation and safety training for new and existing employees.
- Recommend training options for completion of mandatory training requirements.
- Maintain employee training records as per COR and regulatory requirements.
- Facilitate team safety presentations on the shop floor.
- Write safety procedures and job aids.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Completed of a certificate, diploma or degree in occupational health and safety.
- Strong working knowledge of WorkSafeBC OHS regulation, Worker's Compensation Act, CSA, ANSI, ISO standards, COR and Occupational Safety Programs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic, intermediate, advanced first aid or NCSO certification is preferred
- Special consideration is given to candidates that hold CRSP, CSP, IOSH, NEBOSH designations
- Knowledge of Punjabi, Vietnamese, or Thai is an asset.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for Champ’s. Due to receiving high volumes of resumes we are only able to contact those who have been shortlisted for an interview.
