Safety Specialist - Occupational Health and Safety - Regular Full-Time 2024-10285
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON-
Number of positions available : 1
- Salary To be discussed
- Full time
- Published on September 9th, 2024
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Starting date : 1 position to fill as soon as possible
Description
Summary of Duties
• Receive and review complaints, hazard reports and incident investigations, advising and assisting in identification, evaluation and control of hazards as required.
• Assist individual departments in the implementation of the corporate health and safety program.
• Coordinate corporate asbestos program, including policy, procedures, permit system and update surveys.
• Serve as a resource to Corporate Planning and Plant Operations Departments with regard to health and safety aspects of construction, renovation and maintenance projects.
• Act as a Resource to the Joint Occupational Health & Safety committee, departmental and corporate safety committees (i.e. LASER, Radiation Safety).
• Schedule and manage JOHSC inspections for all sites.
• Maybe required to develop safety plans as part of the corporate Violence Prevention Program.
• Conduct proactive job safety analyses, workplace inspections and audits.
• Perform ergonomic assessments and physical demands analyses.
• Assist in the development, implementation and maintenance of health and safety policies, procedures, program materials and risk assessments.
• Conduct industrial hygiene monitoring such as noise surveys and indoor air quality assessments (including investigating potential water damage)
• Maybe required to assist with Safety related issues at the Holland Centre, Reactivation Care Centre and St. John’s Rehab sites.
• Participates in the maintenance of the departmental intranet website.
• Liaison with the Ministry of Labour and external auditors as required.
Qualifications/Skills
- Post-Secondary degree in Occupational Health & Safety or related field required
- CRSP, CIH or ROH considered an asset
- Significant recent, related health & safety experience in a unionized environment required
- Previous experience with safety in a hospital/healthcare setting preferred
- Significant experience working with joint health and safety committees required
- Strong understanding of, and experience applying Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and other relevant legislation / regulations
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in conducting job safety analyses, indoor air quality surveys, incident investigations, and a variety of inspections and audits
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and work collaboratively with a variety of individuals at various levels of an organization
- Practical experience with asbestos and/or construction projects required
- Computer literate (MS Excel, Powerpoint, Word and Parklane)
- Certified in Fit Testing considered an asset.
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