Environment, Health and Safety Manager [JH-15256]

A leading food manufacturing organization is seeking a Health and Safety Manager to oversee health and safety initiatives across multiple operational areas within its poultry processing business. The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety legislation, corporate standards, and industry best practices while driving continuous improvement and employee engagement.

The Role:

The Health and Safety Manager will lead and develop a team of Health and Safety Specialists and Coordinators while partnering with Operations and site leadership to strengthen safety performance across assigned facilities. This role will oversee safety programs, regulatory compliance, incident investigations, contractor management, training, and emergency preparedness, while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement in a unionized manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead health and safety programs across assigned facilities, ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety legislation, WSIB requirements, corporate policies, Good Manufacturing Practices, and industry standards.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to Health and Safety Specialists and Coordinators, partnering with Operations and the broader EHSS team to achieve safety objectives and drive continuous improvement.
• Oversee incident investigations, root cause analysis, safety performance reporting, workplace inspections, internal and external audits, and corrective action plans.
• Develop and maintain safety policies, procedures, orientation programs, job-specific training, and safe work practices, ensuring effective integration within the Integrated Management System (IMS).
• Manage key safety programs, including contractor compliance, machine safety, emergency response, first aid, respiratory protection, and regulatory liaison activities, while supporting environmental and sustainability initiatives.

Qualifications:

• University degree or college diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or a related discipline; CRSP, CHSC, CSP, or equivalent safety designation preferred.
• Minimum 5–10 years of progressive health and safety experience in a similar industrial or manufacturing environment, preferably within a unionized workplace.
• Strong knowledge of Ontario occupational health and safety legislation, WSIB requirements, regulatory compliance, incident investigations, contractor safety, and workplace risk management.
• Proven leadership and people management skills, with experience coaching safety professionals, building high-performing teams, and developing strong relationships with employees, operational leaders, and external stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to manage competing priorities, implement improvement initiatives, and deliver measurable results