Occupational Health and Safety Manager

The Occupational Health & Safety Manager is responsible for overseeing and developing the health and safety programs for West Edmonton Mall Property Inc. including West Edmonton Mall, Fantasyland Hotel as well as monitoring employees and subcontractors working within the facility with respect to adherence to company safety policies, practices, procedures, and legislative requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Overseeing, developing, and auditing and enhancing the OH&S policies, procedures, reports, audits and compliance order adherences for West Edmonton Mall Property Inc. properties including West Edmonton Mall, Fantasyland Hotel, West Edmonton Mall Inn and Triple Five entities.
• Utilizing applied knowledge of the OH&S Code while performing regular worksite observations and inspections to various construction and maintenance projects to ensure all required health and safety protocols and procedures are adhered to, while maintaining detailed and accurate reports of compliance or deficiencies and/or areas of concerns.
• Overseeing, facilitation and utilizing external trainers for required safety training programs and courses including but not limited to; job hazard assessment, lock out/tag out, incident investigation, forklift, mobile elevated work platform, fall protection, WHMIS, respirator fit testing, audiometric testing, etc.
• Assisting with the activities of the company’s WCB claims management program for West Edmonton Mall, Fantasyland Hotel and West Edmonton Mall Inn and acting as a liaison between WCB and our organization.
• Acting as the primary contact to respond with OH&S emergency situations and required meetings with the ability to convey and follow required OH&S legislation to senior management.
• Overseeing the process to ensure all departments have up to date, and required, job hazard assessments and SDS documentation as per compliance regulations.
• Completion of daily required tracking and documentation on activities, site inspections, and required legislative compliance research and reports along with entering related safety information into required databases.
• Acting as a health and safety leader when dealing with coworkers while demonstrating a high standard of safety conduct, behavior, and attitude towards a positive and safe workplace culture.
• Overseeing various other company health and safety programs and initiatives including health and safety committees, contractor management and required safety drills and evaluations.
• Other responsibilities as required.

Desired Qualifications:

• Completion of a certificate, diploma, or degree in a related recognized OH&S program.
• A minimum of five (5) to 10 years of previous related experience in the OH&S or HR industry and/or possession or pursuance of the CRSP designation is an asset for the position.
• Previous experience acting in a hands-on managerial or supervisory level role in the Health and Safety Field.
• A high level of professionalism complemented by excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills with strong documentation abilities with working knowledge of the OH&S Act, Regulations and Code.
• Previous experience responding to and resolving OH&S reports and workplace visitations.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and have/or be willing to obtain related safety training and/or train the trainer certifications.
• A high level of comfort speaking in front of groups and the ability to facilitate in house safety related training programs and meetings.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office programs: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint with the ability to adapt to new programs and software in the workplace.

Terms of Employment:

• This is a full-time position required to be available Monday through Friday, 8:30am – 5pm on site at West Edmonton Mall.
• This role is required to have some flexibility availability for specific on-site special projects on occasion and must be available in the rare case of emergency situations.
• This position is also eligible for participation in our 4-day work week program.
• This is a salaried position that will depend on experience and qualifications.
• Must be able to pass a basic security clearance.