Business Health, Safety And Environment Manager

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Reporting to the Manager, Electrification Services Canada, Electrification Business Unit, the selected candidate will be responsible for supporting the Service business for Electrification to ensure compliance to applicable Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) laws, regulations, standards and ABB corporate safety standards in all ABB activities conducted in this business.
He/She will also work jointly with the Corporate HSE team within ABB in Canada. The primary role of the Business Health, Safety and Environment Manager, as a support function, is to continually promote HSE and help create a safe and healthy work environment through HS programs and leadership of management.
He/She, act as a change agent and an effective communicator, will provide day-to-day guidance, technical support, and reporting on performance and issues and drive improvement measures with internal clients at all levels of the business. The HSE Manager will also develop and drive various prevention programs to support the HSE management system.
Your responsibilities

• Foster and promote through effective communications a proactive HSE mindset towards employees through communication, involvement and participation in HSE activities.
• Develop and drive the implementation of corrective and preventive measures and effectively follow-up with senior management.
• Effectively raise HSE concerns / hazards to management and operations in order to get their support and participation in problem-solving processes, as well as in performance and implementation of corrective and preventive measures.
• Knowledge of contractor safety programs and all other high risks programs such as LOTO, working at height, confined space, electrical safety, machine guarding, etc.
• Benchmark, as required with other companies in similar sectors of activities in order to improve facility HSE performance.
• Continuously improve and maintain the Emergency preparedness plan and conduct appropriate drills to test its efficiency.
• Implement and deliver various training programs and coordinate other HSE training and coaching sessions (e.g. task observations and feedback, inspections, spill or release prevention and control, and others).
• Conduct or participate in site, internal Group, Business Units or Country HSE audits.
• Facilitate meetings and coordinate the activities of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee integrating their activities in the yearly strategic plan objectives.
• Support all ABB HSE activities in order to ensure compliance of the operations with the applicable laws, regulations, standards and ABB’s specific requirements.
• Update and maintain Intelex HSE Management Information System on leading and lagging indicators
• Prepare performance reports (leading and lagging indicators and progress towards goals, objective and action plans) on prevention programs in order to communicate the results to all internal partners.
• Contribute to the deployment and implementation of the ABB Way and ABB Canada HSE programs.
• Coach and support managers and personnel into the identification, analysis and control of health and safety hazards.
• Participate in various meetings with the ABB Business Units and Canada HSE team members, as well as to other required HSE activities.
• Maintain applicable business HSE permits. Review Federal, Provincial and local regulation changes that impact permits and permit compliance.
• Maintain efficient relationships with our internal and external partners.
• Develop and implement business health and safety programs and procedures for the represented Division.
• Share best practices with the ABB Business Units and Canada HSE team members.
• Coach and mentor business personnel to ensure HSE principles are considered in the execution of all activities.
• Facilitate and coordinate Joint Health and Safety and Environment Committee meetings integrating their activities in the yearly strategic plan objectives.
• Develop various prevention programs across represented Division to ensure consistency of the HSE management system.
• Support management with the Return to Work and Temporary Assignment programs. Manage Workers Compensation claims.
• Participate in incident investigation, reporting and follow-up in accordance with ABB incident reporting protocols.
• Support management with the inventory of critical task analysis and the related risk assessments.

Your background

• Bilingual – Fluent in English and French.
• Strong Knowledge of ISO 45001, COR, CSA Z462, standards /guidelines / high risk activities (LOTO, working at height, confined spaces, material lifting, etc.) would be a definite asset.
• Safety Professional accreditations (CRSP, CSP, CIH, etc.) would be a definite asset.
• Solid technical and interpersonal skills to identify HSE issues and intervenes through the involvement of management for the implementation of corrective and preventative measures.
• College/University graduate in Occupational Health and Safety and/or pertinent certification or degree.
• Very good computer skills (Intelex database, MS Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, Visio, etc...).
• Excellent knowledge of national health and safety and environment legislation requirements.
• Experience working with third party Registries e.g. Cognibox, ISN, Avetta and Compyworks etc…
• Experience, knowledge and technical capabilities in Electrical Safety and Electrical Safety Programs (LOTO, energized electrical work, Arc Flash etc).
• Working knowledge of OH&S Legislative Requirements including WCB and CNESST.
• The successful candidate shall demonstrate at least ten years of pertinent HSE experience in an industrial or electrical services environment.
• Certified HSE auditing accreditation would be beneficial.
• Adept at strategic thinking – look for solutions outside of the box, strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Capable of working and delivering in complex working environment and under pressure.
• Excellent communicator supporting change agent skills.
• Good interpersonal, communication, training and presentation skills.

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Healthcare plan
• Wellbeing program
• Accident insurance

More about us
We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.
For the 8th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, Canada’s Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and supported. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage applicants to self-identify in the application process.

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