Health And Safety Specialist

Wonderbrands, is a leading North American bakery (with 140 years of experience in baking packaged breads, artisan breads and donuts. We are one of the largest bakeries within North America and producers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D’Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa.

Wonderbrands, a division of FGF Brands, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake. We are hiring to build a robust Talent and Development team to support our bakeries and Team Members.

Health & Safety Specialist will lead initiatives at the bakery level through a culture of safety, core metrics and proactive solutions. Actively working with key stakeholders within the organization to identify and assess conditions that could produce accidents or incidents and then collaboratively prepare and recommend corrective actions with business leaders. The EHS Specialist will be the overall champion of the Bakery Environmental, Health and Safety System.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist with incident investigations, near-miss reporting, job hazard analysis, and recommend actions in order to ensure compliance.
• Undertake risk assessments, and site inspections and identify potential hazards.
• Provide advice regarding the development of safe and healthy practices.
• Attend all JHSC meetings facilitated by the business partner as an Advisor.
• Assists in the identification and analysis of trends. Communicate observations and provide suggestions for incident reduction measures.
• Ensure Occupational Health and Safety compliance with health and safety laws and regulations.
• Manage the Workers’ Compensation program, claims, and modified return to work program.
• Produce statistics for leaders regarding accidents.
• Investigate/research; recommend and implement Health & Safety Best Practices.
• Be available to resolve issues and spend time coaching on the production floor.
• Schedule appointments with injured/ill team members to understand their requirements.
• Be up to date with new legislation and maintain a working knowledge of all H&S legislation and any developments.
• Work with department leaders and T&D Business Partners to determine alternate duties and return schedules.
• Assist in the investigation and resolution of incidents including root-cause analysis and provide probable causes of incidents and recommendations for resolution and appropriate corrective and preventative measures.
• Coordinates the implementation of corrective and preventative measures.
• Lead in-house training with the operations team to address health and safety issues and risks and transfer knowledge.
• Work with our agency partners to share best practices related to H&S and jointly manage the return to work program.

Job Requirements

• Manufacturing experience required
• Excellent interpersonal /communication skills
• Proven competency in fostering a Health & Safety environment
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in Health and Safety

If you’re excited about this opportunity and love baked goods, we invite you to apply!

Wonderbrands is committed to fostering a work environment with strong core values that support diversity through various policies, programs and activities that encourage sensitivity and accommodations. Wonderbrands offers employment regardless of race, colour, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Diversity is integral to our success as an organization and we will use diversity as a model to help identify and develop the best talent, create effective teams, and achieve overall excellence. In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Disclaimer The above describes the general responsibilities, required knowledge and skills. Please keep in mind that other duties may be added or this description may be amended at any time.

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