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Health & Safety Coordinator

Who We Are

After four decades of home building excellence, Cachet has earned a reputation as an award-winning developer and builder of master-planned communities across Southern Ontario. From the very beginning, our principles have been guided by a distinctive vision of how new homes should be crafted; a vision that combines innovative architecture, superior craftsmanship, exceptional quality features and finishes, and outstanding customer care. Since 1981, Cachet has developed and built thousands of new homes—and we remain committed to enriching the lives of families by building visionary communities they will be proud to call home.

What We Offer

Cachet is on a mission to be the most innovative community builder in Ontario. Joining our rapidly growing organization will give you the opportunity to work alongside us as we create the next generation of modern, complete communities throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

The environment at Cachet is dynamic, engaging, rewarding, and team oriented. We strive to ensure Cachet is a great place to work for all our team members and are committed to building a best-in-class, values-driven organization that positively impacts the lives of our employees, customers, communities, and environment.

Your Role

Reporting to the Senior Superintendent, the Health and Safety Representative is responsible for maintaining and ensuring a clean and safe work environment at our site in Ayr. The appropriate candidate must have 2 or more years of low-rise residential experience in a high-volume production environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Superintendent and Finishing Superintendent as necessary
• Identify actual and potential workplace hazards and proactively resolve issues
• Build relationships with inspectors, staff, trades, and homeowners
• Work as a team in order to meet tight deadlines
• Install safety rails as necessary and any other safety materials required
• Obtain health and safety-related information and paperwork and ensure all paperwork is organized and well managed
• Manage and coordinate all safety materials and documents necessary to ensure efficient tracking of safety violations, warnings, inspections etc.
• Ensure a clean and safe working environment at all times on site
• Chair JHSC meetings with staff and trade partners
• Make recommendations to Cachet and the Site Super about health and safety in the workplace and ways to continue to develop and improve our SOP
• Chair site safety meetings with internal staff, as necessary
• Inspect the workplace regularly and resolve any issues promptly

What You Bring:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required, both oral and written. Willing to take responsibility and be held accountable for results
• Health and safety training and certification an asset
• Skills building relationships with a broad network of contacts, including trade partners, inspectors, and suppliers
• Experience with NEWSTAR an asset
• Extensive knowledge of Ontario Building Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, and other health and safety regulations.
• Proficient with MS Office
• Strong organizational skills
• 2 years or more of residential construction experience in health and safety in a fast-paced high-volume environment

Cachet Homes is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, origin, disability, or any other status protected under Canadian law or ordinances. Equal access to programs, services, and employment is available to all people.

Qualified applicants will be contacted directly by a member of the Cachet team.