Health and Safety Advisor

Balcan Innovations is a leading North American manufacturer of technical films, flexible packaging, and reflective insulation with five brands at its core: Balcan Packaging, Plastixx FFS Technologies, NELMAR Security Packaging Systems, rFoil, and Reflectix.

• Full time and permanent position

• Group Insurance Coverage (life, disability, medical, dental and vision)

• Free on-site parking

• Dynamic work environment

• In collaboration with line management, drive implementation of health and safety programs through coaching and training
• Daily presence on the shop floor to observe, listen, coach, influence, educate, identify gaps and solutions; ex.: during Daily Briefings and H&S interactions
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and company standards, for production, maintenance and projects
• Advise and instruct on various H&S related topics
• Conducting risk assessment and enforcing preventative measures
• Collaborate with the Plant Manager, line management and support functions to continuously improve H&S performance and participation
• Facilitate incident investigations, focusing on root causes and opportunities to learn
• Facilitate Risk assessments, for tasks, equipment and projects
• Participate in the elaboration and auditing of Standard Operating Practices
• Facilitate Health and Safety Committees, Roll out of Campaigns and other H&S Initiatives
• Identify H&S training needs, organise training and ensures appropriate evaluation and follow-up.
• Participate in the on-boarding of new employees
• Conduct data analysis and complete health and safety reports. Ensures data integrity of various KPIs and processing of various forms with rigor.
• Participates in the review, improvement and documentation of various H&S processes, programs, procedures, communication tools, in collaboration with the other sites.

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Health and Safety adviser or equivalent
• Experience in manufacturing environment is an asset
• Certificate/Degree in occupational health and safety
• Excellent writing and verbal communication, presentation and training skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Able to manage multiple and conflicting priorities
• Perfectly bilingual (French/English) since the use of English is required to be able to communicate with colleagues in plants in Ontario and the United States and to write reports for them
• Ability to coach and influence
• Eager to learn, Team worker
• Solutions and results oriented
• Advanced level computer skills
• Diligent with great attention to detail

Please take note that a pre-selection of applications is made and that only selected candidates will be contacted.
The use of the masculine to designate person is only intended to lighten the text.