Sr Coordinator Health & Safety Coaldale

Position Title: Sr Coordinator Health & Safety Coaldale

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Coaldale

Grade: Grade 05

Requisition ID: 33881

About the role

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy. The Senior Health and Safety Coordinator plays a key role in fostering a safety culture within Site location. This person will aid in the development and execution of the safety, health and security protocols for the safe design of the expansion to a new plant, focusing on continuous improvement of health and safety policies and procedures, injury prevention, H&S management, plant security, crisis management, and compliance with provincial and local regulations. This position focuses on implementing and overseeing effective health and safety protocols and practices within the organization. The Senior Health and Safety Coordinator recommends process improvements to enhance workplace safety, provides project leadership in implementing safety initiatives, and oversees metrics to monitor trends and measure performance against key health and safety indicators.

Accountabilities:

• Provides exceptional support to ensure the implementation of health and safety initiatives that align with the organization's safety culture and goals.
• Works closely with the plant leadership team and HR Business Partner to promote a continuous improvement mindset and foster employee engagement in health and safety practices.
• Conduct safety audits, including rack inspections, and aid in the closure of audit findings' root cause corrective action within the required timeframe.
• Oversees and advises people leaders and employees on complex health and safety issues, including managing corrective action processes and attendance management.
• Collaborates with the leadership team to improve turnover and retention rates by implementing effective health and safety strategies.
• Verify external contractors' safety training and certification and carry out worksite audits.
• Maintain provincial and local regulations to ensure adherence to company, regulatory, and/or customer food safety requirements, including compliance with established procedures, documentation completion, and annual reviews.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports to track safety and operational performance.
• Conduct training on Food Safety, Health, and Safety for management and staff.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with minimal supervision on projects within teams.
• Supports HR Specialists in handling health and safety-related issues as needed.
• May receive calls outside the regular working hours in the event of an accident or severe injury.
• Additional duties as requested.

Qualifications:

• The ability to work with and influence others to cultivate a positive safety culture. Able to create written safety procedures such as Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Lock Out procedures, Safety Policies, and Standard Work. The ability to deal with and develop a plan in an ambiguous environment is key. Experience in training and facilitating is a plus.
• The ability to deal with and develop a plan in an ambiguous environment is key. Strong oral communication. Able to speak clearly and persuasively in positive and negative situations. Listens and gets clarification. Responds appropriately to questions. Participate in meetings. Able to talk to large groups of people and provide practical training.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of qualification and experience.
• 3-6 years of Safety experience
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Experience developing and facilitating training programs and protocol
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Professional certification is desired
• Strong organizational and time management
• Knowledge and skill with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) is required.
• Knowledge and skills in database use is required.
• Attend training sessions as required to improve and develop skills that will improve employee relations, productivity, and efficiency.

About the team

The Sr Health and Safety Coordinator is a vital part of supporting and improving the safety of our employees at McCain Foods. The role includes building, training and implementing policies, procedures, and safety programs within a facility that supports over 500 employees. Together, with another H&S Coordinator, the successful candidate of this role will work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders in different departments to build and implement health and safety initiatives that best serve the plants and works together to support our employees. This position focuses largely on assessments, documentation, data processing and monitoring through programs such as Power BI, Excel, Word, and other office 365 programs. Collaboration and communication are vital to the success of this role, working interdependently with other departments and plant employees as well as being a leader in health and safety. It is important this candidate has strong communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as the ability to work independently when needed.

An example of the type of work could include building, training, and implementing a LOTO program where all employees are assessed annually in a practical manner and how to address concerns in a timely and priority approach. There is great opportunity to continue growth in knowledge and experience within this position and the ability to grow your impact within McCain with opportunity to move into leadership roles both at the Coaldale facility and other facilities within the McCain Network, for example a transition from Health and Safety into a production leadership role with good understanding by experience of plant operations.

Aside from working alongside other departments and plant employees, this position will work together with a Health and Safety Coordinator and under the direction of the Health and Safety Manager. This position is located in Coaldale, AB and requires full time attendance at the site.

About McCain

At McCain, we're feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That's why we're dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Leadership Principles

Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain experience

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we're better together.

Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Human Resources
Division: NA Potato Manufacturing
Department: ​Coaldale Potato Plant ​
Location(s): CA - Canada : Alberta : Lethbridge || CA - Canada : Alberta : Calgary || CA - Canada : Alberta : Coaldale

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)