Retail - Health & Safety Advisor

Join our growing team as we continue to grow and play a key role in providing safety leadership, support, and coordination for multiple locations throughout Canada!

High Tide Inc., a leading cannabis retailer and accessory company, seeks a passionate and detail-oriented Retail – Health & Safety Advisor for our Calgary office. This is a new role to support our growing organization! You will be responsible for providing safety leadership, collaboration, support, and coordination throughout our company. This position will report to the Vice President.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of Health and Safety Management initiatives and processes to build an organization-wide safety culture.
• Lead in the development of company Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems, perform training need analysis, and recommend the changes to the business.
• Oversee the documentation of incident files to ensure compliance with regulatory, internal and WCB and safety inspector audits.
• Support incident investigations and reporting in finding fundamental root causes, identify proper corrective actions, ensure follow-up, and collaborate, as required.
• Liaison with training team to ensure compliance and training certification by each province.
• OHS training certification updates across all stores.
• Monthly inspection review and liaison with stakeholders to mention any safety concerns.
• Ensure all emergency evacuation plans for all sites are posted for current and NSOs, liaison with compliance and construction team on an as needed basis.
• Ensure all near misses, robbery and break in protocols are created and followed by operational leaders.
• Working alone policy reviews are updated for all provinces in Canada.
• Gather, organize, analyze, and report out on a variety of safety performance and compliance data.
• Manage OHS inspector visits and work with local leaders and workers to ensure timely closing of contact orders.
• Manage all on-line safety compliance websites and training processes for retail staff.
• Deal with any complaints regarding right to refuse unsafe work across Canada. Develop protocol as needed and documents in collaboration with HR team.
• Provide guidance, support, and direction for HSE related issues, including compliance with safety regulations and investigation into incidents.
• Provide guidance to incident investigations ensuring causal factors are identified and corrective actions are documented and communicated.
• Develop, lead, and manage the KPI process/budget including action plans as needed to address concerns.
• Maintain all safety related policies and procedures and oversee imputation into business practice.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of the Occupational Health Safety Act for retail and distribution and Cannabis Act for all provinces in Canada, the Traffic Safety Act for AB, BC, MB, SK and ON. (All Canadian provinces as needed).
• Knowledge of applicable HSE regulations, codes, practices, and standards.
• Strong computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications).
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well with others and create effective working relationships on all levels (internal/external).
• Familiarity with provincial OSHA inspection and Audit process is an asset.
• Ensure all first aid certification is up to date for all worksites.
• Become train the trainer as needed by the business.
  
  

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years in a similar role is required.
• Experience in retail and distribution sector is considered an asset.
• Knowledge about cannabis legislation of all provinces.
  
  

Education Requirements:

• Completion of a college or university degree in a related field; specifically, certification in Occupational Health and Safety is preferred.
• NCSO, CRSP, CTSP, or OHS designation is preferred.
• COR Audit certification through AMTA (required within 6 months of employment).
• Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
• Clean police record check.
• Ability to get regional cannabis licenses in AB, BC, MB, SK and ON.
  
  

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to be part of a growing, fast-paced, and successful company.
  
  

Ready to join our team?

If you are a motivated and results-oriented individual with a passion for Health & Safety Advisor, we encourage you to apply for this exciting new role!

Some of the benefits you can expect at High Tide Inc.

• We are building, growing, and driven to grow.
• We share our knowledge and learn from each other, one team.
• On the job training to set you up for success.
• Mentorship from talented professionals.
  
  

The job posting reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions and duties as required for proper evaluation of the job. There may be additional duties, responsibilities, and qualifications for this job.

Please note that candidates applying for openings must be authorized to work in Canada.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About us:

High Tide Inc. is the leading community-grown, retail-forward cannabis enterprise engineered to unleash the full value of the world's most powerful plant. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly diversified and fully integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including:

Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana is the largest non-franchised cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 165 current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in Canada.

Retail Innovation: Fastendr is a unique and fully automated technology that integrates retail kiosks and smart lockers to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.

E-commerce Platforms: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory sites across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.

We are a team with purpose and passion! Our values are:

• Passion
• Diligence
• Achievement
• Dependability
  
  

High Tide has been named one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine and was ranked number one in the retail category on the Financial Times list of Americas' Fastest Growing Companies for 2023. To discover the full impact of High Tide, visit www.hightideinc.com.

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