Building Services Health & Safety Manager

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.  

WE BUILD FOR LIFE. 

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that’s well above industry standards. 

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet. 

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award. 

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Building Services Health & Safety Manager, to join our growing team in the Toronto office. If you are passionate about building HSE programs that support and cultivate a preventative safety culture that works to reduce and eliminate the risk of injury or illness within the workplace, then we want to meet you quickly!

Reporting to the Vice President, HSE, the role of the Building Services HSE Manager is to develop and implement health and safety standards into Modern Niagara’s Building Services division. The Building Services HSE Manager provides leadership and guidance to leadership and staff within Building Services Operations, in the execution of the health and safety programs in the field. Additionally, the HSE Manager will regularly collaborate and coordinate with Regional HSE teams as required, in order to support Building Services operational safety needs across the business.

This position will include both in-office work as well as in-field support.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Work closely with Building Services Operations and Site Management to ensure initiatives are properly aligned and executed throughout the sites to meet or exceed safety goals.
• Act as first point of contact for our customers on all health and safety issues arising out of field operations.
• Ensure the customer requirements on contracts and sites are being met and eliminate gaps as required.
• Conduct frequent reviews of established health and safety procedures to ensure ongoing effectiveness and compliance on site
• Oversee the auditing of Service sites for compliance with Health & Safety programs and process, both internal and external
• Review the analysis of injury data, identifying the needs for new or modified safety programs. Implement leading indicators to predict and prevent injuries.
• Continuously engage the Services workforce to ensure needs and compliance are met; promote safe behaviors and a positive safety culture
• Provide continuous support and guidance with Services Operations to maintain a safe work environment that is consistent with the company’s policies and provincial regulations.
• Oversee the completion of special information requests from regulatory agencies and representing the corporation in meetings with regulatory agencies.
• Evaluate employee safety behavior and performance to ensure training programs are effective.
• Provide guidance on matters related to compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Participate in safety reviews/audits of projects, new facilities, equipment, or processes in conjunction with Services personnel.
• Conduct frequent walk through of sites observing conditions and work practices; make recommendations, champion change and recognize positive achievements and behaviors.
• Where required, assist with root cause analysis for incidents, and near miss events; assist in development and implementation of corrective actions.
• Ensure effective and relevant HSE communication to internal stakeholders.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the Services training program.
• Influence commitment from field leaders to comply with all HSE requirements.
• Partnering with operations on HSE messaging and communications to the field.
• Supporting the completion of all HSE documents and providing constructive feedback to encourage continuous improvement.
• Attending all HSE and Services Operational meetings.
• Support the VP and Director of HSE with any additional tasks as required.
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

• Post-secondary education in Health and Safety or a related field. CRSP is an asset.
• Previous 5-10 years of experience within a similar position. Previous experience within a construction services/ maintenance and facilities environment would be a strong asset.
• Demonstrated competency in Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Effective communicator with the ability to develop and sustain productive working relationships with employees, subcontractors, and other stakeholders at all levels.
• Well-organized individual with the ability to effectively set and manage competing priorities.
• Sense of prioritization and drive to succeed.
• Comfortable working within a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
• Resourceful, energetic, and able to operate independently with confidence.
• Clean driver’s license and the ability to travel to job sites if required.
• Strong interest in growing a career within the construction industry.
  
  

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

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential. 

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at [email protected]