The Health and Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving the organization's occupational health and safety management system throughout Quebec operations. This role ensures compliance with Quebec health and safety legislation, promotes a proactive safety culture, reduces workplace injuries, and partners with operational leadership to effectively manage occupational risks.
The successful candidate serves as the primary safety advisor for Quebec operations and works collaboratively with management, employees, clients, regulatory agencies, and the CNESST to maintain secure and compliant workplaces.
Essential Responsibilities
Regulatory Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with all applicable Quebec occupational health and safety legislation, regulations, and standards.
- Monitor legislative changes and communicate impacts to leadership.
- Develop and maintain company safety policies and procedures consistent with provincial requirements.
- Coordinate responses to regulatory inspections and investigations.
- Maintain required documentation and records.
Safety Program Management
- Develop and implement provincial safety initiatives.
- Conduct hazard identification and risk assessments.
- Establish annual safety objectives and key performance indicators.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop safe work procedures and best practices.
Incident Management
- Lead investigations of workplace injuries, illnesses, property damage, and near misses.
- Identify root causes.
- Develop corrective and preventive action plans.
- Track completion of corrective actions.
- Analyze trends and prepare executive reporting.
Training and Education
- Develop and deliver health and safety training programs.
- Ensure all mandatory provincial training requirements are met.
- Coordinate new employee safety orientation.
- Support supervisors in safety coaching.
- Maintain training records.
Workplace Inspections
- Conduct routine workplace inspections.
- Perform job hazard analyses.
- Recommend engineering and administrative controls.
- Verify corrective actions have been completed.
- Monitor contractor safety performance.
Workers' Compensation Management
- Support injury management and return-to-work initiatives.
- Coordinate with Human Resources and operations regarding modified duties.
- Assist with claim investigations.
- Monitor claim trends and associated costs.
- Liaise with provincial workers' compensation representatives.
Client Support
- Provide safety consultation to operational leadership.
- Support new client implementations.
- Conduct client safety assessments.
- Participate in client safety meetings.
- Assist with customer audits.
Safety Committee Leadership
- Facilitate Joint Health and Safety Committee meetings where required.
- Maintain committee documentation.
- Ensure employee participation in safety initiatives.
- Promote employee engagement.
Bachelor's Degree in one of the following preferred:
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Environmental Health
- Industrial Hygiene
- Risk Management
- Engineering
- Human Resources
- Related discipline
Equivalent education and experience may be considered.
Experience
- 5–8 years progressive occupational health and safety experience
- Experience supporting multiple facilities or client locations
- Experience within warehousing, staffing, manufacturing, logistics, or industrial environments preferred
- Experience working with provincial workers' compensation systems
- Experience leading incident investigations
- Experience developing safety management systems
Preferred Experience Candidates with experience in the following environments are strongly preferred:
- Distribution centers
- Warehousing
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- Third-party logistics (3PL)
- Retail/Ecommerce distribution
- Industrial services
Knowledge
Strong knowledge of:
- Quebec occupational health and safety legislation
Preferred Certifications One or more of the following preferred:
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Health & Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (where applicable)
- First Aid/CPR Instructor
- ISO 45001 Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor
Language Requirementx
- Fluent French (required)
- Professional English (required)
- Ability to communicate effectively with provincial regulatory agencies, employees, clients, and executive leadership.
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Safety management software
- Incident management systems
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Data analytics and reporting
- Microsoft Power BI (preferred)
Competencies
- Leadership
- Regulatory expertise
- Communication
- Coaching
- Conflict resolution
- Strategic thinking
- Project management
- Analytical problem solving
- Change management
- Relationship building
- Customer service orientation
- Decision making
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR)
- Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)
- Severity Rate
- Training completion percentage
- Audit completion rate
- Corrective action closure rate
- Regulatory compliance results
- Workers' compensation claim reduction
- Client audit scores
- Employee safety engagement metrics
📌 Health and Safety Manager (Montréal-Nord)
🏢 Eclipse Advantage
📍 Montréal-Nord
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