Occupational Health and Safety Consultant

Permanent Management Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA

Established in 1879 and located on the shores of Lake Ontario, Toronto, the award-winning Exhibition Place is Canada’s largest entertainment venue, hosting over 2,000 events and attracting over 5.5 million visitors a year. The 192-acre site is an integral component of Toronto and Ontario’s economy, particularly with respect to conventions, sports, festivals, recreation, culture, and tourism. Exhibition Place boasts the award-winning, LEED Gold Certified Enercare Centre, Canada’s largest exhibition and convention centre, and the Automotive Building LEED Silver conference venue. Since 2004, Exhibition Place has undertaken an environmental stewardship initiative, entitled GREENSmart, which includes the promotion of sustainable development, environmental initiatives and leading-edge green technologies and practices across the site.

We offer a market-competitive salary, performance incentives, and a comprehensive rewards package. Enjoy OMERS participation - a defined benefit pension plan, employer-paid health & dental, extended healthcare, and professional development.

Provide guidance, awareness, and proactive leadership to ensure safe and reliable operations by acting as a change leader, educator, advocate, consultant, and mentor for the safety culture of the company.

Continuously align health and safety plans, policies, standards and programs with legislation and best practices to mitigate financial, personal risk and public perception of the Board of Directors, staff, and patrons.

Conduct annual review of OH&S; Program policies and update policies / procedures / forms as required to reflect changes to applicable legislation, best practices, etc.

Monitoring of health and safety developments in the industry (provincially, nationally, and inter-nationally); Works closely with relevant senior leadership to coach, guide, and mentor on OHS requirements and leadership behaviors.





Drives consistent implementation of OHS strategy, vision, programs, and initiatives across operational sectors.

Oversee risk management, hazard assessment, task analysis, corrective actions, and monitoring effectiveness of new and existing control measures.

Monitor needs and opportunities to improve safety management systems, education and training programs, accident prevention initiatives, industrial hygiene, engineering controls, incident investigations and injury reporting protocols.

Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety division/agency reporting requirements (e.g., Proactively identify, develop, and successfully implement strategic, operational, and work process’, procedures and improvement opportunities associated to benefit organization with the OH&S; department in accordance with best industry practices.

Develop, implement, and manage safety programs, policies, and procedures, in order to execute shows, exhibits and other activities that require specific safety requirements.

Provides senior level analysis and advice to all levels of management and the Board in relation to employee safety.

Prepare and present Board/Senior Executive reports on the overall performance of the health & safety system.

Provide advice, strategies and problem solving to personnel on all health and safety issues to achieve the goal of ‘no harm’.

Coordinate training as required for updated health and safety requirements, best practices, and/or innovations.





Review existing internal and external contractor health and safety practices and compliance with OH&S; Program for legislative and up to date case law requirements.

Oversee incident investigations to ensure that a root cause analysis results in the prevention of recurrence of same or similar events, and in program improvement.

Participate in or lead regulatory appeals – i.e., Ministry of labour (MOL) orders, administrative penalties, and prosecutions, WSIB assessments – and in critical incident investigations where there is significant risk of loss and affecting the bottom line of the organization.

Build positive relationships with all regulatory bodies.

University Degree or College Diploma required, preference for health and safety or building operations related education.

Excellent English oral, written, and grammar skills.

Advanced level skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint.

Experience with / knowledge of environmental and occupational health and safety, Ministry of Labour (MOL), and WSIB.

Technical knowledge of building systems (HVAC, lighting, and building automation) and operations is a plus.

Knowledge of Industrial Hygiene methodologies, environmental monitoring, and analytical methods.

Experience delivering OHS training and formal presentations to leadership.

Must be flexible to work evenings, weekends and during special events as needed to support operational requiremen

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Exhibition Place is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected, and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the public and the communities in which we live and serve.

We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by emailing us at people&View email address on click.appcast.io.

📌 Health And Safety Consultant (Contractor) (Toronto)
🏢 Board Of Governors of Exhibition Place
📍 Toronto