Health, Safety Environmental Specialist

Company: A. Raymond Tinnerman Manufacturing Hamilton, Inc

Location: Hamilton, ON

Type: Full-time

Position Summary

The Health, Safety & Environmental Specialist is responsible for the implementation, coordination, and continual improvement of HSE programs and related training. This role supports HSE operations and partners closely with plant leadership, employees, and the NA H&S; Manager to foster a proactive, high-performance safety culture. This role supports HSE activities at the Hamilton, Canada manufacturing facility, while promoting consistency and standardization of HSE management systems within ARaymond's metals manufacturing facilities.

Roles and Responsibilities

- Serve as the primary onsite HSE resource with responsibility for all Health, Safety and Environmental policies, programs, and compliance activities at the Hamilton, Ontario facility.
- Collaboration with plant leadership and supervisors regarding adherence to Health, Safety and Environmental policies and the promotion of a safe and engaging work setting.
- Support external HSE resources as needed (industrial hygiene services, consultants, auditors, and regulatory agencies).
- Ensure compliance with the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), applicable Ontario regulations, WHMIS requirements, WSIB reporting obligations, environmental legislation, and ARaymond HSE standards.
- Serve as the primary point of contact with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD), Ministry of the Setting, local fire authorities, and other applicable regulatory agencies.
- Lead regulatory inspection readiness, accompany inspectors during visits, and coordinate corrective actions.




- Maintain all required HSE regulatory records, reports, permits, and documentation.
- Lead the development, review, and maintenance of Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), Safe Work Procedures, and risk assessments for high-risk tasks.
- Partner with maintenance/engineering to ensure effective machine guarding, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), energy isolation procedures, and safe equipment commissioning in accordance with ARaymond standards and meeting PHSR requirements.
- Support the contractor safety program, including securing WSIB clearance certificates, onboarding, orientation, and compliance with hot work, confined space, LOTO, and site access requirements.
- Conduct workplace inspections, ergonomic evaluations, and safety audits of manufacturing operations, including stamping presses, coil handling systems, robotic automation, heat treatment furnaces, quench systems, and material handling equipment.
- Respond to workplace incidents, injuries, occupational illnesses, environmental events, and near misses.
- Lead incident investigations using structured root cause methodologies; Deliver and deploy the 8D problem-solving and continuous improvement training. Ensure corrective and preventive actions are documented, communicated, tracked, and completed.
- Analyze injury, incident,



and near-miss trends and provide recommendations to leadership and the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC).
- Maintain the HSE corrective action log and provide regular updates on open action items.
- Prepare and provide weekly, monthly, and annual HSE performance metrics, including incident trends, TRIR, near misses, corrective action status, and other corporate KPI requirements.
- Follow corporate reporting requirements for incident reporting and monthly HSE performance reporting.
- Champion the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) and serve as the Company's Management Co-Chairperson.
- Support JHSC inspections, recommendations, and continuous workplace improvement initiatives.
- Promote and reinforce the Internal Responsibility System (IRS) throughout the facility.
- Design, schedule, coordinate, and deliver required HSE training programs, including WHMIS, LOTO, Forklift, PPE, Machine Safety, Hazard Recognition, Emergency Response, and Contractor Safety.
- Conduct all onboarding safety orientations for employees, students, temporary workers, and contractors.
- Maintain accurate training records and ensure audit readiness and compliance with legislative and company requirements.
- Work with leadership and subject matter experts to identify HSE training needs and develop competency validation processes.
- Arrange internal and external safety training programs, including JHSC Certification, Forklift, Elevated Work Platform (Skyjack), 1 st Aid/CPR/AED and other required certifications.
- Maintain and update operational training matrices working with the operations and other functional area leads.
- Maintain emergency response

📌 Health, Safety Environmental Specialist (Canada)
🏢 A. Raymond Tinnerman Manufacturing Hamilton
📍 Canada