Director of Health & Safety [JOB-11728]

One of North America's largest aggregates, cement, and construction materials company is looking for a Director of Occupational Health & Safety to join their executive team. Working throughout North America, you would be responsible for leading safety performance across all their facilities - ensuring a commitment towards safety excellence across all operational teams. This represents a fantastic opportunity to join an industry leader, where you will be given every platform to succeed in the role.

The Role:

• Promote a proactive safety culture at all levels of the organization, with a heavy focus on employee engagement towards the safety program
• Work closely with regional leadership in highlighting successes, focus areas, and KPI's throughout the region, in order to continually develop the safety program 
• Undertake job-site inspections, hazard observations, near-miss investigations, and audits across all operational projects and sites, as deemed necessary
• Train, coach, and mentor operation leaders and safety professionals 
• Identify, develop, and deliver safety training in areas such as safety regulation, hazardous conditions, use of tools and equipment, etc. 
• Ensure company remains compliant and informed of industry regulatory changes when it comes to bodies such as WSIB, OSHA & MSHA

The Candidate:

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety, Engineering or another related discipline
• At a minimum of 7 years of hands-on safety leadership experience in either building materials, aggregates, heavy manufacturing, or a similar environment
• Self-starter who is able to work autonomously 
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, able to interface with employees at all levels of the organization
• Ability to Travel