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About the Role
The Senior Health & Safety Specialist plays a pivotal leadership role in advancing FGF’s safety culture and execution within the facility, providing both hands-on oversight and partnership with site leadership. This role champions program execution, continuous improvement, and the practical application of FGF’s safety standards, ensuring a safe, compliant, and high-performing workplace.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior-level partner to site leadership, providing guidance, coaching, and influence to strengthen accountability and elevate safety culture.
- Lead the execution and continuous improvement of Health & Safety programs with a hands-on presence on the production floor to proactively identify risks and engage Team Members.
- Independently prioritize and coordinate safety initiatives in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing demands.
- Conduct advanced risk assessments, incident investigations, and audits, identifying systemic opportunities for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
- Develop and deliver targeted training and coaching to support leadership capability and reinforce consistent behaviors aligned with FGF safety expectations.
- Foster strong cross-functional partnerships to align safety actions with operational priorities and influence change.
- Provide mentorship, coaching, and guidance to emerging Health & Safety talent and reinforce a high-performance safety mindset.
- Monitor leading and lagging metrics, conduct detailed trend analysis, and recommend focused improvement actions.
- Serve as a champion for continuous improvement, promoting best practices, operational discipline, and a Team Member–centric approach to safety engagement.
- Support site readiness for audits, regulatory inspections, and large-scale initiatives such as new line or equipment commissioning.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Minimum 5–7 years of progressive experience in health and safety, preferably in a manufacturing or multi-site environment.
- Formal education and/or training in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent experience.
- Strong knowledge of the OHSA/OSHA and other related Health and Safety legislation.
- Safety knowledge in Fall Protection, Heat Stress, Safe Lifting, and WHMIS.
- Demonstrated success in developing, leading, and mentoring health and safety professionals.
- Proven track record of implementing cross-site programs and influencing senior leaders.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills; capable of engaging diverse teams.
- Flexible, open, and approachable attitude.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision as well as within a collaborative team setting.
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment within specified timeframes and where attention to detail and effective multi-tasking is essential.
Skills
- Occupational Health and Safety
- OHSA/OSHA legislation
- Fall Protection
- Heat Stress
- Safe Lifting
- WHMIS
- Risk Assessment
- Incident Investigation
- Auditing
- Training Development
- Coaching
- Mentorship
- Trend Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Interpersonal Skills
- Communication Skills
- Facilitation Skills
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Formal education and/or training in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent experience.
- Certified Health and Safety Professional, e.g., ASP/CRST, CSP/CRSP®/PSAC®, or CHSC would be an asset.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Health Benefits
- Generous flexible medical / Health spending account
- RRSP matching program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun - Restaurants, gyms, shopping etc.
About the Company
- FGF believes in Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training.
- We have an entrepreneurial spirit which encourages all our team members to use their own creativity and out of the box thinking to come up with solutions and new ideas.
- Working at FGF Brands, there is never a dull moment! As a successful company that is continually growing there is always challenging yet rewarding work to be a part of.
Equal Opportunity
- In compliance with Ontario’s Bill 190, we confirm that this posting represents a current, existing vacancy within our organization.