Health and Safety Administrator

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, Kingston and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada's infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that's well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada's infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA's Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) - Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine's Gold Winner for Canada's Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada's Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada's Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Health & Safety Administrator to join our growing team in Vaughan Ontario. If you are passionate about administrative functions - especially tracking of information and keeping files in-order for compliance purposes, then we want to meet you!

The Health and Safety Coordinator reports to the Manager of Health & Safety. The role of the Health and Safety Coordinator is to ensure that paperwork related to optimal operations of the safety department is managed and is well organized in a timely manner. This include organizing, filing, and producing documentation for the safety department which includes any documentation produced by the Specialists, site teams or as required by the Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Health and Safety Administrator is responsible for completing and/or filing;

• Safety orientation documentation for new workers
• Document and file reports of the inspection conditions issued by the JHSC (Joint Health & Safety Committee) or Specialists
• Manage training rosters and training sessions, while forecasting training needs
• Build and maintain good working relationships with internal and external parties
• Keep stock of pre-qualifying safety packages
• Participate in and Manage joint health and safety committee (JHSC) documentation
• Support the management of all ISO, CSA, COR, ISNet, ComplyWorks, Safe Contractor, Risk Check or any other compliance requirements
• Support the management of worker injury and compensation requirements including modified duties and return to work
• Support the documentation of reports to the authorities
• Participating in the weekly safety department call in meeting
• Prepare safety materials related to safety initiative in the upcoming calendar
• Participate in and Manage the Fire Safety Planning, organization and drills
• Any other support that the Specialists, Coordinators, or Manager requires

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Administrative Assistant, Secretarial or Office Assistant education is an asset
• Proven experience as an office administrator, administrative assistant or relevant role is preferred
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Accurate typing skills and demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel, WORD and PowerPoint)
• Understanding of office management procedures as it relates to compliance documentation
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Energetic team player with a strong work ethic and a customer focus
• Integrity and the willingness to own scope of work and associated issues
• Willingness and analytical ability to solve problems

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, LGTBQ2S+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at careers@modernniagara.com.