Health, Safety and Environment Specialist

Health, Safety and Environment Specialist

Hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week 

Job location: Jarvis (Simcoe) Ontario – Thrive Facility

Employment type: Full-time employment onsite, 12 month contract

Salary : $70,000-$72,000 CAD annually

A little about us

Hi, we’re Aurora Cannabis, and we’re so excited to meet you!

We’re a global cannabis company with operations across Europe and North and South America. We’re driven by our passion to help people improve their lives and have a diverse team who bring their best every day, so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family – from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71, Greybeard and Whistler.

Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our “A-Team”. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.

Job Summary

Are you an experienced professional with a deep passion for health and safety? Do you have a natural talent for identifying risks, developing solutions, and optimizing the health and safety of others? If so, we have the perfect role for you!

It’s grow time and we’re looking for a dynamic professional (like you) to plant their roots with us as our newest Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Specialist for a 12 contract. In this role, you will support our Thrive Facility (Jarvis, Ontario) with nurturing a safe and healthy workplace. Reporting to the Director of HSE, the HSE Specialist is responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring and improvement of all HSE programs within the facility, focusing on prevention to continually elevate the HSE culture. The role is also accountable to ensure site-wide execution of HSE related programs and processes, as well ensure all HSE programs comply with company and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert to support facility leadership in HSE matters that affect the business
• Nurture a safe environment within the facility by identifying and assessing potential workplace risks and opportunities, investigating incidents, and developing, implementing and monitoring HSE programs.
• Ensure all HSE incidents are properly documented and appropriate corrective actions identified are implemented within a timely manner
• Regularly review incident data to determine injury/risk trends and establish action plans as needed
• Oversee initiatives that educate employees about HSE, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Human Resources in managing Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) claims including return to work plans
• Ensure tools and equipment in the facilities meet industry standards, are installed properly and regularly inspected where required
• Schedule and support monthly JHSC meetings, including monthly workplace inspections
• Provide site support by attending department safety meetings, completing inspections, facilitating training, and creating communications as needed
• Conduct orientation and H&S training for new hires
• Conduct proactive assessments to evaluate workplace hazards and opportunities
• Work closely with leadership to drive and strengthen safety culture by resolving concerns and identify opportunities for improvements, including maintaining a visible presence in the facility

Requirement

• Post-secondary education – Diploma or Degree in a program relating to safety preferred
• A minimum of 3-5 years of HSE experience
• CRSP designation is an asset
• Experience in Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical or Food Production is an asset
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• You need a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle to travel to different sites in the GTA.
• This is an onsite role. Occasional support or visits may be required on an as needed basis to other sites within Canada
• Proficiency with all Microsoft Office products including Excel and PowerPoint

Why you’ll love working at Aurora

Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here’s how we do it… 

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, vacation time, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more!
• Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.
• Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with $1,500 of coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).
• Life-long learning: we’re lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.
• Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time, modern technology and snacks and beverages at all our office locations.
• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with medical cannabis.

Next steps

Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by a human recruiter (not a robot) shortly after you apply, and our team will contact you via email if we see a fit.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways! We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity. Not the role for you? Share this posting with a friend or colleague that you think may be interested while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities through our Aurora Careers Page (hot tip: if you are already an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by referring this position to a friend! If they are successful, you will receive a bonus!)

Diversity and inclusion

At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know!

If applicable, Aurora Human Resources will contact you via your email address provided. We do not contact candidates over Facebook or other Social Media apps. You will never be requested to provide confidential information such as banking information or your Social Insurance Number in the interview process.

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