Health & Safety Consultant, Occupational Hygiene

Overview

JOB TITLE: Health and Safety Consultant, Occupational Hygiene

POSITION OPENINGS: 1 (Existing Position)

STATUS: Permanent, Full Time

LOCATION: Home Office Based. Candidates must live in Central Region, Ontario (Includes Peel, Halton, Dufferin, York and Durham Region), maintain a private and safe workspace, and have high-quality internet connection.

HOURS OF WORK: 35 hours/week

CLASSIFICATION: Grade 7

The hiring range for this position ranges from $76,503 to $90,848, with the opportunity to grow within the broader salary range of $76,503 to $114,155 as you advance in your role.

Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) is a not-for-profit organization committed to protecting Ontario’s workers and businesses. It serves more than 174,000 member firms and 4.2 million workers across the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors. A proud partner in the province’s occupational health and safety system and a trusted safety advisor since 1917, WSPS has a rich history of making workplaces safer.

Our focus on healthy workplaces extends to our own strong safety culture. We’re committed to helping employees thrive in a remote-first world, and we’re honoured to be recognized as a Great Place to Work for two consecutive years for 2024 and 2025.

As a member of our team, you'll benefit from a compensation package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy, motivated and safe. Highlights include:

• Make a meaningful impact by supporting our mission to protect Ontario’s workers and businesses
• Comprehensive life and health benefits (100% company paid Health & Dental)
• Generous vacation and leave entitlements (including paid time off over Christmas and New Year’s, paid parental leave benefits)
• And more!

Reporting to the Manager, Consulting Services, the Health & Safety Consultant, Occupational Hygiene role is responsible for servicing external and internal clients by providing general occupational health & safety as well as occupational hygiene consulting and training services virtually and in person. The Consultant works within a team to ensure annual goals and objectives associated with the WSPS Strategy are accomplished.

The core accountability for the role is ensuring high quality services are provided to clients, on time and within budget, resulting in high client satisfaction in the assigned territory.

The core accountability of the Health & Safety Consultant, Occupational Hygiene is to deliver high quality solutions and services. The goal of improving overall health and enhancing productivity, quality and morale in the workplace they will work with the team to enhance the quality and consistency of current services and solutions across the province and ensure WSPS stays current and relevant to workplaces by channeling industry and evidence-based research into new services and solutions.

Note:

Percentages refer to approximate % of time spent on each area, over the course of a given year.

DELIVER SERVICES/SOLUTIONS TO CLIENTS (70%)

• Deliver services to clients that facilitate a reduction and mitigation of risk for workplace injury and illness through the: hazard identification, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, and recommendations for improving tools, equipment, layout materials, environment, work practices, organizational factors and other processes.
• Assess client needs and works diplomatically within political framework of unionized and non
  -unionized workplaces. Liaise with various stakeholders (e.g. MLTSD, senior management, supervisors, workers, staff) to assist clients in complying with relevant Occupational Health and Safety legislation, standards and best practices.
• Execute solution delivery to client as per scope and term outlined in the agreement/ contract. In collaboration with Account Management, follow up regularly with clients to ensure ongoing service satisfaction.
• Provides virtual and on-site public training and workshops to clients in areas such as general Health & Safety, Occupational Hygiene, CSA standards, speaking at conferences, etc.
• Conducts worker personal chemical exposure assessments, personal noise exposure assessments and related…