WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
We are seeking a highly skilled
Health & Safety Manager to lead and oversee the site's health and safety programs across cement manufacturing, surface mining, maintenance, mobile equipment, contractor activities, and terminal operations, as applicable. This role is responsible for driving regulatory compliance, strengthening critical risk controls, and fostering a safety-first culture across a complex, integrated industrial operation.
The Health & Safety Manager partners closely with site leadership to develop, implement, and continuously improve systems that protect employees, contractors, and visitors. The role provides strategic and field-based leadership in hazard identification, risk assessment, training, incident investigation, contractor management, emergency preparedness, audit readiness, and performance improvement across multiple operating environments.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?The Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for the following:
- Develop, implement, and maintain site health and safety policies, procedures, and programs in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and company standards, including Ontario, Canada, and other relevant jurisdictional requirements.
- Partner with site leadership to integrate health and safety into daily operations and long-term planning across cement manufacturing, quarry or surface mining activities, maintenance, mobile equipment, and terminal operations, as applicable.
- Lead or support site critical risk programs, including energy isolation, confined space entry, hot work, work at heights, line breaking, machine guarding, contractor control, and mobile equipment and pedestrian interaction.
- Conduct or support regular field inspections, audits, and safety observations across operating areas, identify hazards and non-conformances, and ensure corrective actions are assigned, tracked, and verified to closure.
- Lead or support the investigation of incidents, injuries, near misses, and high-potential events; facilitate root cause analysis; and partner with operations to implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Oversee the coordination and execution of safety training and competency programs for employees, contractors, and visitors, ensuring understanding of site hazards, critical controls, emergency response expectations, and regulatory requirements.
- Facilitate risk assessments, job hazard analyses, and pre-task planning processes for routine, non-routine, shutdown, and project work, ensuring hazards are identified and appropriate controls are established before work begins.
- Oversee contractor safety processes, including prequalification support, onboarding, orientation, permit expectations, field verification, and review of contractor incidents and corrective actions.
- Support safe execution of quarry or surface mining activities by addressing hazards related to mobile equipment, traffic management, ground conditions, working around excavation areas, and contractor activities, as applicable to the site.
- Support safe terminal operations and marine interfaces, as applicable, including bulk material handling, loading and unloading activities, dockside hazards, traffic control, contractor coordination, and emergency preparedness for terminal-related incidents.
- Oversee emergency preparedness and response programs, including fire protection, first aid, evacuation, spill response, and coordination with internal and external responders.
- Promote a strong safety culture by engaging employees and leaders in observations, safety conversations, committees, risk reviews, and continuous improvement activities.
- Partner with Corporate Health and Safety department to deploy company standards, support implementation of corporate safety initiatives, and provide input on site-specific risks, trends, gaps and improvement opportunities.
- Prepare and present safety performance reports, analyze trends, support audit readiness, manage required documentation, and liaise with regulatory agencies, external auditors, and other third parties as needed.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?- 10+ years of progressive experience in Health and Safety leadership, including development and deployment of Health and Safety Management Systems in large, complex industrial operations.
- Experience in cement, mining, aggregates, manufacturing, bulk materials handling, terminal operations, or similarly heavy industrial environments is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of Health and Safety Management Systems, regulatory compliance, risk assessment, incident investigation, corrective action management, and safety performance improvement.
- Strong policy and procedure writing skills, with the ability to translate regulatory and company requirements into practical site standards.
- Working knowledge of high-risk work controls such as lockout or tagout, confined space, work at heights, hot work, line breaking, machine guarding, and mobile equipment and pedestrian interaction.
- Familiarity with both Ontario and Canada safety legislative requirements is required; experience supporting both manufacturing and surface mining environments is an asset.
- Experience supporting contractor-intensive work environments, shutdowns, projects, and non-routine maintenance activities.
- Strong communication, coaching, facilitation, and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across operations, maintenance, leadership, and corporate teams.
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in occupational health and safety, engineering, industrial hygiene, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Equivalent experience may include a recognized technical safety program combined with direct safety leadership in an industrial environment.
- Professional designation such as CRSP is an asset.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? - Being part of VCNA is being part of building famous landmarks such as Toronto's CN Tower, Roy Thompson Hall, Maple Leaf Gardens and the Darlington Nuclear Station and Ryerson Centre, St. Regis Chicago and 150 N. Riverside, Louis High-Speed Rail in Chicago and more
- Opportunities to collaborate with teams around the globe and growth opportunities in different areas
- Training, professional development
- Tuition reimbursement/assistance
- Competitive wages, vacation and holiday time
- Medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- RRSP and DC (CAN) and 401K (U.S.)
- Lifeworks Employee Assistance Program (EAP): confidential support for you and your family (CAN)
- Educational scholarship program for dependents of regular salaried employees.
- Fertility drug coverage
- Paid Maternity Leave Top Up
- Hybrid work model for certain positions
Salary Range: $90,000 - $110,000
Location: Bowmanville, Ontario
OUR PEOPLE We care about people - all people. At VCNA, we take safety, health and wellness seriously. We're dedicated to giving our employees a safe workplace, our neighbors a safe environment and our customers a high-quality and safe product. Safety first -and always!
Our VC Way reflects who we are, inspiring us to unite our culture and be our best:
Our Way of Being: ethical and respectful,
Our Way of Working: together with excellence and
Our Way of Thriving: with the courage to transform.
