Health & Safety Field Consultant

Company: Peninsula Employment Services Limited

Department: H&S - Consultancy

Location: ON

Salary: $75,000 - $90,000 DOE

Type of Employment: Permanent

Full/Part-Time: Full-Time

Hours of Work: 37.5

Working Days: Monday to Friday

About Us

Peninsula Canada is a provider of external HR and OHS solutions, including employment relations and health and safety advice, consultancy, BrightHR Software, and Peninsula brAInbox. We are providers to small and medium-sized businesses located throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, with foreseeable plans of branching out to all provinces in Canada!

Peninsula is a division of the Peninsula Group, based in Manchester, UK, which operates in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and, most recently, Canada. We employ over 3,000 people globally! Peninsula opened its first Canadian office in Toronto in September 2017 and has quickly become one of the fastest growing companies.

The Role of Health & Safety Field Consultant

The position of Health & Safety Consultant is a field-based role. You will provide advice, field support, recommendations, solutions, and documentation to Peninsula clients located in the Metro Toronto and surrounding areas as part of Peninsula's Health & Safety Essentials service. You will be expected to work from Monday to Friday. Your regular working hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., although applicants will need to be flexible as the needs of the business can change based on our client volume. There is potential for upward mobility for successful hires. The position will also require the candidate to provide expert support to Peninsula's health and safety advice team regarding issues and requirements so that proper advice and recommendations can be given to clients.

Day-to-Day Duties and Responsibilities

1. Strong knowledge of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
2. Proactively reaching out to clients to follow up regarding any advice, solutions, support, or recommendations that are given
3. Performing client installation visits
4. Providing relevant and correct advice, support, solutions, and recommendations to our clients in a professional, efficient, and practical manner
5. Liaising with government officials and other third parties, on behalf of clients under the supervision of Peninsula's management
6. Completing internal reports following client visits
7. Reading and analyzing a client's policies and other related documentation for the purposes of providing advice, support, solutions, and/or recommendations
8. Advising clients on how to use Peninsula's health and safety management system
9. Achieving internal key performance indicators

Education/Experience

A degree, diploma or certificate from an accredited education or health and safety training program is required. CRST/CRSP certification is mandatory. Strong knowledge of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act is essential as well as a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in health and safety.

What you Bring to the Team

1. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
2. An ability to work independently, as well as a team player
3. Very strong time management and organizational skills
4. Experience in dealing with government enforcement agencies and other similar government bodies
5. A high level of computer literacy
6. Class G Driver's license

Why work at Peninsula Canada?

• Day off on your birthday
• Enhanced Benefits with Health and Dental Coverage
• We offer a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Matching Program
• Vacation Days increase after 2 and 5 years' service

Peninsula is a highly motivated enterprise that promotes an entrepreneurial culture. Peninsula is committed to an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace where all employees are valued. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in our selection process.