National HSE Manager

At East Penn Canada, our people are the heart of our company. We put our employees and our clients first to build solid relationships with intention. We offer a vast range of diverse and rewarding career opportunities. We invite you to become part of an organization that has challenging opportunities, rewarding career paths, organization values, and a charismatic team.

Join our dedicated team of leading experts in the battery industry.

• Profit Sharing & Deferred Profit Sharing (retirement) program
• Excellent company paid benefit program
• Learning & development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities for advancement

Reporting to the Head of Operations, the National HSE Manager is responsible for the assessment and mitigation of health and safety related risk across the organization. The incumbent collaborates with the cross-functional management team to integrate environmental health and safety into all strategies, activities, and decision-making processes across all locations and facilities. The National Manager actively promotes a philosophy of sound environmental health and safety practices in the workplace, by providing leadership and direction in the design, development and implementation of environmental health and safety programs, processes and best practices.

• Develop and maintain a strategic Health and Safety plan for East Penn Canada.
• Create, implement and communicate policies and procedures and ensure alignment with the leadership team, branch network and local network.
• Oversee the management of post-incident requirements.
• Manage the provision of a healthy and safe workplace environment for all employees, customers, visitors and service providers at East Penn locations across Canada.
• Collect, monitor, and analyze health and safety trends, and identify negative trends and investigate their root cause.
• Ensure companywide compliance to all H&S related legislation and related internal policies and procedures.
• Develop, build and maintain health and safety training programs that reflect the Company’s policies, SOP’s, government regulations and industry standards.

• Six (6+) plus years in a health and safety role, preferably in a warehousing/logistics and transportation environment.
• Completion of Post-Secondary education, preferably in a science or engineering discipline.
• CRSP Health and Safety designation (completed or in progress).
• Experience with handling and transportation of Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) / Hazardous Materials an asset.
• Leadership experience with a strong ability to build relationships and collaborate with various stakeholders.
• Familiarity with health and safety legislation/regulations in multiple provinces and across borders.
• Bilingual (English-French) an asset to support our Quebec locations.
• On an occasional basis, travel across Canada to branch locations as needed.
• Background checks including criminal checks & employment references will be requested.

East Penn Canada is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants to apply; all reasonable accommodations will be made for people with disabilities.