Health and Safety Coordinator

Scandinavian Building Services has been a Canadian leader in retail and commercial cleaning for the last 60 years. Starting as a small family owned and operated business in Edmonton Alberta in 1982 to offering full service janitorial and building maintenance across Canada today. We attribute our success to staying true to our core values of Service, Motivate, Respect, and Connect. As we continue to grow we are looking to add a Health and Safety Coordinator to the Scandi Family! 

What’s in it for you:

• Awarded one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies: We’re committed to a high level standard of excellence for both clients and our Scandi Family.
• Growth Opportunities: A place to hang your hat. We want our employees to grow with us long term.
• Stability and Job Security: Even through tough economic times we’ve continued to steadily grow, and we aren’t slowing down any time soon. With a strong national presence across Canada  
• Family First Culture: We are and have always been a family owned and operated business. We have family friendly events year-round and affectionately call our team members the Scandi Family.
• Benefits: We offer a comprehensive medical and dental plan as well as personal days off.

What your day to day will look like:

• Assemble and update Health and Safety binders for the region including; training, compliance, safety performance and inspection reports and hazard assessments.
• Distribute safety communications and collect sign offs for all locations in the region.
• Complete site visits weekly to conduct inspections of Scandinavian equipment and janitorial rooms at the regional offices and warehouses. Developing appropriate corrective or preventative actions to improve compliance with health and safety policies and procedures.
• Support the Health and Safety Director with internal and external audit requirements including safety recognitions and certifications.
• Work with the Health and Safety Director to ensure certification standards are consistently met.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• This is an entry level role we’re happy to train the right candidate.
• Must have a post secondary education or completed courses in Health and Safety or similar field.
• Must own a reliable vehicle travel within region is expected for site visits once a week with 1 overnight travel every 5-6 weeks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to get along with different personalities and build strong long lasting relationships with clients.
• Top notch communication skills; this role will be communicating Health and Safety processes, procedures, policies and training to a variety of departments in the organization and to various client groups.

At Scandinavian Building Services we are an equal opportunity employer who values a diverse workplace. We recognize the strength that comes from different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives and welcome all candidates to apply. We feel it is important that all people have access and opportunity to be employed, to be valued and to be respected.