Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Specialist

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centres around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

The site SHE Specialist has responsibility for managing Safety, Health & Environment improvement activities to achieve excellence at the site level.  S/he works with site Supply Chain teams to develop the local SHE Strategy and improvement plans to achieve sustainable SHE excellence by reducing injuries, illnesses and environmental impact as measured in the core KPIs. Role has expectations of flexible rotating hours of implementation.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Deploy the global/cluster SHE strategy, policy and standards in the site to achieve excellent sustainable results
• Drive safety and environment risk assessment and develop/implement appropriate controls
• Lead the SHE Pillar in accordance with ManEx
• Influence senior management and drive safety and environmental leadership through line management
• Monitor site legal compliance and ensure the site meets all local/national regulatory requirements and Unilever standards, provide advice on national SHE legislation requirements & implement relevant procedures and policies  
• Work closely with Occupational Health personnel to identify and mitigate risks which may lead to occupational ill health
• Assist the site SHE Manager to develop and lead the internal crisis committees and safety committee; support the site SHE manager in leading serious incident investigation and analysis
• Advise line management in all accident/incident investigations
• Conduct trend analysis from incidents, near misses, safe behavior observations and deep compliance audits
• Manage the S.H.E. data and statistics and provide reports as per requirement
• Determine training needs and assist in delivery of training programs
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting/follow up of WSIB reportable injuries as required
• Liaise with Joint Venture partners as required to ensure appropriate reporting and claim management of seconded employees.
• Coordinate Injury Management/Return to Work/Modified Work programs with supervisors (WSIB)
• Approve and monitor chemical SDS management through existing systems 
• Drives internal audits and subsequent programs to ensure SHE compliance and procedures are followed throughout the site
• Generate, maintain and submit all annual reporting requirements per regulatory agencies and permit requirements 
• Establish appropriate site SHE metrics consistent with business objectives and periodically report progress and effectiveness to management and staff 
• Prepare and update facility SOP’s 
• Understanding of hazardous and nonhazardous waste management practices to include generating new waste streams, creating new waste profiles, coordinate and oversee waste pickups and sign manifests, and compare reporting to regulatory and permitting requirements

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Bachelor’s Degree. Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Sustainability focus preferred
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the field of Safety, Health and Environmental or related Factory Engineering or Manufacturing experience.

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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Unilever Canada est une organisation engagé à la diversité et à l'inclusion pour stimuler nos résultats d'affaires et créer un meilleur avenir chaque jour pour nos employés, les consommateurs globaux, les partenaires et les communautés. Nous croyons qu'un effectif diversifiée nous permet de faire correspondre nos ambitions de croissance et de stimuler l'inclusion dans l'entreprise. Tous les candidats qualifiés recevront la considération pour un emploi sans égard à la race, la couleur, la religion, le sexe, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale ou ethnique, l'état matrimonial, la situation familiale, l'invalidité, les caractéristiques génétique, et une condamnation pour laquelle un pardon a été accordée.

Si vous êtes une personne handicapée qui a besoin d'aide à tout moment au cours de notre processus de recrutement, veuillez communiquer avec nous au NA.Accommodations@unilever.com. Veuillez noter: ces lignes sont réservées aux personnes handicapées ayant besoin d'aide et ne sont pas un moyen d'enquêter sur les postes.