Advisor – Health, safety and wellness - Human Resources

Department mission of the Human Resources department

Responsibilities and goals

Reporting to the Senior Business Partner - Human Resources, the incumbent of the Advisor – Health, Safety and Wellness position is responsible for providing guidance, coaching and necessary support to fulfil the client group mandates entrusted to them. The incumbent acts as a partner to managers by providing HR advice, solutions and services adapted to the City’s issues and challenges while being aligned with the strategic vision.

The incumbent’s main responsibilities are as follows:

• Establish a proactive and flexible business relationship with managers to fully understand their health, safety and wellness issues and challenges within their departments.
• Support managers in the application of human resources policies, procedures, programs and directives and conduct the necessary follow-ups.
• Develop, implement, and maintain the City’s lockout/tagout program, ensuring regulatory compliance, employee training, and the consistent application of safe work procedures
• Develop action plans and propose awareness tools for the prevention of work-related accidents for managers to help them fulfil their responsibilities.
• Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations, standards and legislation.
• Focus on the continuous improvement of initiatives to ensure the protection and well-being of employees.
• Prepare files to be submitted to various authorities and committees, such as CNESST, TAT, occupational health and safety committees.
• Support managers in prevention activities such as risk identification, workplace inspections, accident investigations and analyses, and provide recommendations to address root causes;
• As needed, coordinate and monitor medical and administrative follow-ups (temporary assignments, rehabilitation, etc.) with the various stakeholders involved.
• Analyze accident statistics to identify trends and problem areas, and develop appropriate corrective and preventive solutions;
• Participate in identifying OHS training needs.
• Keep abreast of best practices in the field.
• Participate actively in various committees.
• Perform all other related tasks.