Safety & Training Manager

Overview

About MVT: MVT Canadian Bus, Inc. proudly operates the conventional and specialized transit service for the City of Barrie from a $22M state-of-the-art facility as part of a 20-year operating contract. The team at MVT is committed to being a company that makes a difference in people's lives by inspiring our employees, treating our customers as part of the family, and making our communities even better places to live.

Position Summary: The Safety & Training Manager is primarily responsible for the day to day management of MVT’s Occupational Health and Safety Programs and is a key position in cultivating MVT’s safety culture. This position is responsible for implementing programs and procedures in compliance with both provincial and federal regulations and corporate and client policies.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities: The following is not intended to be a comprehensive list of the essential functions of the Safety & Training Manager position, but rather a general description of some of the requirements necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of this position. The Safety & Training Manager must be able to perform the following tasks, among others:

• Sets the tone for ensuring all operators are current with training requirements of the company and client contract
• Leads and directs the behavioral-based safety and training processes
• Resides as the expert in Provincial occupational health & safety legislation, overseeing local Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) matters
• Works with local Provincial Worker’s Compensation agencies to ensure all claims are handled promptly and effectively, including coordinating modified and gradual return to work programs for injured employees
• Ensures a consistent safety culture throughout the locations that incorporates operations, safety and maintenance departments and emphasizes the team approach and individual responsibility of all employees to achieve common goals
• Oversees the successful completion of all related audits including those conducted by corporate and client staff and by provincial and federal regulatory agencies
• Ensures that safety technology is used and those results are examined, trend data is analyzed and plans are developed to reduce and then prevent future safety incidents
• Oversees corporate safety incentives and programs are managed effectively and consistently
• Reviews vehicular, passenger and employee incidents for determination of cause and preventability, identifying potential trends to be addressed in future training efforts as well as ensuring that retraining and appropriate corrective action is issued
• Responds to and/or provides for trained staff response to operator incidents ensuring appropriate collection of information, documentation of events and reporting per company and client policies
• Ensures all MVT employees are current with general safety programs and practices
• Conducts daily, weekly and monthly reviews of key safety and training metrics and recommends strategies and solutions for improvements
• Provides regular reports and updates to local management staff of safety department efforts, claims status, training efforts, incident history, WSIB claims status and other required information
• Ensures workplace conduct timely, monthly safety meetings including recording of minutes and employee attendance
• Leads and attends all joint occupational health & safety committee meetings
• Conducts all related occupational health and safety related audits to ensure compliance with provincial, federal, company and client regulations
• Ensure that all safety and training manuals, programs, policies and procedures are current and meet the needs of the operating division
• Develops and communicates safety policies, standard operating procedures and manuals as needed
• Communicates positive safety communication messages through a variety of media (posters, safety blitz, )
• Conducts safety related training sessions
• Determines whether to discipline and apply discipline for safety related issues, including suspensions and terminations, according to company policy and in compliance with collective agreement
• Identifies, selects,…